Job Description:

Hospitality & Events Assistant
£13.56 per hour
Various shifts (Final timings to be confirmed)
Temporary, Ad Hoc
Manchester City Centre locations

Overall job purpose: To provide flexible, high-quality hospitality support across a range of events and venues in Manchester City Centre, ensuring guests receive a professional, efficient, and welcoming service.

Key responsibilities:

• Serve drinks (including alcoholic beverages) and food to guests in a professional manner.
• Respond promptly and courteously to guest questions and queries.
• Ensure all event areas remain clean, tidy, and presentable throughout service.
• Assist with event set-up, including preparing spaces before guests arrive.
• Support post-event clear-down, resetting venues and turning over spaces between events.
• Liaise with event management teams to ensure all requirements are met and last?minute changes are implemented smoothly.
• Assist with food delivery and service between venues as required.
• Support kitchen teams with distributing food during sit-down meals, conferences, graduations, and other large-scale events.
• Work flexibly across a wide range of hospitality environments and event types.

Hours and shifts:

• Various shift patterns, ranging from early mornings (7/8am starts) to evenings (up to 8pm).
• Shift lengths vary from short shifts (3–4 hours) to longer shifts (10–12 hours), depending on event requirements.
• Final shift timings to be confirmed.

Candidate requirements:

• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to work across different event types and venues.
• Strong customer service skills, with confidence in engaging with guests professionally.
• Ability to work efficiently in fast-paced environments with changing priorities.
• Reliable, proactive, and able to follow instructions from event management teams.
• Comfortable serving alcohol and supporting both front-of-house and back-of-house hospitality tasks.
• Available to be responsive to vary needs of the client throughout allocated shifts

If this sounds like the perfect role for you then please submit your CV.

This vacancy is being handled by Aspire Recruitment. Please be aware we receive a high volume of applications and regularly receive applications from candidates who exceed the job credentials.

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