Career Opportunities at Queen's

Student and Campus Life (SCL) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Gaming Café Manager at our new development on Belfast Lisburn Road. Created for our students and the general public, this exciting new facility combines ESports and traditional board games in a state of the art development with café and retail facility’s. Your role will involve day to day management of the building, building relationships and community with our customer base and supervising a team of multidisciplinary staff.

At Queen’s our people are at the heart of everything we do.  As a staff member you will become part of a vibrant organisational culture, which will provide you with the opportunity to achieve your full potential and enhance your career through a continuous focus on learning and development. This is a full-time position on campus. The position involves working in a shift pattern over 7 days, a 18% shift allowance will be paid.

About the person:

You must have:  

• Academic and/or vocational qualifications i.e. NVQ Level 3, A levels in relevant subject plus significant relevant experience of managing a busy café at the required level OR substantial relevant experience as outlined below.
• Relevant experience, to include:

• • Experience of recruitment, training, induction, and line management of a range of staff
  • Budget management experience
  • Experience of managing financial transactions (to include EPOS till system)
  • Visual merchandising experience
  • Events management experience

• An ideal candidate would also have experience of promotion via digital and social media channels and managing web pages.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health. You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/ 

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.

Candidate Information

Further information for international applicants