Trainee Manager

Are you a hospitality graduate, a graduate visa holder or currently working in hospitality and looking for your first management move to build your hotel operations career?

With over 51 hotels in the UK Ireland – even building and opening 2 hotels through a pandemic! – we have exciting opportunities to not only take part in the Trainee Manager Programme, but also to grow within our ever-expanding company. Last year we strengthened our place in the market by rebranding to Leonardo Hotels (formerly Jurys Inn) and don’t plan on stopping just there!

The aim of the Trainee Manager programme is to support and develop individuals to progress to the level of a Duty Manager by the end of the 12-month programme. You will immerse yourself in the operations of the hotel by rotating through the different departments such as Food Beverage, Room Operations, Conference Banqueting. You will be taking the lead in supporting with guest queries and work alongside your mentor to further develop your competence and confidence.

The Trainee Manager programme:

• Gain experience across all departments such as Reception and Food Beverage
• Aim to have Duty Manager responsibilities upon successful completion of the programme
• You will complete our “MyOps” Duty Manager training – our formal, in-house training which covers all of the ins and outs of each department
• Complete many other courses such as First Time Manager, Team Coach and Mental Health Wellbeing – you’ll meet lots of other managers across the company and become a strong member of our team!

What we are looking for?

• Genuine passion for hospitality
• A proactive and positive attitude and resilience
• The Right to work in the UK Ireland

What’s in it for you?

• 1-year Trainee Manager Programme
• Extensive personal and professional development
• Support of industry professionals with a dedicated mentor along with a programme sponsor
• Amazing employee benefits, including staff rates at our hotels across the UK Ireland from as little as £20 BB! More perks below…

What’s next?

• Apply online today!
• Applications close 13th March 2023
• We will be in touch in March 2023
• First stage interviews to take place in March 2023
• Second stage will be an assessment centre in March/April 2023
• Opportunities to start with us in April 2023

Our Story

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 51 hotels across the UK Ireland and have plans for major expansion over the next few years’; there’s never been a more exciting time to join us!

Some of the perks our colleagues enjoy include:

• Special rates on Leonardo Hotel rooms across the UK Europe: get planning that city break you’ve been dreaming of!
• Company-wide recognition scheme: for being your fabulous self, you could earn vouchers to spend on a wide range of high street shops
• Free hot meals whilst on duty
• Talent referral scheme: earn yourself a bonus for recommending a friend to join us
• We love to get together and celebrate: we regularly host Thank You Week (your hotel could have anything from ice cream trucks to pizza parties) and every year we get dressed up in our fanciest threads to host our Employee Awards Celebration
• The important stuff: access to the Company Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Wellbeing Support
• Ongoing job-related training programmes with clear paths for progression

About Leonardo Hotels

At Leonardo Hotels, our vision is very simple: to be the first choice for everyone who values genuine hospitality.

Built on decades of hotelier know-how, we are part of the Fattal Hotels Group, which operates over 230 hotels across Europe and Israel. We look after over 50 hotels here in the UK Ireland, and have come a long way since we opened our first hotel in Ireland back in 1993! With approximately 4,000 employees and multiple brands we are a dynamic, innovative and fast-growing company.

As an employer we put a big emphasis on career development and as a rule we recruit our operations team members for personality- it is all about how you interact with others and how you can demonstrate our values: Consistent, Friendly, Genuine, Positive and Willing

At Leonardo Hotels each and every team member is individually valued and respected for who you are. All careers within our hotels offer customer interaction, a great deal of variety, and a fun and friendly working environment. We strive to make all of our hotels great places to work, and get our teams involved in activities such as summer barbecues, Christmas parties, Thank You Week and birthday celebrations!

We also offer excellent employee benefits, including huge discounts on overnight stays at our hotels as well as performance-based rewards via our Leo Points system- these range from vouchers to a well-deserved day off!