Venue Supervisor – pour. (Ruddington)

We’re looking for a hands-on Venue Supervisor to help us grow pour., a wine bar and craft-beer venue serving charcuterie boards, coffee, and carefully curated drinks in the heart of Ruddington.

You’ll work closely with the owners to make the venue a success day-to-day, combining great service with smart operations. This is a working supervisor role — you’ll be behind the bar, on the floor, and part of a small, friendly team that prides itself on great hospitality with a community feel.

Key Responsibilities

·       Lead daily operations and ensure smooth, efficient service, ensuring our team are providing excellent, friendly and compliant service to our customers

·       Create and manage staff rotas

·       Oversee hygiene, safety, allergen  and compliance standards

·       Licensing awareness – ensuring compliance with our premises license; Personal License preferred.

·       Maintain bar and cellar areas — including changing kegs and cleaning draught lines

·       Manual handling – comfortable lifting/moving kegs and stock.

·       Clean and maintain equipment, bar areas, and glassware

·       Manage online orders, collections, and click-and-collect service

·       Support stock control, ordering, and supplier relationships

·       Open and close the venue, including cashing up and end-of-day checks. Key holding.

·       Ensure that our team are on top of daily checks and ongoing cleaning and hygiene

·       Help plan and deliver in-house events

·       Creation of engaging social media content for our owners to use in creative marketing campaigns

·       Uphold pour’s warm, welcoming and inclusive atmosphere for every guest

About You

·       Supervisory experience in a bar or café environment

·       Skilled barista with food service and kitchen awareness

·       Experience working with bar and draught equipment

·       Genuine interest in wine and craft drinks

·       Holds Level 2 Food Hygiene (Level 3 preferred)

·       Familiar with stock/pos systems (we use sumup and shopify)

·       Organised, reliable, and able to lead by example

·       Positive, approachable, and collaborative — we’ve built a great team atmosphere and we’re looking for someone who’ll strengthen it, not boss it

·       Must be available for evening & weekend work, with early starts (from 8:30am) and late finishes (up to 10:30pm) as required

·       Have a right to work in the UK

 

Details

Salary: up to £28,500 per year (depending on experience)

·       Workplace pension (auto-enrolment)

·       10% staff discount on purchases

·       Supportive, hands-on ownership team

·       Great working environment with a genuinely friendly, tight-knit crew

Contract: 40 hours per week, mix of day, evening and weekend shifts
Reports to: Owners (Rachel & Rebecca)
Location: Ruddington, Nottinghamshire

To apply, send a short cover note and CV to rachel@thepour.store with “Venue Supervisor – pour.” in the subject line. Regretfully, we will only accept applications using this method.

pour. is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.