Restaurant Manager - Fast Food Restaurant (Hiring Immediately), Penrith

Restaurant Manager - Fast Food Restaurant

Whinfell Forest | Circa £39,500 per annum plus 12% bonus scheme

Dexters Kitchen is a table service fast food restaurant serving quick, family‐friendly favourites.

Serve up the flavour that turns a good break into a great one

Join our Dexters Kitchen team as a Restaurant Manager, where you'll drive guest satisfaction, manage budgets and tackle daily operational challenges to deliver exceptional experiences to our guests. Your leadership will inspire and develop a motivated team while ensuring high standards and financial performance.

What you'll be doing

• Lead and motivate the team to deliver outstanding service and memorable experiences
• Manage budgets, monitor performance and implement cost-control measures
• Support team development through training and performance management
• Foster a positive culture that promotes wellbeing, morale and collaboration

What's in it for you

• Free day passes and access to leisure facilities (including the spa)
• Discounts on breaks and in our shops and restaurants
• Bonus scheme and recognition rewards
• A supportive, friendly team
• Career development and in-role training

Your working hours

• Full-time contract, 160 contracted hours per 4-week period
• Working straight shifts, fully flexible
• This role includes evenings, weekends and bank holidays

About you

• Proven leadership experience with strong influencing skills
• Strong financial skills, including delivery and business planning
• Good computer literacy and analytical ability
• Experience in a large organisation with full management responsibility
• Experienced in training and developing teams to drive performance and growth
• Motivational, empathetic leadership with a focus on coaching and individuals to be accountable for their own performance

Our values

Each colleague at Center Parcs is involved in building better worlds for our guests, colleagues, communities and our environment. Contributing to our purpose means living out our values: We care, we're brave, we're determined and we're naturally us.

Sound like your kind of job?

Apply online today - interviews will be held on 15th June 2026

Closing date: 9th June 2026 #INPLOIv2

Please note this vacancy may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.

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