Are you passionate about serving students the best drinks in Manchester? Do you love live music events and being active in the student social calendar?

As a Senior Bar Supervisor, your day-to-day focus will be working on 532 Bar and Kitchen and across our four Manchester Academy venue bars. You’ll play a key role in the operation development of all our bars individually, while also gaining experience in the wider management and operation of a hospitality venue. This role is designed to build your skills and qualifications to help you progress into a management-level position within the hospitality industry.

532 Bar and Kitchen has been a staple of the student campus experience and our Manchester Academy venue bars come with over 30 years of history in Manchester’s music scene, hosting the likes of Led Zepplin and David Bowie in the past, to the present day with artists like Muse and Billie Eilish. Within the role, you’ll learn to manage the bars of both sites, with support of the bar management team, and you will be leading a team of around sixteen student Team Leaders and over one hundred Student Bar Assistants, encouraging their development and enabling them to hit high standards of customer service and product delivery.

Throughout this role, you’ll discover the inner workings of a bar, including rota and staff management, event organisation, stock control and more alongside our bar management team of 4 full-time staff who all have their own specialty areas. We’ll support your professional development through internal training as well as supporting you to achieve accredited qualifications such as your Personal License, ACT (Action Counters Terrorism) and First Aid (EFAW) certification. As a Senior Bar Supervisor, you’ll support our commercial income generation which will go on to fund impactful student services operated by other teams at the Students’ Union.

Please read the full role profile before applying, as well as our guide to recruitment.

Details

Salary: £24,863 - 27,013 per year

Contract: Fixed-Term until August 2027

Hours: 35 Hours per week annualised (Includes evenings and weekends. The Students’ Union Bars Team operates to seasonal hours, weekly hours will likely run higher during Sept-Dec and Feb-May, with reduced hours outside of those months dependant on the needs of the business.)

Eligibility: Open to applicants with relevant skills and experience who are eligible to work in the UK at the point of employment and one of the following

• a UoM, MMU or UoS 2025 or 2026 graduate
• a current UoM, MMU or UoS student on a year out
• a previous UoM, MMU or UoS student who has dropped out of their course during 2025 or 2026

Recruitment Timeline

Applications opened: 12/05/2026

Applications close: 11/06/2026 23:59 pm

Interviews: 02/07/2026 & 03/07/2026

Role Commencing: 03/08/2026

We may close applications early if we receive a high volume of applications. We recommend that you apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Once the vacancy has closed, we’re unable to accept late applications to ensure a fair process for all candidates.

Once you have submitted your application, you will not be able to make any further changes. Please ensure you are happy with your responses before submitting.