Assistant General Manager
Location: London
Pay: Up to £52,000 per annum (depending on experience) + bonus
The Role
We’re looking for an Assistant General Manager to join our team at Caravan.
At Caravan, our leaders set the tone. As an Assistant General Manager, you’ll support your General Manager to deliver outstanding results across people, product, place, performance and profit. You’ll lead from the floor: keeping every service flowing smoothly, building confident and happy teams and making sure our ‘All Welcome’ hospitality is felt by every guest, every day.
What you’ll do:
As Assistant General Manager you are responsible for delivering exceptional hospitality experiences to our guests and team. To make that happen you’ll:
- Ensure our food, drink, and service standards are consistently delivered
- Recruit, onboard and develop confident, high-performing teams: making sure new hires feel welcome and everyone has clear training, reviews and development plans
- Drive sales, labour, GP, and wastage targets while protecting the Caravan culture
- Manage systems including Fourth, Harri, Mapal, Workvivo to oversee the rota, payroll and compliance
- Maintain property standards, health & safety, and compliance with EHO/Food Alert
- Contribute to management meetings, audits, and action plans
About You:
We hire for mindset, not just skill. To thrive as an Assistant General Manager, you should be:
An experienced and ambitious hospitality leader (with multi-shift or management experience), focused on growing into a future General Manager
Confident leading teams, managing standards, and creating great guest experiences
A culture ambassador: positive, approachable, and committed to Caravan’s values
Organised, commercially aware, and able to balance operations with people development
What We Offer
Competitive salary + bonus
Career progression supported by leadership training and development, including our Leadership Development Programme, Train the Trainer, and Hospitality Programme.
Meals + drinks on shift
Dining discounts for family & friends
Coffee discounts at Caravan Coffee Roasters
Access to financial health, wellbeing, and mentoring support
Birthday & anniversary vouchers
About us
At Caravan, we believe hospitality is about more than just great food and drink, it’s about people. Since 2010, we have been building award-winning restaurants and a specialty coffee roastery while investing in sustainability, diversity, inclusion, and community. We’re also proudly B Corp Certified, which means we’re committed to people and planet as much as we care about delivering genuine hospitality.
Apply Now
Caravan is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences.
Apply today and take the next step in your management career as an Assistant General Manager at Caravan.