Hospitality manager RIVM

Your workplace

You will be working in the staff restaurant at the RIVM Utrecht, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, located in an office building at the Utrecht Science Park. Vermaat provides the catering services for RIVM employees. You will join a team of 20 colleagues and play an important role in building a new team. This gives you plenty of opportunities to take responsibility, show initiative, and make a real impact. The atmosphere is personal, welcoming, and approachable, allowing you to quickly get to know a regular group of guests.

The location is easily accessible by public transport, with the Padualaan tram and bus stop just a 10-minute walk away. Free parking is also available. The staff restaurant operates under the Elements hospitality concept, which reflects the latest developments in corporate catering, with a strong focus on healthy food and sustainability. In addition to the staff restaurant, Vermaat also manages the Grand Café and provides banqueting services for meetings and events, ensuring that no two working days are the same.

Your job

As an Assistant Hospitality Manager at RIVM, Utrecht, you support the General Manager in the day-to-day operation and serve as a key point of contact for both the team and our guests. You work alongside the team on the floor while also contributing to administrative and commercial activities. In doing so, you play an important role in ensuring the location runs smoothly.

As an Assistant Hospitality Manager, you:

  • Support the Hospitality Manager in leading, coaching, and developing the team;
  • Work alongside the team in the daily operation while ensuring an outstanding guest experience;
  • Assist with scheduling, purchasing, and HR administration;
  • Contribute ideas to improve the menu offering and overall quality;
  • Take responsibility for the operation in the absence of the General Manager.

As this is a new location, you will play an active operational role during the start-up phase, working in the Grand Café and supporting small-scale events.

Your ingredients

  • You have at least 3 years of experience in the hospitality industry and have ambitions to step into a leadership role;
  • Team spirit is second nature to you; you know how to motivate the team and ensure a good team atmosphere;
  • Hospitality runs through your veins. You provide guests with an unforgettable experience;
  • You are an administrative talent. You handle administrative tasks with ease and assist in creating schedules;
  • You can provide a Certificate of Conduct (VOG) upon request.

 

Don’t feel like the ingredients quite match you? At Vermaat, we welcome everyone and embrace our differences. Do you experience a distance to work, for any reason? Our job coaches would love to get in touch with you through our Social Return page.

Questions about this vacancy?

Recruitment is happy to assist you!

Stephan Koper

0627526316

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About Vermaat

Started in 1978 as a delicatessen shop. Now grown into the specialist in customized hospitality and one of the largest hospitality employers in the Netherlands, with 500+ locations nationwide.

Our hospitality is almost always housed under someone else’s roof: within various companies, at airports, museums, hospitals, zoos, and much more.

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