The posting
Your mission
This role is based at Clink NOORD, in a design-led, social youth hostel that’s known for events, community, and bringing people together from all over the world. We welcome international travellers year-round, and we’re big on the kind of hostel experience where strangers end up becoming friends. Your role at Clink Hostels is the overall performance, profitability, and compliance of the food and beverage operation, with a strong hands-on focus on kitchen, food production, and bar operations. This role ensures high standards of food and drink quality, cost control, team leadership, and guest experience in a high-volume hospitality environment.
Your profile
- Leading the F&B team, including supporting and developing the team
- Oversee bar operations including service standards, product quality, and speed of service
- Oversee day-to-day kitchen operations, ensuring consistent quality, presentation, and portion control
- Ensure all products and menus are in line with brand standards, guest demand, and target food margins
- Control food and bar production, prep levels, and waste reduction initiatives
- Control labour scheduling in line with forecasted demand and revenue including contract management and recruitment
- Implement and maintain kitchen SOPs, cleaning schedules, and service standards
- Ensure full compliance with all food safety legislation requirements
- Collaborating cross-departmentally and with the senior management team when needed
- Conduct regular kitchen audits and address issues proactively
- Drive sales through promoting table service and guest engagement
- Lead the team in creating a lively and welcoming bar/café atmosphere – helping shape the social vibe of the hostel and encouraging guests to stay, relax and spend time in the space
- Support and actively participate in events on site – promoting drink specials, engaging with guests and helping boost bar revenue
You are:
- A confident, sociable communicator who thrives in high volume environments
- A team player, willing to jump in when needed
- Strong understanding of cost controls, margins and waste management
- Someone with demonstrated experience managing a team in an F&B environment
- Knowledgeable about our product offerings
- Genuinely interested in making travelers’ stays memorable
- Up for learning and growing through training and internal opportunities
- Excited to work with a diverse team that celebrates individuality and different perspectives
Why us?
What you get:
- Free and discounted accommodation for you, discounted stays for friends and family
- 50% off select Food and Beverage
- €400 backpacker experience when you hit your 1-year anniversary
- Up to 20 hours of paid volunteering per year
- Employee Referral Scheme
- Employee Assistance Program
- Travel allowance subject to requirements
- Fun social events
Reality check This is hospitality, and we're open 24/7. Your shifts may include mornings, evenings and weekends. Ready to join us? Click "Apply Now." Upload your CV. Tell us why you're the one. We are an equal opportunities employer. We'll treat your application with respect and only contact you if you're invited to interview. GDPR applies - if we don't move forward, your data gets deleted within a month and won't be shared with anyone. Why you’ll love working at Clink Clink is not your average hostel, and this isn't your average hospitality job. Our spaces have history. Our events have personality. And the people who work here? They're the same people who'd want to stay here. You'll join a team who genuinely invested in what happens here and who shows up. We celebrate individuality, support your growth, and give you a proper voice in how things work. Expect social events worth showing up to, and benefits that matter.
