Breakfast Assistant at IHG Hotels & Resorts

A fantastic summer-time opportunity for a Breakfast Assistant to our team at Kimpton Charlotte Square, part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, on a 16-hour per week contract!

This is a Fixed-Term Contract | April – August 2026, and you will earn £12.60 per hour, plus service charge!

What’s in it for you as our Breakfast Assistant:

• Becoming part of the IHG Hotels & Resorts family, one of the world’s leading hotel companies - which means global opportunities.
• Complimentary stay for you+1 in our Hotel upon successful completion of probation, generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George, plus Spa & Gym discounts at our Kimpton property.
• Extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice
• Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it. 
• Meals whilst on duty
• 28 days holiday each year, including bank holidays, this increases up to a maximum of 33 days (Pro Rated)
• Enhanced Family Leave (you can ask more details at the interview).
• Mental Health First Aiders on Duty and access to Employee Assistance Programs.
• Taxi subsidy for shifts starting/ending between 23:00-06:00.
• We provide every employee company sick pay and life insurance
• Amazing discounts for our hotels and restaurants around the world
• Discounts from over 15,000 stores – all the way from retail to cinema

As a Breakfast Assistant, your main duties and responsibilities will greeting our guests with a friendly and warm welcome, seating them for breakfast, explaining our breakfast concept to them and taking hot drink orders. You will also make sure that our breakfast station is kept clean and organised at all times, working closely with the kitchen team to provide an excellent breakfast service to our guests and consistently improving our breakfast scores. 

To succeed as a Breakfast Assistant, you will need:

• Experience as a waiter/waitress or server ideally in a 4 or 5* Hotel 
• An eye for detail - you will make sure our breakfast service is up to Kimpton standards 
• Drive to produce results, we work together within the Kimpton family to continue to provide our guests with extremely personal experiences and human connection. 
• A warm and authentic personality, with a can-do attitude and commitment to service. 
• Overall, you will be willing to work within our team to embrace our service and delight our guests              
• You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.