Assistant General Manager

Lakeside - The Boardwalk, Lakeside, Essex, RM20 2ZP

Full time

2026-10-13

Posted Today

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Salary up to: £36,000.00

Know your way around a P&L, managing GP and protecting your bottom line? You could be our next Assistant General Manager. Working alongside your Patrão (what we call our General Managers), you'll help bring your restaurant's business strategy to life, delivering great results, maintaining exceptional compliance and safety standards and inspiring your team to be at their best every day.

Extra Hot perks

Free PERi-PERi: a Hot (or a Lemon & Herb) free meal every shift you work
Nandoca discount: 40% off for you and up to 5 friends or fam when you're not working
Our discount platform: save on your weekly shop, clothes, travel, gym memberships, cinema tickets and loads more with PERi+
Grow with us: we've got loads of development programmes to help you build skills for life and take your next step, wherever that may be. In fact, over 80% of our General Managers were promoted from an Assistant Manager
Prep for success: from day one, you'll follow a three-month training plan designed to help you learn, grow, and thrive in your role
Wellbeing support: get free, confidential 24/7 help for healthcare and wellbeing support whenever you need it with WeCare
Sabbatical: every 5 years with us, you unlock a 4-week fully paid sabbatical to travel, recharge, or do whatever makes you happy
Once in a lifetime travel: explore our heritage and culture through unforgettable experiences
Get paid to work with your mates: refer your friends and earn a bonus when they join the Nando's family
Performance pays: our competitive bonus scheme rewards you for driving performance, developing your team and delivering great results
Saving for tomorrow: a contributory pension scheme if you're based in the UK
No such thing as a boring shift: work with great people, make lasting connections, and have fun along the way

What you'll bring to the Managers table

Leading from the front: you'll be a key part of the restaurant management team, partnering with your Patrão to lead your Nandocas, deliver great results, and create an amazing customer experience
More passion, more energy: the drive to motivate, engage and inspire your team on every shift, while delivering an Extra Hot customer experience to all of our customers, every time
See the big picture: use data, performance trends and commercial insight to drive sales, grow profitability and keep your restaurant performing at its best
People-first: finding great people, helping them grow, and creating a culture where Nandocas feel valued, supported, and motivated to be their best
Your experience: experience leading teams, running successful shifts, and delivering strong operational and commercial performance in a fast-paced environment
Know your numbers: can balance the budgets, forecasting and labour
Passion for our customers: live and breathe exceptional service, fired-up to serve the best PERi-PERi to all of our customers, every time
Hungry for growth: keen to learn, develop and take on new challenges in a fast-paced restaurant environment
Spot and nurture talent: actively develop your team, recognise potential and help to grow the next generation of leaders
Owning the customer journey: lead the delivery of an outstanding customer experience across Eat-in, Collect and Delivery, making sure every visit lives up to the Nando's standard

If you're an Assistant General Manager who loves seeing teams thrive and are ready to make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

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Your experience: experience leading teams, running successful shifts, and delivering strong operational and commercial performance in a fast-paced environment
Know your numbers: can balance the budgets, forecasting and labour
Passion for our customers: live and breathe exceptional service, fired-up to serve the best PERi-PERi to all of our customers, every time
Hungry for growth: keen to learn, develop and take on new challenges in a fast-paced restaurant environment

Nandoca discount: 40% off for you and up to 5 friends or fam when you're not working
Our discount platform: save on your weekly shop, clothes, travel, gym memberships, cinema tickets and loads more with PERi+
Grow with us: we've got loads of development programmes to help you build skills for life and take your next step, wherever that may be. In fact, over 80% of our General Managers were promoted from an Assistant Manager
Prep for success: from day one, you'll follow a three-month training plan designed to help you learn, grow, and thrive in your role
Wellbeing support: get free, confidential 24/7 help for healthcare and wellbeing support whenever you need it with WeCare
Sabbatical: every 5 years with us, you unlock a 4-week fully paid sabbatical to travel, recharge, or do whatever makes you happy
Once in a lifetime travel: explore our heritage and culture through unforgettable experiences
Get paid to work with your mates: refer your friends and earn a bonus when they join the Nando's family
Performance pays: our competitive bonus scheme rewards you for driving performance, developing your team and delivering great results
Saving for tomorrow: a contributory pension scheme if you're based in the UK
No such thing as a boring shift: work with great people, make lasting connections, and have fun along the way
Leading from the front: you'll be a key part of the restaurant management team, partnering with your Patrão to lead your Nandocas, deliver great results, and create an amazing customer experience
More passion, more energy: the drive to motivate, engage and inspire your team on every shift, while delivering an Extra Hot customer experience to all of our customers, every time
See the big picture: use data, performance trends and commercial insight to drive sales, grow profitability and keep your restaurant performing at its best

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