A career loaded with possibilities
At Clays we are passionate about our people and have a strong focus on our team's development and growth. Our bespoke Career Tree provides a learning journey for all colleagues with the potential for our most junior colleagues to develop into our future leaders. We are continually working on building a strong culture to support and reward our colleagues as we grow our business.
We pride ourselves on being a great place to work, and just like our venues are designed for everyone, so is our workplace. We know that we can't possibly serve our diverse audiences without first nurturing and celebrating it in our people, and that's why we work hard to create an inclusive culture for everyone. So it doesn’t matter what you look like or where you come from, as long as you are passionate about making a positive impact then we want to hear from you!
Your Benefits
- Continuing Career Development via our Career Tree learning journey and opportunities for progression in our growing business
- Guaranteed Service Charge & Service Charge Bonuses for all colleagues working in venues
- Paid Breaks
- 32 working days’ holiday pro rata every holiday year including bank holidays and an increasing holiday allocation with length of service up to a maximum of 36 days
- Additional Celebration Day every year to celebrate something that is important to you
- Generous 50% Staff Discount during off peak periods and 25% Staff Discount during Peak Periods to enjoy Clays with your friends and family
- Market-leading Parental Leave Policies. In addition to your statutory rights, Clays offers all colleagues with 12 months service, 13 weeks leave at 100% pay (based on your average weekly earnings) for Maternity, Adoption and Paternity and Partner leave
- Staff recognition and incentives
Discover our roles
- Floor Team - Our servers are the key to the execution of the ultimate Clays experience. Working closely with the Kitchen and Bar Teams, these roles are exciting and fast paced, answering their queries and assisting with food and drink orders to deliver exceptional standards of service for our guests.
- Bar Team - Our Bar Team is key to the experience and theatre of our business. Our highly skilled and experienced bartenders produce and serve drinks from our unique innovative cocktail menu creating memorable experiences for our guests.
- Host Team - Our hosts provide a warm and genuine welcome to all our guests, greeting them on arrival. They support guests with setting up their Pegs and are essential to delivering an exceptional standard of service and creating memorable experiences.
- Top Guns - Our TopGun Programme is our learning journey to prepare colleagues for management roles and to be leaders of our business. You’ll undertake practical on-the-job training with the support of your manager as well as theory learning exercises to prepare you for future roles.
Join the family
You’ll be paid competitively, with rewards offered throughout the year and you’ll be respected and treated fairly by everyone you work with. As we grow, we want you to grow too; we’ll invest in your training and development to make sure you’re interested, challenged and always excited throughout your career with us.
Host (Canary Wharf)
As a host, you will be responsible for providing a warm and genuine welcome to all our guests, delivering an exceptional standard of service and memorable guest experiences.
You will effectively manage reservations and walk-ins to maximise covers during service, identifying VIP clients in the venue and ensuring we have delivered the best possible service throughout their visit.
We are looking for a friendly, energetic team member who can multitask and take initiative. The right candidate will be passionate about customer service, and all things food and drink. You will support the service staff in delivering seamless service and be competent deploying our technology.
This is an amazing opportunity for a sociable & ambitious person who is keen to work in a fast-paced environment and progress their career. This role will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business, including weekend and late night working.
Events & Bookings Manager (Canary Wharf)
The Events and Bookings Manager is responsible for managing all events and large bookings in our venues from event confirmation through to delivery of the event on the day.
This role will manage all post sales correspondence with the event booker and guests, ensuring that all information is captured in advance of the event and communicated to the operations team to ensure successful delivery of the event in the venue.
You will work flexibility to meet the needs of business and be present on site for all large events and bookings to oversee execution.
The right candidate will be an effective relationship-builder with the ability to establish positive, personal and lasting relationships with clients. You will act as an ambassador for the brand in all your interactions and have the ability to understand and exceed guests expectations to deliver exceptional experiences for our guests. You will be able to take initiative and be able to work collaboratively across the business to deliver your role.
Commis (Canary Wharf)
The Commis Chef is responsible for preparing consistent, high-quality food products for our guests.You will also be responsible for assisting the CDP and Sous Chef in cooking and ensuring that all stations are clean.
Your will provide courteous, professional, efficient and flexible service to guest and colleagues and deliver Clays operational standards.
We are looking for a self-driven individual that strives for excellence with experience in the hospitality industry. This role will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business, including weekend and late night working.
Chef de Partie (Canary Wharf)
As a Chef de Partie you are responsible for supporting the Head and Sous chef in a busy kitchen, delivering consistently high-quality food for our guests..
Your will provide courteous, professional, efficient and flexible service to guest and colleagues and deliver Clays operational standards.
We are looking for a self-driven individual that strives for excellence with experience in the hospitality industry. This role will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business, including weekend and late night working.
Bartender (Canary Wharf)
Our Bar Team is key to the experience and theatre of our business, you will be producing and serving drinks at high volume in a fast pace exciting environment. We are looking for highly skilled Bartenders who have extensive experience in the bar industry.
You will be provided extensive training and be expected to achieve execution criteria and consistency. Day to day duties will involve mixology prep of our unique innovative cocktail menu, preparing and setting up for private events, execution during service hours and maintaining the high hygiene and safety policies. You will work closely with the kitchen and front of house team to deliver exceptional standards of service.
We are looking for a self-driven individual that strives for excellence. Ideally with 2-3 years experience in the hospitality industry. The right candidate will be passionate and always strive to exceed expectations in knowledge and capabilities. This role will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business, including weekend and late night working.
Server (Canary Wharf)
Our Floor Team is key to the execution of our competitive socializing experience and the Food & Beverage delivery in a fast paced exciting environment. You will work closely with the kitchen and bar team to deliver exceptional standards of service. We are looking for highly motivated servers that have a desire to be trained and upskill themselves, or even become future leaders of our business.
You will be provided extensive training and be expected to achieve execution criteria and consistency. Day to day duties will involve preparation for general service, setting up for private events, execution during service hours and maintaining the high hygiene and safety policies.
We are looking for a self-driven individual that strives for excellence. Ideally with some experience in the hospitality industry. The right candidate will be passionate and always strive to exceed expectations in knowledge and capabilities. This role will be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the business, including weekend and late night working.