Careers and Job Openings

As we build, grow and acquire new sites for St Christopher's and Belushi's, we are always on the look out for motivated, intelligent and hard-working team players

Beds and Bars is a dynamic company - always growing, expanding and improving. Because of this we're always looking for creative, hard-working, self-motivated team players to join our family of managers, assistant managers, trainee managers and general bar and reception staff. We accept applicants from all ages.

As a rule you will need:

  • A competent level of English language skills.
  • An EU or UK passport or a valid UK working visa with a minimum of 6-months remaining.
  • A second language is a big plus, as is managerial experience but these are not essential if you have the right approach.
  • An easy going outlook on life with an enthusiastic and driven approach to customer service.

For a full listing of our current vacancies please visit the St Christopher's hostel and bar jobs website or you can send us your CV and a letter of introduction to jobs@bedsandbars.com.

Phone: +44 (0) 1753 647603 - Fax: +44 (0) 1753 647604

People in Beds and Bars

Beds and Bars prides itself on hiring intelligent, well-educated backpackers who have a hunger to learn, matched by a desire to travel and experience different cultures. Because of the diverse backgrounds and histories of our employees, we encourage and nurture our team to voice their ideas and views on the world. This leads to an enhanced customer service, a great sense of involvement and job satisfaction for our work force.

Every employee in our company works hard to ensure that our customers receive a service of the highest quality. Every month the managers and directors nominate the hardest working employees for Employee of the Month. The most devoted worker is rewarded for service above and beyond what any employer or customer could expect, with a £/€200 bonus. With that hard work and dedication in mind, we would like to introduce you to our Employee of the Month.

Many of our employees first encountered Beds and Bars as customers. Staying in our hostels gave them a chance to evaluate our day to day operations and our hard work was rewarded. Those who enjoyed it the most presented a pitch to become a member of our team and we hired them.

This is still our main recruitment drive and we provide all new staff with a training scheme, recognised by Investors in People. We aim to encourage and build careers, from initial team members, all the way through to senior management. The possibilities with Beds and Bars plc are endless. It's all a matter of how you choose to Live Your Life.

Current Hostel and Bar Jobs

Here's a list of the current jobs open at our hostels and bars across Europe. Keep checking back as we're adding jobs all the time.

General Manager for our Paris Hostel

We are looking for a new General Manager for our Paris site. Paris is the biggest single operation of the Beds and Bars Group, with a 350 beds hostel running on 94% occupancy, and a bar/club/restaurant generating 30k a week. Opened 2 years ago, it is one of the group’s flagships and only purpose built site.

You would be managing a team of 50 people. You need to be passionate and standards driven while able to find new ways to drive sales. You will need to be able to motivate and lead a large team working in different fields, from bar to kitchen, maintenance or house keeping.

This is a big accommodation site so experience in this area will certainly be an advantage as will a food background. French is, of course, a big plus, but a willingness to learn the language is a good start. This is not a first unit appointment but a great and challenging step up for an existing unit manager. Work visa or EU citizenship are a must.

If you are interested and think you are up to the challenge, please send Eddy Passey an email with your CV and a cover letter: eddy.passey@bedsandbars.com

Volunteer P/T Travel Writers

St Christopher's is looking for travel, backpacking and hostel stories. Applicants should be easy-going backpackers who can still string a coherent sentence together on a Friday afternoon.  This position is... ah... erm... unpaid, but you will receive free nights in the hostel in exchange for work done.

Interested writers should contact travelwriters@st-christophers.co.uk.

Web Marketing Internship

Beds and Bars is offering a paid internship for the right graduate who is interested in becoming part of our web marketing team. You'll be part of a busy team who need your help to pick up on smaller projects and other creative opportunities. This is no ordinary internship. You'll be required to travel around Europe helping shoot video and stills for our upcoming campaigns while at the same time be ready to help work on database administration and participate on our search program. To learn more please contact Duncan Robertson.