Hospitality Jobs for NI Grads
All 36 students from Ballymena who graduated from the NI Hospitality School have been offered full-time employment within local hotels.
The NI Hospitality School was established in 2021, following collaboration between three Ballymena-based hotels – Galgorm Resort, the Tullyglass House Hotel and the Adair Arms. With courses delivered by Northern Regional College and South Eastern Regional College, the school was set up to provide opportunities for skills development, to address the challenges of recruiting staff and to highlight that a career in hospitality can offer rewarding opportunities.
Initially funded by independent charity The Gallaher Trust, the NI Hospitality School has attracted private sector funding from several high-profile organisations including Henderson Foodservice and Britvic Ireland.
According to Eddie McKeever, managing director of McKeever Hotel Group and chairman of the NI Hospitality School, the initiative has far exceeded its goal and is playing an essential role in elevating skills and helping to secure the sector’s future.
The NI Hospitality School encompasses a number of academies including a bar academy, a chef academy and a food service academy.