Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Administration
Course Overview
The Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Administration at LSCAHM is a UK Level 5 senior-track qualification of 12 to 15 months across on-campus, online and distance routes. The course prepares hospitality administrators for the operational backbone of hotel and restaurant businesses — contracts, licensing, insurance, workforce records and compliance — aligned with Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and Chartered Management Institute practice.
By graduation, students can run administration for a hotel or restaurant business: managing licensing renewals, insurance schedules, contracts with suppliers and clients, HR record-keeping and health-and-safety compliance in a live UK operation.
Key Features
- UK Level 5 Advanced Diploma with confirmed Bachelor top-up credit transfer
- Curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality and UKHospitality compliance guidance
- Contract, licensing and insurance workshops
- Health-and-safety, food-safety and duty-of-care record practice
- HR and payroll administration for hospitality settings
- Careers introductions to hotel groups, restaurant collectives and hospitality consultancies
What You Will Learn
- Manage licensing renewals across food, alcohol and entertainment
- Handle insurance schedules, claims and renewals
- Draft, negotiate and store supplier and client contracts
- Run HR records including contracts, right-to-work and training
- Coordinate health-and-safety, fire safety and food-safety records
- Support payroll cycles, tronc and gratuity administration
- Interpret UK data protection, safeguarding and duty-of-care obligations
- Report administrative compliance to general managers and directors
Who This Course Is For
- Working hospitality administrators seeking a UK senior-track credential
- Duty managers moving into hotel administration roles
- PAs and office managers moving into hospitality group functions
- Family-business operators formalising administration
- International applicants specialising in UK hospitality compliance
Career Pathways
- Hospitality Administrator (Senior)
- Hotel Office Manager
- Compliance Coordinator (Hospitality)
- General Manager Assistant
- Multi-unit Administration Lead
- Group Support Manager
- Duty Manager (Administration)
The LSCAHM careers service maintains introductions with hotel groups, restaurant collectives and hospitality consultancies in central London, and hosts an annual industry-careers day.
Entry Requirements
- A relevant Diploma (Level 4), Foundation Year, or at least two years of relevant professional experience in hospitality.
- GCSE English at grade 4/C and Mathematics at grade 4/C or equivalent.
- IELTS 6.0 overall (no band below 5.5) for non-native English speakers.
- One academic or professional reference.
- Applicants with an administration portfolio (records, contracts, compliance work) are encouraged to include them.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management is a specialist division of Harold International College of London teaching in small, tutor-visible cohorts that read culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines.
Central London places hotel groups, restaurant collectives, UKHospitality and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom.
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