Duty Manager
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Nelson, New Zealand · Full-Time · $26 - $29/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
A licensed waterfront restaurant and café outside Nelson, with room for up to 200 guests and open every day, is hiring a Duty Manager. Summers are hectic and winters calmer. The owners care about good food, genuine hospitality and clear systems that make great service repeatable.
On your shifts you lead the floor, answering for service, guest experience, the team and the safe, lawful running of the venue as the Duty Manager on licence. The job is permanent, at least 30 hours a week with weekends and public holidays. This role is open to applicants already in New Zealand with work rights, and as an accredited employer the business may be able to sponsor a work visa for the right person.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead the floor on your shifts, setting the pace and standard for whoever is working
- Be the Duty Manager on licence, covering host responsibility and your duties under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012
- Brief staff before each shift, then coach and support them through service and make sure venue systems, checklists and procedures are followed
- Do cash-up, opening, closing and handovers accurately
- Take guest feedback calmly and pass bigger matters to the Restaurant Manager
Requirements & Eligibility
- Duty Manager Certificate under the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012 (or be able to obtain one quickly)
- National Certificate in Food & Beverage Service (Level 3), or equivalent, or study towards it
- Earlier hospitality supervision or shift-leadership experience
- Working knowledge of wine, beverages and food service
- Comfortable with rosters and wage cost expectations per shift, and fluent in venue systems such as IdealPOS, NowBookIt, Operandio, Slack and Loaded
- The right to work in New Zealand
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