AddressLion Hotel
The Lion Hotel is one of Adelaide’s most iconic and diverse venues. Located in North Adelaide, the recently refurbished historic hotel offers world class dining, function, and entertainment experiences for all occasions. Whether it’s a birthday celebration in one of our modern function rooms, or catching up with friends in the oasis that is our Garden Bar, the Lion is dedicated to delivering something for everyone!
The Role
Empower, lead, and drive your team to succeed!
The iconic Lion Hotel is looking for a passionate and multi-faceted Venue Manager to execute and deliver exceptional services and experiences. With training and mentoring teams at the forefront, you will thrive in a fast-paced environment, fostering a mindset that is dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation.
Your Key Responsibilities
As the Venue Manager you will be responsible for:
- Leading, motivating and supporting all departments, ensuring a positive flow of communication throughout all operations;
- Fostering a healthy and unified team environment where your team fulfils its potential through the cultivation of an inclusive workplace culture;
- Recruitment, induction and training of all department teams, including, product education, training and rostering;
- The daily oversight and effective interpretation of reports, budgets, accounts, commentaries, and financial statements, providing support and understanding of financials to department managers;
- The management of beverage lists, working closely with your dedicated Area Manager;
- The management and training of POS systems across the venue including menu updates, user management and correct use of systems per venue policy;
- Collaborating with the marketing team, utilising marketing mediums to deliver timely and effective messaging to drive loyalty, leading to revenue growth and up to date events communications; and
- Management of Financial budgets and targets through food and beverage, ensuring operational requirements are maintained within target.
About You
Skills and Attributes
- Proven experience in building a venue that is driven to succeed, thirsty for knowledge and driven to implement new concepts and experiences;
- Prior leadership experience as a Venue or Operations Manager of a busy licensed premises or within another dynamic setting in the hospitality industry;
- Display in‐depth knowledge of food and beverage and liquor licensing requirements;
- Thrives in a past passed customer facing role;
- Ability to train, motivate and counsel staff in identified performance opportunities;
- RSA, and Responsible Person certificates essential; and
- Formal qualifications in Hospitality/Business Management highly desirable however not essential.
Join the Duxton Journey – What we offer
This is an excellent opportunity to work for a hospitality group that is committed to the long-term success of its employees and wonderful venues.
- Competitive remuneration;
- Exclusive family and friends discounts!
- 25% discount on dine-in food and beverage at the table
- 25% discount on beverages ordered at the bar
- 10% discount off all products at our Bottle Shops
- 50% discount on accommodation (non-peak)
- A supportive and encouraging environment to grow your hospitality career.
Duxton Hospitality is one of the fastest growing pub groups in the state and continues to expand its operations across regional and metropolitan South Australia.
We thank you for the time to apply, only successful candidates will be contacted.
For more information, please contact *******@duxtonhs.com
