Assistant Manager

Assistant Venue Manager | Gold Coast QLD | Competitive Salary Package

This is a serious venue leadership appointment inside one of the Gold Coast’s most recognised casual dining and sports bar venues. Strong brand presence, established local following, premium casual offering, and a venue culture built around energy, service, atmosphere, and consistently strong guest experience.

Our client is looking for an Assistant Venue Manager who can support the Venue Manager and Head Chef, lead from the floor, develop the team, and help drive day-to-day venue performance across service, operations, compliance, labour, and revenue.

This role is built for a hospitality professional who knows how to balance leadership, guest experience, team culture, commercial performance, and operational discipline without losing sight of energy and fun.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the Venue Manager and Head Chef across daily venue operations, service standards, team leadership, and execution

• Lead, train, motivate, and develop the front-of-house team with clear expectations and accountability

• Deliver energetic, professional, and memorable guest experiences across day and night trade

• Help create and maintain the venue atmosphere, ambience, presentation, and service rhythm

• Support rostering, labour control, ordering, stock management, and day-to-day operational planning

• Ensure the team consistently delivers a high-quality casual dining and bar experience

• Maintain a clean, safe, well-presented, and well-maintained venue at all times

• Support the implementation and delivery of standard operating systems, procedures, and service standards

• Collaborate on new initiatives, promotions, menu ideas, and revenue-driving opportunities

• Ensure compliance with workplace health and safety, RSA, OLGR, and venue policies

ABOUT YOU

• Proven experience as an Assistant Venue Manager, Duty Manager, Restaurant Manager, or senior hospitality leader

• Strong hands-on leadership style with the ability to lead from the floor and set the standard

• Confident training, developing, and motivating teams in a fast-paced hospitality environment

• Strong understanding of guest experience, venue presentation, service standards, and operational flow

• Experienced across casual dining, sports bar, restaurant, or high-volume hospitality environments

• Confident managing labour, rostering, ordering, stock, and day-to-day venue performance

• Strong food and bar knowledge with a genuine passion for hospitality

• Excellent verbal communication skills and strong people management capability

• High level of personal presentation with a sharp eye for detail

• Current RSA required

WHAT’S ON OFFER

• Competitive salary package for the right candidate

• Full-time Assistant Venue Manager role with a recognised Gold Coast hospitality venue

• Opportunity to work inside a market-leading casual dining and sports bar environment

• Strong exposure to venue operations, team leadership, service standards, labour, ordering, and revenue growth

• Support from experienced hospitality professionals and senior venue leaders

• Training and development with genuine room to grow within a progressive hospitality group

• Fast-paced, energetic, and guest-focused venue culture

• Opportunity to help shape team performance, atmosphere, promotions, and service delivery

• Strong brand reputation across the Gold Coast hospitality market

• Long-term opportunity for a hospitality leader ready to take the next step

APPLY NOW

If you are an experienced Assistant Venue Manager or senior hospitality professional who wants real ownership, a strong venue, and the opportunity to lead a team with energy, standards, and genuine career upside, this is the one worth picking up the phone for.

Apply now or contact Luke Hemmings on 0490 831 652.