Venue Manager

7 days ago

Geelong, Australia Blackman's Brewery Full time

Are you an experienced people manager, passionate about hospitality, and love having the autonomy and responsibility to get on with things, run your venue, as well as having the opportunities to put forward new and exciting business ideas? Torquay is our special place - our flagship - and we have a fun-loving team of legends ready to meet the new Venue Manager of their dreams.

This is a place you can be passionate about and proud to work for, and one you will want to have a beer in. After all, we do make the best beer on the Surf Coast and in the Geelong region. We strive for every person who walks through our doors to have a whole lot of fun.

**Who we are**:
Blackman’s Brewery is an award-winning Victorian Brewery with three hospitality venues located in Torquay, Geelong and Ocean Grove, and beer distributed Australia-wide. We are a tight-knit group of people who love what we do, and we are growing. We are independent, family run, and family owned. We make our beers with the best quality ingredients we can get our hands on, we give them the right amount of time in tank, and we don't rush them through to meet deadlines. Our core range is made up of beers that cover a variety of flavours and styles; we want to make good beer for everyone.

**What we’re offering you**:

- A positive working environment, with both guidance and support, plus room to grow beyond the Venue Manager role. You’ll have regular exposure to kitchen and other venue operations, HR, Sales, Marketing, Major Events, and brewery operations teams.
- Report directly to the Operations Manager so you can have your ideas worked through and actioned quickly without the red tape of a large corporate organisation.
- No day ever the same If you like variety, learning, adapting, and thinking on your feet, this one is for you.
- You’ll become a member of the Blackman's Beer Club You get a case of our award-winning beers each month with exclusive Blackman’s Beer Club beers.
- Food, beverage, and merch discounts.
- Input into beer events and new seasonal release beers.
- Blackman's field trips to other rad breweries.
- Pathways to other areas of the Blackman’s Brewery Group.
- Helping to grow a family business who happen to make the BEST beer in Geelong and the Surf Coast

**Here are the primary responsibilities of the role**:

- Lead by example from the front, being ‘hands on’ in all areas of the venue.
- Set the example on how things should be done in both a professional and friendly style.
- Plan and create events, especially over winter, to utilise venue and beer garden spaces.
- Ensure a fun, relaxed and beer focused environment for our beloved customers to enjoy beer and food whilst promoting Blackman’s Brewery values.
- Motivate, train, and lead staff, creating a professional yet fun workplace environment.
- Leading weekly team meetings and delivering weekly financial and operational reports.
- Create training programs and help refine systems and procedures.
- Ensure kitchen and food processes and standards are maintained and generally run a clean and safe venue.
- Responsible for tills and safe and accurate reconciliation.
- Ability to keep a calm head at all times and run the venue; especially during extremely busy periods and over summer.
- Achieve and deliver key performance indicators.

**Here are the qualities we’re looking for**:

- An energetic, enthusiastic and fun beer-loving legend who loves hospitality and leading a team.
- Outstanding communication skills up, down, and across. You must be able to give and follow instructions carefully, connect with and speak the Blackman's lingo and with a smile. Smiling is very important.
- Flexibility. You must be able to fit well within our team but get on with things on your own.
- Be seriously organised. Organisation is key, you must be able to demonstrate that you can work across a range of projects all at once, in a deliberate manner.
- Commitment to the good beer cause and a love of good beer - we want you to become part of the Blackman’s family and spread the good beer work.
- A keen operator who will take ownership of our flagship venue with pride and purpose.
- Proficient in keg and cellar operations.
- Events experience will be regarded favourably.

Applications close 5th February 2023 and an immediate start is possible.

Cheers and beers

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From $70,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring program
- Free drinks
- Free food

Schedule:

- Flexible hours
- Rotating roster
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Geelong, VIC: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

Application Question(s):

- Have you attached a cover letter?
- Do you have a favourite beer? If so, what is it?

**Experience**:

- venue or restaurant management: 5 years (preferred)

Work Authorisation:

- Australia (required)

Application Deadline: 05/02/2023

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