Assistant Venue Manager

About us

At InterContinental Perth City Centre we are here to make our valued guest enjoy the finer things in life to discover the means of experiences that cannot be had anywhere else.

Heno & Rey - Hola With a focus on using fresh, West Australian produce to create Spanish inspired flavours, Heno & Rey's is a casual tapas bar where passion for food and drink mirrors the Spanish approach to life.

We are looking for an Assistant Venue Manager to join the team as the day to day operational leader on the floor.

Your day to day

We're currently on the hunt for a full time Assistant Venue Manager to partner with our Hotel Food and Beverage Leadership Team to jointly lead and manage our busiest venue, 'Heno & Rey'.

Reporting to the Food and Beverage Manager, your leadership will focus on delivering a strong guest satisfaction & colleague engagement alongside departmental revenue and profit goals using a combination of existing and newly introduced initiatives. In addition, you will take charge of venue standards, safety and compliance requirements ensuring those standards are met.

What we need from you

You will be an experienced leader who enjoys leading by example and working closely with your team, seeing the value in coaching and developing individuals around you. Your focus on continuous improvement and problem solving will ensure that you are comfortable with accountability for Heno & Rey.

The ideal candidate will... minimum 1 years team leadership experience in a busy and modern restaurant or bar.

• Exceptional customer service skills and have a high ability to interact with guests & colleagues.
• Demonstrated capability to lead a team and drive their engagement to create a working environment that colleagues love.
• Multi-tasking – the job is varied so the ability to manage multiple high priorities and deadlines will ensure your success.
• Communication skills – guest & colleagues will need to come to you with concerns as well as compliments, so you'll be easy to talk to and resolve issues in a timely & professional way. Ability to manage relationships with guests, colleagues, third parties using an approach that best reflects the hotel and brand philosophy.
• Drive results and standards - through your drive to sell, ability to implement activations in the venue, and embed standards.
• Passion & drive to delivering excellent customer service & memorable guest experiences.
• Have strong beverage knowledge of wines, beers and spirits.
• Be able to work well in a team environment and support the wider hotel team success.

All candidates must also...

• Have the legal right to work in Australia without limitation or restrictions.
• Have full availability to work across 7 days per week, including weekends, evenings and public holidays.

What we offer

You'll be rewarded for your hard work with a range of benefits that supports you throughout your IHG career journey

• Incentive pay programme based on achieving venue average check goals.
• Free meals on shift
• Laundered uniform supplied
• Paid birthday leave - hip hip hooray
• Paid parental leave
• Proactive paid wellness and mental health days
• Some of the best colleague discounts across our IHG Hotels for accommodation, food and beverage
• A massive colleague discounts platform for all your favorite brands and retailers - to help your salary/wage go further
• Most importantly, your career journey will be supported through our lifelong development programs, IHG career milestone celebrations, and transfer of leave entitlements as you move and grow with IHG.

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.