Total 5 restaurant manager job vacancies in Canberra

This role is based within the Chairman's Lounge, a small fine dining restaurant and lounge area that offers an a la carte menu designed by Neil Perry Consulting.  Service is discrete yet attentive, providing friendly and efficient food and beverage offerings that meets our passengers’ expectations.

Our Senior Duty Manager will provide service from the heart across our 3 Lounges, reporting to the Lounge Manager you will be responsible for a team of supervisors and F&B Attendants.

• Lead by example to provide efficient, friendly & professional food & beverage service to all guests
• Responsible for managing the front of house operations to ensure we are providing the high-quality service to our customers.
• Supervision and support of all lounge areas as required
• Define the organization of work to be performed by the team members, and supervise, co-ordinate and plan daily activities of personnel
• Handle different guest challenges and situations and be part of the first response emergency team.
• Completion of the Daily Running sheet with full communication across all areas of the lounge including Qantas staff.
• Reporting of sickness, absence, punctuality, etc. issues to the Lounge and T&C Manager
• Achieve budgets, customer satisfaction targets and other business metrics. 
• Receive and deal with verbal complaints, forward to the Lounge manager when necessary.
• Communicate directly with your front of house team, kitchen team and higher management to provide them with all relevant/ needed information.
• Assist with implement training programs for all employees, conduct induction and skills training 
• Maintain standards of hygiene for food handling and presentation as prescribed by council / legislative regulations, in accordance with the Lounges and Qantas Food Safety Plan. 
• Make sure that an ACCOR and Brand policies are respected
• Excellent knowledge of the software operation and usage.
• Check discrepancy report and action accordingly.
• Train junior team member and co-ordinate the monthly on the job training for the whole department
• Log and inform your Manager of any system problems & workplace injuries.
• Assisting with protecting and maintaining control of the lounge and bar areas.

The position:

Reporting directly to the General Manager as part of our Leadership Team, you will be responsible for overseeing the venue's large scale Food & Beverage operations.

We are looking for a natural leader passionate in Food & Beverage who will inspire, innovate and empower those around them whilst being responsible for driving the financial success of the department with proven ability to lead a high performing team.

This role is instrumental to the Leadership Team of the Hotel as we continue to grow our business and provide a unique offering to our customers and team. With an eye for detail and a flair for creativity you will lead the team in providing a high level guest experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing the Food & Beverage operations for our hotel. Including: First Edition restuarant, Room Service, Minibar and Conference & Events.
• Co-ordination between the Food & Beverage team and other departments to ensure successful communication of all relevant information.
• Preparation of monthly reports. Including: forecasting, budgeting and analysis of monthly results.
• Stimulating customer-focused service and taking it to the next level
• Taking ownership of all guest feedback and leading the change.

THE ROLE: 

Reporting to the Front Office Manager, you will be responsible for assisting the Front Office Manager in managing the day to day operations of the Front Office team. 

This is a hands-on role, highly customer focused, and requires an individual who can lead by example in meeting and maintaining our team brand standards. In addition, you will:

• Evaluate guest satisfaction, monitor trends and drive the continuous improvement of our team and processes.
• Oversee all guest arrivals and departures, ensuring room allocations and check in/out processes adhere to agreed procedures and standards.
• Ensure accuracy of data and reporting.
• Oversee lobby services ensuring guest arrival and departure experiences are seamless.
• Liaise daily with our Reservations Team.
• Manage customer relations, ensuring truly memorable experiences are delivered for our guests.
• Be our ‘Loyalty Champion’ striving to recruit new members to our loyalty program.
• Ensure sufficient labour coverage in key areas.

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What are the benefits?

• Qantas & Jetstar Discounts– Domestic & International Travel (T&C Apply)
• Hotel discounts worldwide and exclusive travel benefits 
• Free staff meals
• Free Parking
• Parental leave

Who are we?

Generous, attentive, and free, we ensure that everyone can come as they are, and feel like they belong. As one big team, we know that only together can we do amazing things! The world is more welcoming when we’re connected heart to heart. How do we do it? We care, we dare, we place people at the heart of everything we do. We are Accor.

What do we do?

Every day we connect with thousands of travellers as they adventure around Australia and the world. Qantas Lounges by Accor provides a relaxing start to a holiday, an efficient workspace between flights, and a comfortable stop on the way to anywhere. With a range of offerings from upscale to luxury, our Lounges receive rave reviews from both our customers and our team.

About the role?

Our Senior Duty Manager will provide service from the heart across our 3 Lounges, reporting to the Lounge Manager you will be responsible for a team of supervisors and F&B Attendants.

What you will be doing: 

• Lead by example to provide efficient, friendly & professional food & beverage service to all guests.
• Responsible for managing the front of house operations to ensure we are providing the high quality service to our customers.
• Completion of the Daily Running sheet with full communication across all areas of the lounge including Qantas staff.
• Reporting of sickness, absence, punctuality, etc. issues to the Lounge and T&C Manager.
• Achieve budgets, customer satisfaction targets and other business metrics. 
• Receive and deal with verbal complaints; forward to the Lounge manager when necessary.
• Communicate directly with your front of house team, kitchen team and higher management to provide them with all relevant/ needed information.
• Assist with implement training programs for all employees, conduct induction and skills training.
• Maintain standards of hygiene for food handling and presentation as prescribed by council / legislative regulations, in accordance with the Lounges and Qantas Food Safety Plan. 
• Make sure that an ACCOR and Brand policies are respected.

In this role it is required to have the ability to work a 24/7 rotating roster, hold a valid Responsible Service of Alcohol certificate and the ability to pass a Federal Police Clearance to enable your work in the Airport. You must also have Australian working rights to be considered for this role.