Restaurant Manager – Royal Sydney Golf Club
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About The Royal Sydney Golf Club
The Royal Sydney Golf Club, a private members club, is fortunate to be considered one of Australia’s most prominent social and sporting institutions, having proudly hosted a number of world class sporting events including the Australian Open on 15 occasions and the 2011 Davis Cup.
The Club offers exceptional hospitality experiences to complement its world class sporting facilities, which includes 18 tennis courts, bowling greens, croquet lawns, squash courts, snooker tables, a gym, swimming pools and 2 golf courses.
The Role
Reporting to the Food & Beverage Manager, this position is responsible for leading and the management of delivering a high level of service to members and guests across our 150-seat Restaurant, Club Bar and private dining room.
This is a full-time position which is required to be available to work a flexible roster which includes evenings and weekends as well as weekdays.
Key Responsibilities will include:
- Ensure that the experience provided to members and their guests is of the highest quality and is delivered professionally in line with the Clubs exceptional service standards.
- Assist members and guests during the dinner service with wine recommendations and selection for perfect pairing with their dinner, decanting of the wine and wine service.
- Provide people management, operational and admin support to the F&B Manager for the overall running of the Restaurant and Club Bar outlets.
- Ensure the POS system is accurate and up to date with current wine vintages and costings
- Implementing and maintaining processes, policies and structure to the Restaurant/Bar department with the focus on improving standards of service;
- Guide and work with F&B Supervisor to manage and develop direct reports including training and development, rostering to labour standards and responsibility for the output of staff within each department
- Ensure rosters are scheduled in accordance with the Club’s Enterprise Agreement, labour standards and forecasted business levels. Liaise with recruitment agency as required for staffing.
- Play an active part in the promotion of events, menus etc, with the aim of increasing revenue throughout Food and Beverage.
- Prepare various correspondence, reports or documents and ensure confidential matters are dealt with professionally
- Create and maintain a culture of open communication transparency, support and collaboration, ensuring staff behave in a manner which is reflective of Club Values. Lead by example in living our Purpose and values.
- Proven work experience as a Restaurant Manager working in a 5 Star Hotel or Fine Dining Restaurant
- Strong experience in managing and leading a team of up to 15 staff.
- Culinary school Diploma or Degree in food service management or related field, or equivalent training course
- Ability to develop a rapport and working relationship with all members and staff.
- Working knowledge of various computer software programs (MS Office, POS, Respak bookings software)
- Strong administration skills
- Up to date with food and beverages trends and best practices
- A strong knowledge of food and beverage pairings
- Solid understanding of pricing, budgets and cost controls
- A deep knowledge of wine and the ability to determine wine faults and maintain proper temperatures in order to showcase products at their maximum potential.
- Working rights in Australia.
Why choose us?
The ‘staff experience’ matters to us! We strive to live up to our purpose of ‘delivering an exceptional experience for staff, members and guests’.
Benefits include
- Ample opportunities for Learning & Development including 24/7 access to an extensive learning platform.
- Staff wellbeing program including free exercise classes for staff in our state-of-the-art fitness facilities, golf lessons, tennis clinics and access to our Employee Assistance Program.
- Daily staff meals.
- Uniforms provided.
- 20% discount on purchases (e.g. wine and sporting goods from our retail store).
- 15% discount on TFE hotel or apartment bookings across Australia, New Zealand and Europe. TFE brands include but are not limited to Adina, Vibe and Travelodge.
- 17.5% loading on Annual Leave and Special Recreation Leave.
- Additional Special Recreation Leave of 3 days per year.
- Paid Parental Leave benefits.
- All day free street parking available and bus stop and ferry located outside the Club.
We foster an environment of belonging, celebrate diversity at the Club and make hiring decisions based on experience, skill and passion. We actively seek people who genuinely wish to have a positive impact on those around them.
Please note that if your application progresses to the pre-employment stage, you may be required to complete a background check. If the search returns a criminal record, the Club will assess whether the records impacts your ability to perform the key requirements of the role.
If you ready for your next career move, we can’t wait to hear from you! We appreciate the interest shown by previous applicants; however we kindly ask that only new applications be submitted.
To apply online, please click on the appropriate link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Kelly Garland on (02) 8362 7000, quoting Ref No. 1220659.
To apply for this job please visit www.seek.com.au.
