🌿 Lodge Manager – Remote Northern Territory 📍(3980558)
Job Description
🌿Lodge Manager – Remote Northern Territory📍
🕒Full-Time | Ongoing | 🚀Commencing Late January 2026
An incredible opportunity to lead a remote wilderness lodge, delivering authentic Australian hospitality in one of the country’s most extraordinary natural settings.
This off-grid luxury lodge offers premium accommodation, immersive nature-based experiences, guided wilderness adventures, and exceptional dining showcasing local ingredients. The operation combines environmental sustainability with five-star guest service, creating a unique destination that celebrates connection to country, culture, and community.
We’re seeking an experienced Lodge Manager to oversee all aspects of daily operations, leading a team of approximately 20 staff. This is a highly hands-on leadership role suited to someone with strong operational expertise, commercial acumen, and a genuine passion for remote hospitality.
You’ll be responsible for ensuring outstanding guest experiences while managing performance, logistics, safety, and sustainability outcomes across all departments.
💰 Package & Benefits:
- $100,000 – $120,000 Neg. Salary + Super
- Accommodation and meals provided onsite
- Relocation assistance available
- WIFI access provided
- Unique lifestyle opportunity in one of Australia’s most remarkable regions
💼 Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee daily operations across accommodation, guest services, dining, and maintenance
- Lead, train, and support a close-knit onsite team to deliver exceptional service standards
- Maintain effective financial control, budgeting, and cost management
- Collaborate with culinary and activities teams to deliver authentic guest experiences
- Uphold compliance in safety, environmental practices, and staff wellbeing
- Act as the key on-site host and brand ambassador for the property
👀 About You:
- Proven experience in remote or high-end hospitality management
- Hands-on operator with strong leadership and communication skills
- Commercially focused, with strong attention to detail and guest satisfaction
- Adaptable, resilient, and comfortable living in a remote environment
- Committed to sustainability, culture, and community engagement
✅ Requirements for the Role:
- First Aid & CPR (HLTAID011 & HLTAID009)
- RSA Certificate • MR Driver’s Licence & NT Driver Accreditation
- National Police Clearance
- Minimum 2 years’ experience, in a Senior Management (GM) role and/or previous experience managing a remote or luxury property
Apply Now
If you’re ready to take on a challenging and rewarding management role in one of Australia’s most stunning wilderness regions, we’d love to hear from you.
How to Apply:
If you are ready to start your remote adventure and feel you are the right candidate for this role, we would love to hear from you – please forward your resume to jobs@mlkarecruitment.com.au or click ‘Apply Now’ above.
All applications are handled on a confidential basis.
Note, due to confidentiality on some roles, not all our positions are externally advertised.
Who We Are:
MLKA Hospitality Recruitment are industry leaders in remote, regional and outback hospitality employment Australia wide. Australian owned and operated since 2008.
Our roles offer an excellent opportunity for skilled hospitality staff to embark on an adventurous career, experiencing the REAL Australia.
We recruit for equal opportunity employers.
Specific details of our roles, salary and locations are provided during the interview process.
We recruit for the best hospitality employers in regional & remote Australia who can offer their employees a great work/life balance. Our service is 100% free for jobseekers.
Escape the high cost and stresses of city living with a fantastic live in role – accommodation packages are provided with all roles.
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