🌵 VENUE MANAGER – CENTRAL WESTERN QUEENSLAND (4066297)
Job Description
🌵 VENUE MANAGER – CENTRAL WESTERN QUEENSLAND
💰 $95,000 – $105,000 Salary + Super | 🏡 Free Onsite Self-Contained Apartment
Are you an experienced Venue Manager with strong multi-outlet operations, financial management, gaming and team leadership skills? An exciting opportunity is available in Central Western Queensland to take the lead at a well-established regional venue serving locals, travellers and the wider community.
This is a hands-on senior leadership role for a confident hospitality professional who enjoys leading people, driving performance and being involved across every aspect of a busy venue.
🍻 ABOUT THE VENUE
This well-established community hub brings together:
- 🍺 Bar & Bistro
- 🎰 Gaming Lounge
- 🛒 Drive-Through Bottleshop
- 🏨 Accommodation
- 🎉 Events, promotions and community activities
With multiple revenue streams and a team of approximately 30 staff, this is a diverse operation where your leadership and commercial skills will make a real impact.
Located in Central Western Queensland, the town offers the essentials for comfortable regional living, including schools, healthcare, shops and a strong, welcoming community.
👔 THE ROLE
As Venue Manager, you’ll take overall responsibility for the day-to-day performance of the venue, ensuring each department operates efficiently while maintaining exceptional standards of service.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Overseeing daily operations across all departments and outlets
- Leading, training and motivating a team of approximately 30 staff
- Managing budgets, reporting and overall financial performance
- Identifying opportunities to increase revenue and profitability
- Driving local engagement through promotions, events and community initiatives
- Maintaining compliance with licensing, gaming, WHS and operational requirements
- Ensuring consistently high standards of customer service and guest experience
- Building strong relationships with staff, suppliers, guests and the local community
- Providing visible, hands-on leadership across the operation
⭐ ABOUT YOU
We’re looking for an accomplished hospitality leader who can confidently manage a complex venue and bring energy, structure and commercial focus to the role.
You’ll ideally have:
- Proven experience as a Venue Manager, Hotel Manager or similar senior hospitality role
- Experience managing a multi-outlet or regional venue
- Strong food & beverage, gaming and accommodation operations knowledge
- A hands-on leadership style with the ability to develop and motivate a diverse team
- Excellent communication, organisational and problem-solving skills
- Strong commercial awareness and confidence managing budgets and financial reporting
- Experience with SwiftPOS and Little Hotelier PMS is advantageous
- Confidence overseeing gaming operations including TAB, Keno and Pokies
- A genuine commitment to customer service and community engagement
📋 QUALIFICATIONS & LICENCES
- RMLV & Approved Manager’s Licence – QLD
- RSA & RSG – QLD
- Gaming Nomination & CLO Certification
🎁 WHAT’S ON OFFER
💰 $95,000 – $105,000 Salary + Super
🏡 Free onsite self-contained apartment
👥 Lead a team of approximately 30
🍻 Diverse multi-outlet operation
🌵 Central Western Queensland location
🤝 Strong community-focused venue
If you’re an experienced hospitality leader ready to take ownership of a diverse regional operation and make your mark within a close-knit community, 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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