🎉 Functions & Events Manager – Wide Bay Burnett Region – Live Off Role (4024194)
Job Description
🎉 Functions & Events Manager – Wide Bay Burnett Region – Live Off Role
Love events?
Know how to drive a room, build business and bring a venue to life?
This is your chance to take full ownership of a growing conferencing & events space and make it your own.
Salary Package:
💰 $75K–$85K Neg.+ Super
Please note: Accommodation is not included – candidates will need to source their own locally, with rental options in town generally reasonable and accessible
🌊 The Opportunity
Set within a well-established riverfront hotel, this role offers the perfect blend of lifestyle + career progression.
With accommodation, a restaurant & bar overlooking the water, and a dedicated function space — there is serious potential here for someone who can see opportunity and run with it.
🍽️ The Role
This is not a sit-behind-the-desk position…
You’ll be the driving force behind functions & events, from first enquiry right through to execution — while jumping in on the floor when needed.
Think:
• Building business through networking, sales & local engagement
• Creating and delivering standout events from start to finish
• Being present on the floor, leading service and ensuring everything runs smoothly
• Working closely with the kitchen, bar and hotel teams
• Bringing fresh ideas to grow revenue and activate the space
🔥 What You Bring
• Strong background in F&B + functions/events
• Commercial mindset — you know how to drive revenue, not just coordinate
• Hands-on, energetic and confident leading from the front
• A natural relationship builder who thrives in a community setting
• Someone who takes ownership and treats the business like their own
✨ Why This Role?
• Real opportunity to shape and grow the events side of the business
• Supportive, forward-thinking group
• Incentives tied to performance
• A role where your ideas and energy will actually make an impact
💬 If you’re looking for a role where you can build, lead and leave your mark — this is it.
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.
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