VENUE MANAGER
Central Sunshine Coast | Full-Time | $80,000–$85,000 + Performance Incentives
This isn't just another Venue Manager job.
It's an opportunity to build a career that could see you running your own hospitality business.
At Helliwell Hospitality Group, we don't simply hire managers—we develop business leaders.
Working directly alongside experienced directors with a proven track record of building and operating successful hospitality venues, you'll gain the commercial knowledge, leadership skills and operational experience required to take your hospitality career to the next level.
If you're looking for predictable 9-to-5 shifts, minimal responsibility and somewhere to simply clock in and out, this probably isn't the role for you.
If you're driven by growth; thrive under pressure; and enjoy making decisions, solving problems and leading people, then keep reading.
Lead a Business. Build a Team. Drive Results.
We're looking for a commercially minded Venue Manager to take ownership of one of our flagship Sunshine Coast venues.
This is more than hospitality management.
It's an opportunity to run a business within a business.
You'll have real influence over revenue, profitability, labour performance, guest experience, culture, marketing initiatives and operational excellence. You'll be empowered to make decisions, improve performance and leave your mark on the venue.
What You'll Own
- Overall venue performance
- Revenue growth and profitability
- Labour cost management and rostering efficiency
- Stock control, purchasing and supplier relationships
- Team recruitment, coaching and development
- Guest experience and service standards
- Financial reporting and KPI analysis
- Marketing and local area initiatives
- Continuous improvement projects
- Venue presentation and brand standards
What Success Looks Like
- Revenue targets consistently achieved or exceeded
- Labour and cost of goods maintained within budget
- Outstanding guest satisfaction
- Highly engaged, well-trained team members
- Strong culture with excellent staff retention
- Continuous improvements in profitability and operational efficiency
Who You Are
You don't wait to be told what to do.
You see opportunities where others see problems.
You enjoy taking ownership, making decisions and being accountable for results.
You're equally comfortable leading a busy Friday night service, analysing a P&L, coaching a supervisor or implementing systems that make the business better.
You probably have experience as a:
- Venue Manager
- Hospitality Manager
- Operations Manager
- Assistant Venue Manager ready to step up
- Duty Manager with strong commercial ability
- Multi-site hospitality leader
Most importantly, you're ambitious.
You want to keep learning, developing and building a long-term career—not just collecting another payslip.
What You'll Bring
- Strong commercial and financial acumen
- Experience improving venue performance
- Labour and wage management experience
- Confidence leading and developing teams
- Excellent organisational skills
- Strong problem-solving ability
- High personal accountability
- Current RSA
- Current RSG
- Approved Manager Licence
What We Offer
- Competitive salary package
- Performance incentives linked directly to business results
- Clear pathway into senior leadership and executive management
- One-on-one mentoring from experienced hospitality directors
- Personal leadership and business development coaching
- Ongoing professional development
- Employee discounts across the group
- Opportunity to influence the future growth of one of Queensland's leading hospitality groups
Your Career Starts Here
The people who succeed in this role don't just become better Venue Managers.
They become business operators.
They learn how to read financials, build high-performing teams, grow revenue, control costs, lead people and think commercially—the same skills required to own or operate successful hospitality businesses.
If you're hungry to learn, prepared to work hard and excited by the opportunity to build something bigger than yourself, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply Now
Send your resume along with a short cover letter telling us how you've improved a venue, grown revenue, developed a team or delivered measurable business results.
Email: [email protected]
Benefits
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring program
- Leadership coaching
- Performance incentives
- Salary packaging
Work Location: In person
Pay: $80,000.00 – $85,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring program
- Salary packaging
Work Location: In person
