Assistant Restaurant Manager

About the Role
Jellicoe St Bar & Eatery (Creative Hospitality Group Limited) is looking for a reliable, hard-working Assistant Restaurant Manager to join our team here in Te Puke.

This is an exciting time to join us. Alongside our busy main spot at Jellicoe St, we are about to open Molly’s, an adjoining restaurant right next door. As our new Assistant Manager, you will work closely with the Restaurant Manager to look after and run both spaces.

This is a full-time position located in Te Puke. A minimum of 30 hours per week will be gauranteed. Depending on the level of your skills, rate of pay will vary between $30 - $35 per hour. 

Your main focus will be making sure daily service runs smoothly across both venues, keeping an eye on running costs, helping to build a great team environment, and ensuring our guests always have a brilliant dining experience.

Responsibilities

• Look after daily operations: Manage the floor, bar, and restaurant service across both Jellicoe St and Molly's during your shifts.
• Staff recruitment and training: Assist with interviewing and hiring new service and kitchen staff, look after their onboarding and training schedules, and handle ordering their uniforms.
• Supplier & stock management: Research wholesale food and liquor suppliers, negotiate pricing, and manage vendor invoices and contracts.
• Ordering: Keep track of what the kitchen and bar need, calculate future equipment or kitchenware needs, and place orders.
• Team scheduling: Prepare weekly rosters for front of house and kitchen staff, keeping labor costs in mind.
• Team leadership: Supervise, support, and guide the kitchen and waiting staff on shift to keep service standards high.
• Staff performance: Oversee how the team is performing on the floor and give feedback to keep things running efficiently.
• Keep everyone safe & compliant: Make sure both venues strictly follow the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012, as well as all food safety and hygiene regulations.
• Guest feedback & menus: Chat with guests, gather feedback, and work with the manager and kitchen  team to recommend menu improvements.
• Communication: Keep things running smoothly between the front of house and back of house teams so everyone is on the same page.

What we are looking for:

• A relevant qualification in hospitality management or at least 3 years of solid restaurant management experience.
• Strong communication skills and a positive attitude.
• Ability to stay calm under pressure in a busy, high-volume environment.
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, holidays/public holidays. 

You may be required to pass a pre-employment alcohol and drug test and background checks. Once employed, you may be subjected to random, post-incident, or reasonable-cause testing.