$80,000 – $85,000 per year + Super + Tips

Some restaurants play music. Some rooms move to it.

The Frog Club is looking for an Assistant Bar Manager to help build one of Melbourne’s great late-night rooms, where cocktails are cold, the lighting stays low, the music carries the night forward and the energy builds table by table. A place people arrive for dinner and somehow leave after midnight.

This is not about tricks or theatre for theatre’s sake.

The Frog Club is a bar and restaurant opening on Chapel Street, Windsor from the team behind The Gilson. The room draws inspiration from New York supper clubs, old Hollywood dining rooms, downtown listening bars and the kind of restaurants that become part of a city’s social fabric.

Steaks from the grill. Cold martinis. Music that carries the room forward. Seven nights a week.

We’re looking for someone who understands that the best bars are built on consistency, atmosphere, timing, taste and people wanting to come back tomorrow night.

The Role You will work directly alongside the Bar Manager to lead the bar team through service, uphold the quality of every drink that leaves the bar, and build the kind of operation the whole room can rely on. When the Bar Manager is not in the building, you are the standard.

This role includes:

Supporting the Bar Manager in leading, developing and rostering the bar team day to day

Running the bar independently in the Bar Manager’s absence — without the standard dropping

Holding the quality of every drink on every shift — technique, temperature, presentation, timing

Training bartenders and barbacks with consistency and care

Managing stock,



ordering and waste with commercial precision

Contributing to cocktail development and seasonal menu changes

Building strong supplier relationships alongside the Bar Manager

Applying RSA obligations confidently and consistently across the team

Working collaboratively with the floor, kitchen and sommelier teams to ensure every service connects

Has genuine senior bar experience — Supervisor level or above — in a quality, high-volume venue

Leads from the bar, not from a distance — and earns the team’s respect through their own standard

Is technically strong across classic cocktails, spirits, wine and the mechanics of a busy bar

Develops the people around them as naturally as they manage a service

Understands stock, cost and margin — not just recipes

Stays calm under pressure and sharp when it counts

Wants to grow into a Bar Manager role and has the discipline and ambition to earn it

Has full availability across evenings and weekends — this is a late-night, seven-night venue

What You’ll Get

Competitive salary + super + tips

The chance to help build and shape the bar programme.

Access to WSET training

Access to innovative and engaging leadership training programs

Staff discounts across the group

Leadership dining allowance

Real long-term growth opportunities within Stardust as the group expands

A serious ownership team that cares deeply about hospitality, culture and its people

The Frog Club is being built for the long haul. We care about the music, the lighting, the martinis, the flowers, the timing of service, the regulars, the feeling in the room and the people behind it all.

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📌 Assistant Bar Manager (Port Phillip City)
🏢 The Frog Club
📍 Port Phillip City