About the Role
As Venue Manager, you will oversee all aspects of the venue's operation, leading a large and diverse team across food & beverage, events, and boat hire while ensuring exceptional guest experiences and strong commercial outcomes. This is not a standard hospitality management role. Fairfield Boathouse requires a resilient and adaptable leader who can confidently navigate peak trading periods, seasonal fluctuations, and the complexity that comes with running a destination venue catering to a broad range of clientele. You will play a key role in driving profitability, labour management, operational standards, team culture, and customer engagement while helping shape the venue during an exciting redevelopment period.
What You'll Be Responsible For
Leading and developing a large front and back-of-house team
Driving venue profitability and operational performance
Managing labour, wages, and cost controls across fluctuating trade periods
Overseeing high-volume service operations and large-scale events
Delivering exceptional customer experiences across diverse demographics
Building strong relationships with locals, tourists, families, and community stakeholders
Maintaining high standards across service, presentation, and compliance
Leading the venue through upcoming renovations and operational change
Creating a positive, high-performing team culture
About You
You are an experienced hospitality leader who thrives in large, fast-paced, and operationally complex environments. You bring strong commercial acumen, calm leadership under pressure,



and the ability to balance strategic oversight with hands‐on operational involvement. You'll ideally have:
Proven experience managing large hospitality venues or destination operations
Robust understanding of P&L; management, labour control, and profitability
Experience leading high-volume service environments and events operations
Exceptional people leadership and team development skills
The ability to manage seasonal trade fluctuations and operational complexity
A warm, engaging leadership style with strong customer and community focus
A proactive and solutions-focused mindset
Experience in tourism, waterfront, or multifaceted hospitality operations highly regarded
Why Join Australian Venue Co?
Total package up to $154K (Base salary + super + KPI bonus)
Staff discounts across 250+ venues throughout Australia & New Zealand
Real career growth opportunities within one of the fastest-growing hospitality groups in ANZ
Strong centralised support across operations, marketing, people & culture, finance, recruitment, and training
Be part of an exciting renovation and transformation journey




Work with a business that invests heavily in people development and internal progression
If you're a commercially savvy hospitality leader ready for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you. Make your career one to remember at Aus Venue Co. The work you do will directly impact everyone of our customers and our aim is to ensure our employees are provided with the support and knowledge to exceed our customers' expectations.
Turn your hospo job into a rewarding career. If you're already in a hospitality management role or you're ready for career progression into management, you can take the next step with Australian Venue Co. We're passionate about training & developing our team members and providing internal career advancement opportunities. At AVC, we turn hospo jobs into careers! Join our team & get access to our AdVanCe Career Pathways program, our in‐house development program that is tailored to the hospitality industry.
If your next step is to become a Duty Manager, Assistant Venue Manager or Venue Manager, we can support you on your career journey.
Australian Venue Co. promotes a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion through programs like AVC Pride for LGBTQIA+ support, Her Hospo for empowering women, and a First Nations Committee for reconciliation. We are committed to growing our understanding and engagement in diversity, equity and inclusion to build a more inclusive industry.
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