Venue Manager

Join a lively, progressive live music venue and pub hosting 800+ bands a year. Crowbar is a 500 capacity venue with a front bar, beer garden and kitchen looking for a Venue Manager experienced with live music venues, events, and food and beverage.

Roles:

• Weekly management and preparation of venue operations.
• Maintain and implement operating policies and procedures.
• Liaising with bookings, marketing and management teams on all events, implementing food & drink promotions and activations.
• Hiring, training, management and mentoring of team members, maintaining a safe workplace and complying to OLGR regulations.
• Maintain high standards of food and beverage quality, customer service, cost control and venue presentation.
• Maintaining positive relationships with artists and their teams, striving to put on a successful event for the venue and everyone involved. 
• Create drink strategies and menu development with suppliers and management.
• Financial reporting, working to achieve weekly and monthly budgets, developing and implementing cost control and revenue increases.
• Stock control, stocktake, ordering. Reporting stock takes and ordering in line with budgets while ensuring staff are maintaining stock control in the bar and kitchen.
• Forecast staffing needs for events to ensure optimum customer service and wage percentages.
• Oversee repairs and maintenance of the building. 

Requirements:

• Full time, 40-45 hours a week, availability Monday – Sunday
• Minimum 3 years experience in a venue management role with live music or events.
• A passion for live music and understanding the smooth operations of events for the venue, artists and audiences.
• Skilled in problem solving and thinking outside-the-box.
• Maintaining great communication and relationships with management, staff, event stakeholders, customers and suppliers.
• Administration knowledge of operating systems, skilled in Google and Microsoft Office programs.
• Customer service focused with a professional and positive attitude.

• Contact Name: Tyla Dombroski
• Contact Email: tyla@crowbarsyd.com