About the Role
As Assistant Venue Manager, you will work closely with the Venue Manager to support the successful delivery of the Moonlight Cinema experience. You'll play a key role in venue operations, team leadership, guest experience, safety, and commercial performance while helping to lead a seasonal workforce throughout the summer season.
Responsibilities
- Supporting the Venue Manager in delivering day-to-day venue operations, including site set-up and pack-down.
- Assisting with seasonal bump-in and bump-out activities, including production scheduling.
- Leading and developing a team of approximately 30 casual team members.
- Supporting recruitment, onboarding, training, and development of seasonal staff.
- Assisting with Food & Beverage operations, including ordering, inventory control, and invoice processing.
- Supporting sponsorship activations and ensuring contractual deliverables are executed to a high standard.
- Preparing rosters, managing timesheets, and supporting payroll administration.
- Managing cinema content and supporting audio-visual operations, including screen and sound set-up.
- Ensuring compliance with management plans, workplace health and safety requirements, and company policies.
- Providing leadership during predominantly afternoon and evening shifts throughout the season.
Requirements
- At least 1 year of experience in a leadership, supervisory, or management role within events, entertainment, hospitality, retail, or Food & Beverage.
- Strong experience delivering exceptional customer service and leading teams.
- Experience managing and motivating a casual or seasonal workforce.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and relationship-building skills.
- Strong organisational, planning, and problem-solving abilities.
- The ability to work autonomously, prioritise competing demands, and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong initiative, attention to detail, and a hands-on approach.
- Confidence learning and using new systems and operational processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
- Experience in cinema, events, outdoor entertainment, or venue management will be highly regarded.
- Current RSA certification.
- Valid Australian Driver's Licence.
Skills
- Leadership
- Supervisory
- Management
- Events
- Entertainment
- Hospitality
- Retail
- Food & Beverage
- Customer Service
- Team Leadership
- Workforce Management
- Communication
- Stakeholder Management
- Relationship Building
- Organisation
- Planning
- Problem-Solving
- Autonomy
- Prioritisation
- Adaptability
- Initiative
- Attention to Detail
- Learning New Systems
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Cinema Management
- Outdoor Entertainment Management
- Venue Management
- RSA Certification
- Driver's Licence
Location
- Sydney
Work Type
- Fixed-term
- Full-time
- Contract
Experience Level
- 1 year of experience in a leadership, supervisory, or management role
Salary/Compensations
- $1,420.00 - $1,520.00 per week
Benefits
- Superannuation
- Staff perks
- 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels
- $2 movie tickets
- Discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar
- Seasonal perks at Thredbo
- Rapid career growth across hotel & entertainment network
About the Company
- Moonlight Cinema Sydney is part of EVT, one of Australasia’s market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel.
- In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It’s why we all call ourselves Daymakers - because each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers.
- Moonlight Cinema is a beloved summer tradition – bringing the magic of movies under the stars to iconic parklands across Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth.
- In front of unforgettable outdoor backdrops, we create special moments for connection.
- Join our team and help deliver one of Australia’s most memorable open-air cinema experiences.
- EVT has an endless range of roles and careers paths to explore across over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection and Australia’s most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo.
- Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few.
- Once you’re in, there’s no limits on where your career could take you.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome applicants from all backgrounds
