Food and Beverage Manager - The Victoria Hotel

About EVT:  The Victoria Hotel 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. 

The Independent Collection is a curated selection of hotels, each of which lives up to an exacting standard to offer travellers the best of luxury, elevated, urban, comfort and social experiences. While every hotel celebrates its own unique brand & experience, together the Independent Collection shares a passion for one-of-a-kind experiences, service and quality.

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. 

Key Responsibilities 

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to step up from a Venue or Operations Manager. Working across the hotels F&B offering including restaurant, bar and events operations, driving the guest experience and leading from the front.

• Hands-on and visible on the floor, leading the team by example and being willing to get involved in the day-to-day operation.
• Drive revenue growth across the hotels F&B offering by focusing on spend per head and profitability.
• Manage inventory, stock control, and expenditure through robust control systems.
• Have a strong focus on team leadership, coaching and on-the-job training, with the ability to build capability and accountability within the team.
• Be highly organised and well planned, with strong attention to detail around rostering, service preparation, stock, events, and operational standards.
• Have a basic understanding of F&B financials, including food and beverage costs, labour, budgets, and profitability, with the ability to understand and act on key numbers.
• Be commercially minded while still being guest-focused and operationally driven.
• Ideally have experience managing a multi-faceted F&B operation, rather than being purely restaurant, bar or events focused.
• Generating feasibility models for adhoc events or promotions analysing the potential profit and loss. E.g. Mothers’ Day, Melbourne Cup, Christmas Day luncheons.

What You’ll Bring

• 2-3 years of previous experience in a similar senior role working in hotels or restaurants.
• Strategic in creating new ideas to drive revenue and guest engagement.
• Build strong relationships with guests and key stakeholders.
• Great communication, team leadership and fostering a learning environment.
• Good financial acumen (e.g. P&L analysis, forecasting).
• A passion for hospitality, people focused and innovative thinking.

We are looking for someone who is a practical operator and strong people leader — someone who will be on the floor with the team, set clear expectations, coach and develop staff, and bring structure and organisation to the department.

How You Work

• Daymaker ethos — no one’s too big for the small things.
• Inclusive leader — values diverse perspectives; builds belonging.
• Owner’s mindset — acts on data/feedback; ships improvements.
• Hands-on and non-hierarchical — leads from the front.

Perks from Day One

As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels - no ivory towers.

• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels – QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• $2 movie tickets + discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel & entertainment network.
• Paid parental leave; community & volunteering opportunities.

Apply Now

Join The Victoria Hotel and become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker. Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.

Send your CV and a short cover letter. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in - don’t wait! We can’t wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.

When you click apply, you’ll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce). This is our official system for managing applications across the EVT Group. You’ll simply enter your details and answer a few quick screening questions so we can get to know you better.