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Duty Manager/supervisor Wanted

Payment: Accommodation & Paid ($28)
Location: West Coast
Region: West Coast
Experience: Limited Experience Necessary
Listing Added: 09/11/2026
Company: Lake Mahinapua Hotel

About the role

Duty manager with Supervisor responsibilities for the Lake Mahinapua Hotel on the West Coast. Don't have your Duty Manager’s certificate yet? No problem, we are happy to help you train for it, as long as you have at least 6 months of New Zealand bartending experience backed by a recommendation letter.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you lead by example and muck in wherever you are needed, helping different areas of the hotel. The Lake Mahinapua Hotel is a small hotel that covers restaurant service, general hotel duties such as grounds keeping and housekeeping, and hosts weddings and corporate functions, plus regular party nights 3-4 times a week.

Key responsibilities

  • Restaurant service
  • Work parties and late night shifts that can go past midnight
  • Reception duties
  • Front of house service
  • Event support for weddings and corporate functions
  • Help housekeeping, kitchen or general maintenance if needed

What's included

  • Free accommodation
  • Food and beverage benefits

About you

  • At least 6 months of experience bartending in New Zealand
  • Work towards duty managers certificate if you don't have it
  • Strong work ethic and happy to get stuck into physical work
  • Proactive mindset - you see what needs doing and you get it done
  • Reliable - you show up on time and ready to work
  • Comfortable switching between departments
  • Valid working rights in New Zealand required
  • Comfortable working parties and late night shifts

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