Supervisor Restaurant – Summerland Farm
Core parts of the role:
Restaurant Operations & Service Delivery
* Leads day to day restaurant operations across front of house and kitchen, ensuring smooth service, strong customer experience, and consistent standards.
Team Leadership & Culture
* Leads and develops a diverse team (including supported employees), building a positive, accountable, and high performing hospitality environment.
Commercial Performance & Cost Control
* Manages labour, rostering, stock, and menu performance to deliver budget outcomes while identifying opportunities to grow revenue.
Customer Experience & Repeat Trade
* Creates a high quality dining experience that drives repeat customers, strong reputation, and integration with tourism and events.
Functions, Events & Cross Portfolio Integration
* Supports delivery of functions, weddings, and tourism trade while working across Summerland Farm to maximise overall visitor experience and revenue.
About The Role
We're looking for a hands-on Restaurant Coordinator to lead the day-to-day operations of the Summerland Farm restaurant. This key leadership role is responsible for running a busy venue coordinating front of house and kitchen teams, delivering a strong customer experience, and driving commercial performance. You'll be part of a unique environment that combines hospitality, tourism, events, and farming with real opportunity to grow the restaurant as a destination dining experience.
What You'll Be Doing
* Leading daily restaurant operations across front of house and kitchen
* Coordinating service to ensure a high quality customer experience
* Managing rosters, labour KPIs, and workflow to meet demand
* Working with the Head Chef on menus, stock, and cost control
* Supporting functions, weddings, and tourism trade
* Monitoring performance including revenue, labour, and costs
* Engaging with customers and building repeat business
* Coaching and developing team members
* Maintaining food safety, hygiene, and workplace safety standards
* Identifying opportunities to improve service, efficiency, and revenue
About You
* Experience in a restaurant, cafe, or hospitality leadership role
* Strong understanding of service, kitchen coordination, and operations
* Confident managing a team in high volume service environments
* Good commercial awareness and understanding of labour, cost, and performance
* Strong communication and customer engagement skills
* Practical, hands-on leader who leads from the floor
* Experience with functions or events (desirable)
Why Summerland Farm?
* Be part of a vibrant, purpose-driven social enterprise.
* Work across a stunning 230-acre property in the Northern Rivers.
* Varied work with big opportunities to learn across multiple business units.
* Supportive team culture with a strong focus on growth, safety, and inclusion.
* Make a real impact while doing work that matters.
Benefits of working with Aruma!
* Salary Packaging: Access to NFP salary packaging up to $15,900 for living expenses and additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses each year tax free.
* Fitness Passport: Access to subsidised gym membership.
* Employee Assistance Program: Free confidential service including Money Assist, Legal Assist, Family Assist and Nutrition/Lifestyle Assist.
* Discounted Health Insurance: Access to a range of discounted health and wellness services through Bupa.
* Recognition & Rewards: Recognition for your hard work through BRAVE Reviews and our annual BRAVE Awards night.
* Job Satisfaction: Through making a real difference in peoples' lives within a values-driven organisation.
Only applicants with the right to work in Australia will be considered. Shortlisted applications will be required to undergo pre‐employment probity checks i.e. Police Check and NDIS Worker Screening.
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