Assistant Restaurant Manager

Zambrero; Wollongong City Council; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Zambrero is seeking an Assistant Restaurant Manager in Australia to support the Restaurant Manager in delivering fast, fresh, and healthy Mexican fare with a smile. You will help run day-to-day operations, lead a team, and ensure top service and safety standards while maintaining food quality and presentation.

You’ll contribute to a purpose-driven culture that donates meals through Plate 4 Plate and offers growth into restaurant management roles, with flexible hours and opportunities to advance

Responsibilities

• Lead the restaurant team in day-to-day operations.
• Assist in hiring, training, rostering, and resolving employee issues.
• Ensure food is prepared, presented, and served to high standards.
• Assist with ordering stock from suppliers.
• Support office administration duties such as paperwork, banking, cash handling, and payroll.
• Manage daily and weekly cleaning of production areas, dining room, and restaurant.
• Uphold Workplace Health and Safety standards and train staff accordingly.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Customer service

People skills

Job description

Development opportunities - become the next leader in our team

We are on the hunt for great people like you to join our Zam fam!

About Us

We are Zambrero. Australia's largest Mexican franchise offering healthy, fresh food while fighting world hunger. We are a quick-service restaurant that offers tasty burritos, bowls, nachos, and tacos filled with home-made guac and other goodies. For you, that means you will always work with yummy fresh ingredients that won’t leave you smelling like you just came from work. Our restaurants are open day and night so you can be flexible and keep up your work, school and play.

But we are not just a healthy quick service restaurant! We also donate one meal to someone in need for every bowl or burrito bought at Zambrero through our Plate 4 Plate initiative.

What you’ll do

Our Assistant Restaurant Managers take pride in preparing and serving fast, fresh, and healthy Mexican food with a smile. As an Assistant Restaurant Manager, you will be responsible for assisting the Restaurant Manager with setting the highest standard in all areas of the restaurant including the customer experience, the workplace culture, and the financial results.

• Leading the restaurant team in efficient day to day operations
• Assisting in managing your team, including hiring, training, performance reviews, rostering, and resolving any employee issues including grievances
• Ensuring food is prepared, presented, and served to the highest standard
• Assisting with ordering of stock from various suppliers
• Assisting with office administration duties such as paperwork, banking, cash handling, payroll and reviewing policies
• Managing daily and weekly cleaning of the production areas, dining room and general restaurant
• Ensuring safety and security standards are recognised and upheld, and that employees are effectively trained in Workplace Health and Safety
  

What you’ll bring

We’d love for you to join us if you’ve got what we need:

• Passionate about our humanitarian values and ready to make a difference
• Passionate about building a positive culture within the restaurant- focused on exceptional customer service, working together, helping those in need and making Zambrero an enjoyable place to work.
  

What we offer

• Contribute to fighting world hunger one plate at a time
• Grow your career. We’ve had great success stories from Team Members stepping into roles such as Restaurant Managers or even joining the Zambrero Support Office.
• Join a fun and dynamic team
• Flexible work hours so you can put your priorities first - finish work before midnight
• Clean work environment and minimal equipment that doesn’t leave you feeling oily

Want to learn more about Zambrero including our story, vision, and founder? Have a look at our website at www.zambrero.com.au