Assistant Venue Manager - Speight's

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Due to a recent exciting internal movement, we are now looking for an Assistant Venue Manager with a passion for both the Speight's brand and its history to join the team at the spiritual home of Speight's in Dunedin, this is a Permanent Full Time Position.

The Speight’s Heritage Centre is the home of an award-winning brewery tours and retail centre, and this is your chance to take on a challenging and rewarding role, with plenty of opportunities for growth.

The Speight’s Heritage Centre, located in the Speight’s Brewery, is the spiritual home of New Zealand’s biggest beer brand, attracting over 10,000 visitors per year to experience the “Pride of the South”; and is one of Dunedin’s most popular tourist attractions. As Assistant Venue Manager you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the team exceeds the expectations of visitors to this iconic site.

Your key responsibility will be to increase visitors to the Heritage Centre by managing an engaging team of tour guides and delivering an exceptional experience to guests. You will also play a key role in increasing our retail sales via the onsite shop and e-commerce platforms.

Core Duties

• Stock ordering and inventory control (including the e-commerce site)
• Managing a team of up to 10 Tour Guides
• Stakeholder relationship management
• Event management
• Cash-handling and banking
• Reservations
• Rostering and payroll

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What We Offer

All candidates must have the right to live and work in Aotearoa New Zealand.

At Lion, we offer ‘growth on tap’ and you’ll get hooked on reaching higher with each new challenge. We have endless experiences to learn and grow for those thirsty for more. Here, you don’t have to choose between your career and other life priorities – we have fantastic people, policies and programs to empower you to lead a career and life less ordinary.

We’re a certified B Corp, which means we care about people, planet and purpose—not just profit. We’re committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and we celebrate the unique perspectives that help us grow and innovate. We intentionally embrace difference and cultivate belonging every day, whether through our investment in our Reconciliation journey through our Innovate RAP, our commitment to gender pay equity or providing progressive people policies.

If you need specific support or accessibility adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please let us know at so we can make sure that your recruitment process is fair and we enable you to shine. This includes tailored support for First Nations people, individuals with disabilities, those who are neurodivergent, and people who identify as transgender or gender diverse as we understand the unique challenges and concerns you may face.

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