Food & Beverage Manager

• Strong leadership & mentoring skills - Listen, Inspire and Empower the team to perform their duties to the best of their ability and according to company standards.
• Make the team feel valued in order for them to assist you to drive the department and Kapama Southern Camp.
• Develop a learning culture.
• Strong management skills.
• Problem solving skills.
• Be honest
• Be transparent open and fair.
• Show respect shift blame culture to fix culture.
• Be consistent.
• Be empathic listen first be considerate.

People / HR:

• Manage leave cycles and training files as well as the log of staff leaves on the ESS system.
• Staff development & training ensure that areas of weakness that are identified are remedied with training sessions.
• Staff management & discipline.
• Staff welfare & staff morale show appreciation for work well done.
• Good staff hygiene and appearance.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Positive attitude, self-motivated, confident.
• Sense of humour.
• Sense of adventure.
• Sense of fun.

• Energetic, proactive person with well-developed concept of the importance of providing a world-class guest experience.
• Ability to share information, teach and inspire others.
• Strong people skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
• Experience of working with diverse teams.
• Diligence and self-motivative.
• Lateral thinking ability.
• Attention to detail.
• Competent financial and IT skills.
• Think out of the Box
• Planning & organizing.
• An appreciation of other cultures.
• Introduce new ideas that will enhance the product and Kapama Southern Camp Brand.
• Develop a learning culture.

• IT Skills
• Computer literate

• Fluent in English (speak, read and write)
• Excellent literacy skills (writing of emails, viewing web pages)

• Flexibility
• Strong time-management skills
• Demonstrable team member qualities

• Diploma in Hospitality or Lodge Management
• Minimum 3 5 years Hospitality / Food & Beverage experience in a 5-star boutique operation or Big 5 reserve with in a similar lodge environment;
• Professional culinary experience an advantage
• Menu development experience
• Stock Control Experience in both food and beverage
• Hospitality and Service training experience;
• Solid knowledge of health and hygiene in the kitchen.
• Extensive purchasing experience.
• Familiar with latest trends.
• One word a Food Fundi that is passionate about Food, People and Service
• Code 8 Drivers License

• Monthly package- negotiable depending on experience and qualifications
• Live-in position
• 2-bedroom house
• with meals on duty
• Pension fund
• Staff bed nights
• Work cycle 21 days 7 days off
• Annual leave 15 days