Assistant Bar Manager - Rydges Sydney Central

About EVT:Rydges Sydney Central is part of EVT, one of Australasia’s market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel. In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It’s why we all call ourselves Daymakers - because each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers. 

Proudly owned and operated in Australia and New Zealand, Rydges offers refreshingly local stays in city, regional and resort-style hotels. We’re not just in the neighbourhood, we’re part of it. Every hotel is designed for ease, connection and quality. From check-in to check-out, our local heroes bring a can-do attitude and “too easy” service. Whether it’s for work or a well-earned break, our place feels like home with the charm of somewhere new. Join us to help make every moment memorable.

EVT has an endless range of roles and careers paths to explore across over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection and Australia’s most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Once you’re in, there’s no limits on where your career could take you.

Key Responsibilities 

We are looking for a high energyAssistant Bar Managerto join the team at the Sydney Brewery and across the hotel. It’s the go-to spot for a cold craft beer, a relaxed pub meal, and an easy catch-up with friends or family. Located right next to Rydges Sydney Central, the venue brings the Surry Hills vibe to life with exposed brick, bold street art, and live music creating a fun, laid-back atmosphere.

• Support the Bar Manager in overseeing day‑to‑day operations, ensuring service standards, productivity, profitability and compliance with hotel and venue policies.
• Lead and motivate the team through positive, proactive leadership, driving staff engagement, retention, training, performance development and effective communication.
• Manage staffing and labour controls, including rosters, overtime, leave, entitlements, handovers and cross‑venue team capability to meet service and financial targets.
• Ensure full compliance with liquor licensing, health and safety, incident reporting, crisis management and risk controls, maintaining accurate records and qualifications.
• Deliver exceptional guest experiences by managing complaints with care and urgency, anticipating issues, maintaining quality control systems and resolving problems proactively.
• Drive revenue through a strong sales culture, implementing and tracking up‑selling and on‑selling strategies while controlling departmental expenses.
• Maintain accurate reporting, financial controls, IT system knowledge and asset care, working with Finance and Senior Management to minimise risk and maximise efficiency.
• Act as a brand ambassador for the venue, hotel and EVT, promoting properties, supporting other departments, and contributing to meetings, projects and events.

What You’ll Bring

• Previous experience working as a supervising or assisting in high‑volume bar or pub with a good knowledge of beverages, cocktails and wines.
• Someone that can adapt to guests needs quickly and is happy to jump behind the bar and be operational.
• Proven people‑focused leadership capability, providing guidance, support and direction to colleagues while communicating with care, fairness and professionalism.
• Strong guest‑centric service background, consistently delivering efficient, friendly and professional experiences and managing guest feedback or complaints with confidence and empathy.
• Sound experience in compliance and risk management, including liquor licensing, WHS, incident reporting and maintaining operational standards with integrity.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with trust and accountability, contributing to a positive, professional culture focused on team development, operational excellence and commercial success.

How You Work

• Daymaker ethos — no one’s too big for the small things.
• Inclusive leader — values diverse perspectives; builds belonging.
• Owner’s mindset — acts on data/feedback; ships improvements.
• Resilient and solutions-focused — stays calm, moves fast.

Perks from Day One

As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels - no ivory towers.

• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels – QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• $2 movie tickets + discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel & entertainment network.
• Paid parental leave; community & volunteering opportunities.

Apply Now

Join Rydges and become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker.Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.

Send your CV and a short cover letter. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in - don’t wait! We can’t wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.

When you click apply, you’ll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce). This is our official system for managing applications across the EVT Group. You’ll simply enter your details and answer a few quick screening questions so we can get to know you better.