Venue Lead - Blacksmith Albury

This isn’t late-night hospitality. We trade from 7am–8pm, with the day built around morning coffee, panini and pizza lunches, after-work drinks, and a casual dinner and takeaway service.

We’re after someone who genuinely enjoys hospitality - someone who likes building teams, keeping standards high, creating good energy on the floor, and making regulars feel at home.

You’ll lead the day-to-day operations of the venue with the support of the Founder & Managing Director and a strong existing team.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for:

• Leading and developing the team across daily service
• Creating a strong, positive culture on the floor
• Managing stock, ordering, and supplier relationships
• Rostering and labour management
• Hiring and onboarding new team members
• Maintaining venue standards and smooth daily operations
• Delivering consistent service across coffee, food, and drinks
• Helping drive venue performance while keeping hospitality at the centre of what we do

About You

You’re someone who:

• Has hospitality leadership experience
• Can run a busy service without bringing stress into the room
• Leads from the front, with kindness & integrity
• Is organised, reliable, and commercially aware
• Knows how to build a team people actually want to be part of
• Understands both café and casual dining service
• Loves creating a venue locals return to regularly

Why Join Us?

• Daytime-to-evening hospitality hours (7am–8pm)
• A genuinely varied service style - coffee, food, and drinks
• Support from experienced ownership and leadership
• Opportunity to help shape and grow the venue
• A business that values good people, good energy, and long-term culture

If you care about hospitality, leadership, and creating a venue people love being in - we’d love to hear from you.

Please send through your CV along with a short, genuine cover letter telling us about yourself, your experience, and why you’re interested in the role.

Personality matters to us, so we’d much rather hear your own voice than a polished application.