Rooms Division Manager — Rydges Wellington

About EVT

Rydges Wellington 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 career 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.

The Opportunity

This is an exciting opportunity to join one of New Zealand's largest hotels as Rooms Division Manager. Reporting directly to the Hotel Manager, you'll be a key member of the leadership team, with responsibility for Front Office, Housekeeping and Maintenance — leading the departments that shape every guest's stay from arrival to departure. As a visible, hands-on leader, you'll drive service excellence, financial performance and a high-performing team culture, and step into operational leadership of the hotel in the absence of the General Manager and Hotel Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations of Front Office, Housekeeping and Maintenance, ensuring exceptional guest service, efficiency and compliance with company standards.
• Provide visible leadership across the hotel, working operational shifts and acting as Manager on Duty as required, particularly during peak arrival and departure periods.
• Champion VIP, group and key guest arrivals and departures, and take ownership of guest complaints and service recovery.
• Analyse Rooms Division financial performance — RevPAR, occupancy, average rate, payroll and departmental profitability — and prepare accurate monthly reports and forecasts.
• Manage departmental budgets, rosters and productivity, working closely with the Revenue and Reservations Managers to optimise room revenue.
• Lead, coach and develop the Front Office, Housekeeping and Maintenance teams, overseeing performance reviews, training and succession planning.
• Maintain compliance across Tyalls audits, health and safety, security and hotel asset management.
• Maintain a strong working knowledge of Opera Cloud, HubOS and other relevant hotel systems.

What You'll Bring

• Proven leadership experience across Front Office, Housekeeping or broader Rooms Division operations, ideally within a large or complex hotel.
• A strong commercial acumen, with the ability to manage budgets, labour costs and departmental performance.
• Demonstrated success leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams.
• Excellent guest service instincts, with the composure to manage service recovery and VIP experiences under pressure.
• A current Manager's Certificate, First Aid Certificate and Driver's Licence (or the ability to obtain these).
• Working knowledge of hotel systems such as Opera Cloud, and a genuine passion for operational excellence.

How You Work

• Inclusive leader — values diverse perspectives; builds belonging.
• Owner's mindset — acts on data/feedback; ships improvements.
• Hands-on and non-hierarchical — leads from the front.
• 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 Wellington 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.