CAREERS

Location: Multi-venue
Start Date: 29th September
Part Time‍ ‍| 10 - 15 hrs

We’re looking for an Events & Partnerships Coordinator to help grow WYM’s private functions and events across our Botanic Gardens venue, our ‘Little Botanic Bar’ (opening soon) and ‘WYM On Wheels’.

The foundations are built. Now we need someone who can bring them to life.

You’ll turn enquiries into well planned, commercially viable experiences, build genuine relationships, and help shape an events program with plenty of room to grow.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Respond to enquiries and manage client relationships with warmth and clarity.

• Help shape event ideas and recommend experiences that work for both the client and WYM.

• Prepare quotes, proposals, invoices and booking documentation.

• Assess event requirements, capacity and commercial viability before committing.

• Build run sheets and coordinate logistics across our sites.

• Liaise with suppliers and communicate staffing requirements with the management team.

• Work closely with our Sole Director, Venue Managers and People & Culture Lead to coordinate event logistics and decisions.

• Support weddings, private functions, corporate events and small off-site activations.

• Maintain our event pipeline and complete event briefs for marketing.

• Review event outcomes, feedback and costs to improve future experiences.

• Build relationships that lead to repeat bookings, referrals and partnerships.

ABOUT YOU

• Experienced in events, hospitality or functions.

• Commercially minded without losing sight of great customer experience.

• Comfortable with pricing, costs, minimum spends and margins.

• Warm, confident and naturally good with people.

• Organised and comfortable managing multiple moving parts.

• Calm when plans shift and confident finding practical solutions.

• Able to work independently while knowing when to collaborate or escalate.

• Available during peak event periods and when functions are booked.

BONUS EXPERIENCE

Not essential, but helpful:

• Councils or public sector organisations

• Public land, governance or basic licensing knowledge

• Weddings or corporate events

• Multi-site hospitality

• Small mobile activations, such as coffee or bar services at community events

Curiosity and adaptability matter more than ticking every box.

ABOUT WYM

We’re a growing independent hospitality business with big plans and a very human approach.

We care about good hospitality, and how we show up for each other.

1. Humble Confidence

2. Accountability & Authenticity

3. Be the Bigger Person

APPLY

Send your CV and a short cover letter telling us about your event experience, how you think about profitability, and why you’d like to join WYM.

WYM is Where You Meet.

Location: Multi-venue
Casual ‍| Flexible Hours

With warmer weather on the way and our new venue opening soon, we are looking for some more kitchen team members to join WYM.

The role leans towards tapas-style plates and event catering, with some café classics in the mix too. If you’re organised, creative, and love being part of a small team, you’ll fit right in.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Prepare consistently high-quality tapas, grazing boards, cafe prepping and event-style dishes

• Assist with menu development

• Contribute to catering setups and smooth event service

• Keep the kitchen clean, safe, and efficient

• Help with ordering, rotation, and reducing food waste

• Communicate with FOH, BOH & event staff so service runs like clockwork

• Support the team with general café/bar tasks when extra hands are needed

ABOUT YOU:

• Weekend & Thursday availability

• 2+ years experience as a commercial cook or chef in a cafe (or commercial kitchen)

• Solid understanding of food safety standards, allergen management, and safe handling practices

• Proficiency in preparing, cooking, and plating a diverse menu with consistency

• Ability to stay calm under pressure and communicate well

• A passion for a positive team culture through both FOH and BOH

• Willingness to learn

• RSA certificate

BONUS EXPERIENCE:

• Barista and cafe

• Bar skills (inc. wine, beer and cocktail knowlegde)

• Supplier knowledge

• Good banter

ABOUT WYM

We’re a growing independent hospitality business with big plans and a very human approach.

We care about good hospitality, and how we show up for each other.

1. Humble Confidence

2. Accountability & Authenticity

3. Be the Bigger Person

If you’re efficient, hardworking and enjoy creating good food in a busy, friendly environment, we’d love to hear from you.

APPLY

Send your CV and a short cover letter telling us about how your experience and passions make you a good candidate for this position, and why you’d like to join WYM.

WYM is Where You Meet.

Note: This role is primarily mornings through to afternoons, with night work flexible and non-essential.

Location: WYM in the Geelong Botanic Gardens
Casual ‍| Flexible Hours

We are looking for warm, welcoming people to join our front of house team for the sunny season.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Create warm, attentive experiences across morning takeaway, table service and afternoon bar service.

• Confidently manage your section, including up to 30 patrons, while keeping glasses filled and service flowing.

• Take orders, run food and drinks, clear tables and maintain a polished, welcoming venue.

• Use upselling techniques naturally to help guests discover food, drinks and add-ons that suit them.

• Maintain RSA, alcohol service and WYM service standards, with basic knowledge of beer, wine and cocktails.

• Support smooth opening, service and close-down, working closely with the wider team when things get busy.

ABOUT YOU

• Minimum 1yr experience in table service.

• Warm, friendly and genuinely enjoy making people feel welcome.

• Calm under pressure, with the ability to stay composed while keeping service efficient.

• Confident managing multiple tables, priorities and guest needs at once.

• Comfortable talking about food and drinks and making genuine recommendations.

• Reliable, organised and attentive to detail.

BONUS EXPERIENCE
Not essential, but helpful:

• Independent section management experience.

• Experience as a barista

• Experience in bar work, including wine, tap beer and cocktails

• Experience in events and catering.

ABOUT WYM

We’re a growing independent hospitality business with big plans and a very human approach.

We care about good hospitality, and how we show up for each other.

1. Humble Confidence

2. Accountability & Authenticity

3. Be the Bigger Person

If you’re kind and calm, while still attentive, efficient and ready to get stuck in, we’d love to hear from you.

APPLY
Send your CV and a short cover letter telling us about how your experience and passions make you a good candidate for this position, and why you’d like to join WYM.


WYM is Where You Meet

Note: This role is primarily mornings through to afternoons, with night work flexible and non-essential.

Location: Multi-venue (Gardens based)
Start Date: 28th September
Part-time | 15+ hr

As WYM grows, we want to make sure the people behind the hospitality feel supported, valued and able to grow with us. We’re looking for a People & Culture Lead/Duty Manager who can help us recruit well, build consistent training, support our team and nurture the culture that makes WYM what it is.

Help us keep WYM feeling like WYM.

This role blends the people and culture work with hands-on operations. You’ll spend part of your time shaping the team and part of your time ‘in the trenches’, leading shifts on the floor and staying connected to the work our people do every day.

The balance between P&C work and Duty Manager shifts will vary with the seasons and the needs of the venues, but both are important parts of the role.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Recruit with heart and the head
  Find people who are skilled, warm, respectful and right for WYM.

• Guide new employees
  Coordinate trial shifts and provide feedback/input, then support onboarding, inductions and early training.

• Skill and service maintenance
  Help build consistent training around WYM’s service standards and ways of working, with ongoing staff development.

• Employee support
  Be a steady, supportive point of contact for staff around onboarding, development, wellbeing and people-related matters.

• Performance & early intervention
  Support and facilitate coaching, performance conversations and accountability where required. Assist with employee concerns, grievances or counselling conversations where appropriate, escalating formal matters when needed.

• Poor performance prevention
  Spot small issues early and help prevent them becoming bigger problems.

• Foster the WYM culture
  Build engagement, recognition and a genuinely positive workplace culture.

• Workforce planning
  Support staffing needs, talent pipeline development and event workforce planning across WYM.

• People systems & processes
  Help maintain and improve the people systems, processes and documentation already established at WYM.

• Record keeping
  Maintain simple people records, training registers and employment documentation.

• Shift supervising
  Lead regular Duty Manager shifts, supporting service and maintaining venue standards.

• Multi-venue role
  Work across a mix of people and culture work and hands-on venue shifts, helping keep WYM’s culture and hospitality consistent.

• Managerial collaboration
  Work closely with our Sole Director, Venue Managers and wider leadership team.

ABOUT YOU

• At least 1 year of experience in a people-leading role, including recruitment, onboarding, coaching or supporting performance conversations.

• Experience in hospitality, team leadership, people coordination or a related environment.

• Approachable, empathetic and comfortable having honest conversations.

• A strong communicator who balances warmth with accountability.

• Genuinely invested in helping people grow.

• Organised, reliable and good at following through.

• Confident working independently and within a small leadership team.

• Calm under pressure and steady in a busy, changing hospitality environment.

• Understands that culture is built through everyday behaviour.

BONUS EXPERIENCE

Not essential, but helpful:

• Hospitality recruitment

• Performance management

• End-to-end hospitality understanding (ie. kitchen, FOH, bar, coffee and catering)

• Multi-site hospitality

• Events or functions

• People systems or HR administration

You don’t need to be an HR specialist, just someone who understands people, communicates well and cares about how a team works together.

ABOUT WYM

We’re a growing independent hospitality business with a very human approach. We care about good hospitality, and how we show up for each other.

• Humble Confidence

• Accountability & Authenticity

• Be the Bigger Person

SUMMARY

You’ll be joining a growing business with established foundations, systems and ways of working, with genuine scope to help improve and evolve our people function as WYM grows.

You’ll have real ownership of the people side of WYM, while staying grounded in the hospitality that makes us who we are.

APPLY

Send your CV and a short cover letter telling us about your experience with people and teams, what makes a great workplace, and why you’d like to join WYM.

WYM is Where You Meet.