Supervisor Restaurant | Summerland Farm

Core Parts of the role

Restaurant Operations & Service Delivery

• Leads day to day restaurant operations across front of house and kitchen, ensuring smooth service, strong customer experience, and consistent standards.

Team Leadership & Culture

• Leads and develops a diverse team (including supported employees), building a positive, accountable, and high performing hospitality environment.

Commercial Performance & Cost Control

• Manages labour, rostering, stock, and menu performance to deliver budget outcomes while identifying opportunities to grow revenue.

Customer Experience & Repeat Trade

• Creates a high quality dining experience that drives repeat customers, strong reputation, and integration with tourism and events.

Functions, Events & Cross Portfolio Integration

• Supports delivery of functions, weddings, and tourism trade while working across Summerland Farm to maximise overall visitor experience and revenue.

About the Role

We’re looking for a hands on Restaurant Coordinator to lead the day to day operations of the Summerland Farm restaurant.

This is a key leadership role responsible for running a busy venue coordinating front of house and kitchen teams, delivering a strong customer experience, and driving commercial performance.

You’ll be part of a unique environment that combines hospitality, tourism, events, and farming with real opportunity to grow the restaurant as a destination dining experience.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading daily restaurant operations across front of house and kitchen
• Coordinating service to ensure a high quality customer experience
• Managing rosters, labour KPIs, and workflow to meet demand
• Working with the Head Chef on menus, stock, and cost control
• Supporting functions, weddings, and tourism trade
• Monitoring performance including revenue, labour, and costs
• Engaging with customers and building repeat business
• Coaching and developing team members
• Maintaining food safety, hygiene, and workplace safety standards
• Identifying opportunities to improve service, efficiency, and revenue

About You

• Experience in a restaurant, cafe, or hospitality leadership role
• Strong understanding of service, kitchen coordination, and operations
• Confident managing a team in high volume service environments
• Good commercial awareness you understand labour, cost, and performance
• Strong communication and customer engagement skills
• Practical, hands on leader who leads from the floor
• Experience with functions or events (desirable)

Why Summerland Farm?

• Be part of a vibrant, purpose-driven social enterprise.
• Work across a stunning 230-acre property in the Northern Rivers.
• Varied work with big opportunities to learn across multiple business units.
• Supportive team culture with a strong focus on growth, safety, and inclusion.
• Make a real impact while doing work that matters.

Benefits of working with Aruma!

• Salary Packaging: Access to NFP salary packaging up to $15,900 for living expenses and additional $2,650 for meal and entertainment expenses each year tax free. Salary Packaging Calculator | Accesspay
• Fitness Passport: Access to subsidised Gym membership
• Employee Assistance Program: Free confidential service including Money Assist, Legal Assist, Family Assist and Nutrition/Lifestyle Assist.
• Discounted Health Insurance: Access to a range of discounted health and wellness services through Bupa.
• Recognition & Rewards: Recognition for your hard work through BRAVE Reviews and our annual BRAVE Awards night
• Job Satisfaction: Through making a real difference in peoples’ lives within a values-driven organisation.

Explore our farm

Summerland Farm is a beautiful macadamia and avocado farm set high in the Ballina-Byron hinterland. This multi-award-winning attraction is yours to explore and a great day out for all the family. Taste the region’s delicious produce, meet the farm animals and enjoy a day in the country on a real Australian working farm. Summerland Farm - The Heart of the Hinterland

Only applicants with the right to work in Australia will be considered. Shortlisted applications will be required to undergo pre-employment probity checks i.e. Police Check and NDIS Worker Screening.

Our Commitment

At Aruma, we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects the community we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are focused on creating an inclusive, high-performing workplace.

Our Recruitment Approach

We review applications as they come in and move quickly to interview great candidates, so we encourage you to apply early. While we include an indicative closing date, roles may close sooner if we find the right person. Applications received later in the process may not progress. If you’re unsuccessful and would value feedback, please feel welcome to reach out to our Talent team.

Closing Date: 9th May 2026