SOUTH AFRICA / Hout Bay Backpackers
MANAGER VACANCY
Cape Town, South Africa
Position:
MANAGER OF Hout Bay Backpackers for a 2 YEAR period starting end March 2012.
Package:
Live-in position with food and accommodation provided, plus a basic pay of R2,500 per month with an annual increment of 10% plus a profit share incentive with the opportunity to earn a further R4,000 per month.
Requirements:
– A friendly and sociable nature and experience with managing people
– A love of traveling and experience with working in backpacker hostels
– Experience in managing and recording funds
– A valid manual driving license of at least 2 yrs
– Excellent computer skills (MS office, social media etc)
– Excellent communication skills & an outgoing friendly nature
– Skill in cooking well and organizing food
– Willingness to work flexible hours including evenings & weekends
– Enjoy managing a young & diverse group of people from different countries & backgrounds
– An interest in humanitarian and environmental work would be beneficial
Applications:
Please send a motivation letter and resume/CV as an application to jobs@alloutafrica.com by 12th March 2012.
HOUT BAY BACKPACKERS (www.houtbaypackers.co.za) has been operating for two years and is the only hostel accommodation available in the highly sought after Hout Bay suburb of Cape Town. Hout Bay has more than 47 guest houses and Bed and Breakfast facilities and is close to the famous Llandudno surfing beach, seal island, Chapman’s peak and offers a wide range of activities & attractions within easy reach of central Cape Town.
Hout Bay Backpackers has grown from strength to strength and is in the process of moving to a prime location on the beach near the harbour where it will accommodate double the number of people. The lodge is run as a division of ALL OUT AFRICA, an organization that operates in Swaziland, South Africa and Mozambique and runs two other backpacker lodges (one in Swaziland and one in Mozambique) plus a range of responsible tours & volunteer experiences (www.alloutafrica.com).
Hout Bay Backpackers serves as the main accommodation base for All Out Africa volunteers on working holiday experiences in Cape Town. You would work with an assistant and a cleaner to run this 30 bed hostel and there is a project co-ordinator who manages the volunteer placements & projects. The new premises will provide a number of opportunities to expand and improve the hostel. The lodge’s unique selling points are: it’s prime beach location in Hout Bay, it’s scenic views and it’s affordable rates.
As manager of the lodge you would be responsible for the running of the lodge. This would include the following activities:
• Supervise the lodge assistant and cleaner
• Market the lodge
• Organise food shopping and cooking of meals and manage a food budget
• Oversee the accommodation of volunteers & support them in their living needs
• Encourage appropriate backpacking guests to stay
• Receive & record bookings
• Answer the phone
• Welcome guests
• Look after guests whilst at the lodge
• Organise a presence at the lodge when empty
• Make bookings for guests for activities arranging commission
• Facilitate & record internet use by guests
• Oversee the cleaning of the lodge & linen
• Organise Lidwala equipment use & maintenance
• Oversee the security of the lodge
• Enforce the rules of the lodge
Expires: Mar 15, 2012