Catering Supervisor

**Title**:Catering Supervisor**:

- Date: 16 Sept 2025
- Location: Auckland Wide, NZ, 1010
- Description:

- **Casual, flexible opportunity, working on a shift based roster**:

- **Supervise catering at a wide range of exciting events in multiple venues across Auckland.**:

- **Work with a highly engaged and motivated team**

**Who we are**
- Auckland Live is the leader in performing arts, culture, entertainment, and events in Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, and is Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest performing arts platform. Auckland Conventions, Venues & Events facilitates and delivers exceptional events, including meetings, conferences, exhibitions, gala dinners, and awards ceremony from 10 to 2,000 people.

Auckland Live and Conventions presents events across Auckland's major performing arts venues and stadiums - Aotea Centre, Auckland Town Hall, The Civic, Aotea Square, Bruce Mason Centre, Shed 10, The Cloud, Viaduct Events Centre, Go Media (Mt Smart) Stadium, North Harbour Stadium, Western Springs Stadium, Auckland Art Gallery and Auckland Zoo.

**He angitūtanga: The opportunity**

The key purpose of this role is to supervise the delivery of catering services supporting the overall delivery of events for Auckland Live and Auckland Conventions, Venues & Events, including:

- Supervising the food and beverage operations with a focus on customer service, ensuring all protocols/procedures are adhered to.
- Leading teams, including training, supervising and motivating staff within the Catering department.
- Contribute to the delivery of events to a high standard, meeting and exceeding the needs of our clients, patrons, and staff.
- Maintaining food safety practices and health and safety for yourself and others at workplace.

**He kōrero mōu: About you**

You will have experience within the food and beverage, hospitality and/or event industry and have enthusiasm and a passion for delivering excellent customer service. You relate well to a wide range of people, ensuring a high standard of service is provided.
- Experienced in leading a team
- Understanding of NZ food safety and H&S legislation
- Work well under pressure in a fast past environment
- Hold a current full NZ driver’s licence
- A current General Manager's certificate is an advantage.
- Flexible availability including 7 days per week, evenings till late, and public holiday

**Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer**

This is an opportunity to work with a highly engaged and motivated team, who are committed to diversity and have a culture built on trust and valuing individual and collective contributions.
- The role will work rostered shifts over 7 days which will include nights, weekends, and public holidays, dependent on the events we are holding.
- The role is paid hourly with starting rate of $32.00 per hour.

**Applications close Friday 26 September 2025**
- This role is deemed safety sensitive, and in line with Auckland Council policy you will be required to complete pre-employment drug and alcohol testing._

**He kōrero mō Tātaki: About Tātaki**:
Tātaki Auckland Unlimited is part of the Auckland Council whānau, responsible for Auckland Live, Auckland Zoo, Auckland Conventions, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand Maritime Museum, Auckland Stadiums, and many of the festivals and events that make Auckland a great place to live and visit.

Our people are driven by passion and a sense of service to Aucklanders. What we share is our love of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and our passion about the work we each do to make it a dynamic and exciting place.

Each part of Tātaki is important, but when we come together, we bind into something more powerful than the sum of our parts. We all work in partnership with each other and our delivery partners, to make Tāmaki Makaurau a vibrant place where everyone can thrive.