Company Description
Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort is a vibrant, family-friendly hotel in the heart of Cairns and part of the globally recognised Accor network. Known for its relaxed tropical atmosphere and welcoming service culture, the resort caters to a diverse mix of leisure guests, families, and group travellers.
Our culinary operation delivers a dynamic food offering across Moku Restaurant & Bar along with a busy calendar of conferences, weddings and events. It is a dynamic kitchen environment where strong leadership, consistency, and collaboration are essential to delivering quality experiences for every guest, every service.
As part of a supportive and fast-paced team, the kitchen plays a key role in shaping the guest experience, with a strong focus on teamwork, development, and maintaining high operational standards across all areas of service.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced and driven Executive Sous Chef to support the Culinary Director in leading the culinary operations at Novotel Cairns Oasis Resort. In this senior leadership role, you will oversee day-to-day kitchen operations across Moku Restaurant & Bar and a busy program of conferences, weddings, and special events, ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency across all service periods while driving kitchen performance, supporting team development, and maintaining smooth operations in a fast-paced resort environment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Oversee daily kitchen operations across restaurant and banqueting service
- Support the Culinary Director in leading, coordinating, and developing the kitchen team
- Ensure consistent delivery of high-quality dishes across all service periods
- Assist with menu execution, production planning, and operational coordination
- Maintain strong control of food costs, stock levels, and kitchen efficiency
- Lead, mentor, and develop kitchen team members, fostering a positive culture
- Ensure full compliance with food safety, hygiene, and HACCP standards
- Drive consistency, organisation, and smooth service delivery across all kitchen areas
Qualifications
We are looking for a confident and experienced culinary leader ready to take the next step into a senior kitchen management role.
- Trade qualification in Commercial Cookery
- Proven experience as Sous Chef or Executive Sous Chef in a hotel or dynamic kitchen environment
- Strong leadership experience with the ability to manage and develop a team
- Experience across both à la carte and banqueting operations
- Strong organisational and operational management skills in a busy environment
- Solid understanding of food safety, compliance, and cost control
- A calm, solutions-focused leadership style with attention to detail
- Flexibility to work a rotating roster including evenings, weekends, and public holidays
Additional Information
Why work for Accor?
Accor is one of the largest global hospitality businesses, with over 5400 Hotels across 110+ countries, the career development opportunities are endless.
Benefits Your Way
- Access to global accommodation and F&B discounts
- #LearnYourWay with a sophisticated modern training platform, which offers a constantly expanding database of free, industry focused training.
- Recognition of service anniversaries and Accor Tenure Milestones.
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion.
We are an inclusive employer, and our ambition is to attract, recruit, and develop diverse talent. We offer reasonable adjustments to support you. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, you are most welcome to let us know.
Please note that full working rights in Australia are required for this role.
