GENERAL MANAGER @ HAKUNA MATATA BOOKINGS LIMITED
Manyara Best View Lodge, a premier hospitality destination in Manyara, Tanzania, is actively searching for an energetic and hands-on General Manager. This pivotal role is designed for a dynamic individual who can seamlessly blend premium guest hosting with robust operational leadership, ensuring strict quality control and administrative precision across all facets of the lodge. The successful candidate will be instrumental in maintaining the lodge's high standards and enhancing the overall guest experience.
The General Manager will be responsible for a wide array of duties, starting with ensuring an exceptional guest experience through personal welcomes, detailed lodge briefings, active hosting during meal times, and swift resolution of any complaints. They will conduct daily quality and hygiene audits, meticulously checking housekeeping standards, public spaces, table setups, and kitchen food hygiene to uphold the lodge's reputation. Operational and administrative tasks include reviewing daily day sheets, verifying guest itineraries, managing dietary needs and allergies, and accurately logging extra revenue from the shop, bar, or spa.
Furthermore, this role involves significant team leadership, supporting all departments, enforcing dress codes, managing leave schedules, and conducting biannual staff appraisals to foster a cohesive and high-performing team. Oversight of kitchen and stock control is crucial, including weekly food and beverage ordering, ensuring kitchen recipe compliance, and executing monthly inventory stock takes. The General Manager will also ensure all health and safety protocols are strictly followed, maintaining up-to-date staff first aid, fire, and food-handler certificates, and ensuring all guests sign arrival waivers for their safety.
The General Manager will be responsible for a wide array of duties, starting with ensuring an exceptional guest experience through personal welcomes, detailed lodge briefings, active hosting during meal times, and swift resolution of any complaints. They will conduct daily quality and hygiene audits, meticulously checking housekeeping standards, public spaces, table setups, and kitchen food hygiene to uphold the lodge's reputation. Operational and administrative tasks include reviewing daily day sheets, verifying guest itineraries, managing dietary needs and allergies, and accurately logging extra revenue from the shop, bar, or spa.
Furthermore, this role involves significant team leadership, supporting all departments, enforcing dress codes, managing leave schedules, and conducting biannual staff appraisals to foster a cohesive and high-performing team. Oversight of kitchen and stock control is crucial, including weekly food and beverage ordering, ensuring kitchen recipe compliance, and executing monthly inventory stock takes. The General Manager will also ensure all health and safety protocols are strictly followed, maintaining up-to-date staff first aid, fire, and food-handler certificates, and ensuring all guests sign arrival waivers for their safety.
Key Requirements
Proven background in lodge management or high-end hospitality operations.
Fully comfortable adapting to changing shifts and hours within a demanding 24-hour lodge environment.
Exceptional relationship builder with an eye for detail, strong communication skills, and high emotional intelligence.
Strong accountability for administrative accuracy, stock control, and property maintenance reporting.
Strong understanding of guest experience enhancement and complaint resolution.
Knowledge of quality assurance and hygiene audit procedures in a hospitality setting.
Proficiency in operational and administrative tasks, including itinerary verification and revenue logging.
Ability to effectively manage, motivate, and develop a diverse team.
Competence in kitchen and stock control, including food and beverage ordering and inventory management.
Familiarity with health and safety regulations and ensuring proper staff certifications.