Bartender
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Rotorua, New Zealand · Full-Time · $85,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Three experienced bartenders are sought for a new Rotorua gastropub’s opening team. This Bartender role combines cocktails, beer, wine and spirits with attentive guest contact in a busy hospitality setting.
You will prepare drinks to recipes, process transactions and help manage stock while keeping the bar clean and organised. Opening, closing and cash procedures form part of the work as needed. Sponsorship is available for eligible overseas applicants, subject to job check approval and immigration requirements.
Describe venues, cocktail preparation and beverage knowledge in an English CV. Prepare your Rotorua gastropub bar-service experience with Build AI CV.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and present alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
- Mix cocktails to recipes and standards
- Serve beer, wine and spirits using product knowledge
- Welcome customers and respond confidently to requests
- Process accurate POS transactions
- Maintain organised beverage stocks and assist rotation, ordering and inventory
- Keep service and bar areas clean
- Observe New Zealand responsible alcohol service rules
- Complete required opening, closing, cash and shift procedures
- Coordinate with colleagues during busy service
Requirements & Eligibility
- Minimum 2 years of relevant professional bartending experience
- Practical cocktail preparation and drink service
- Knowledge of wine, beer and spirits
- Evidence of relevant employment when required
- Strong customer service and communication
- Confidence during busy service with professional reliability
- Availability for evenings, weekends and public holidays
- Applicants must satisfy New Zealand immigration requirements; Where English testing is required, applicants must satisfy current Immigration New Zealand requirements or an accepted exemption
Apply: Apply by email · WhatsApp
Visa guide: New Zealand AEWV Guide