Park Manager(s) - Kempsey

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Detail information about job Park Manager(s) - Kempsey. Terms and conditions vacancy

• Kempsey Tourist Village - Market leader - Thriving - Prime position
• Opposite 18-hole golf course - 3 mins to town - 15 mins to Crescent Head Beach
• Caravan park or similar experience - Customer service/marketing skills

Company
Located on the Pacific Highway halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, Kempsey Tourist Village is the leading tourist and permanent park in the area and currently experiencing considerable growth.
 
Set amongst 32 acres, the park is nestled along Gills Creek, with an abundance of local flora and fauna and enjoys a subtropical climate. The park is divided into two separate villages: The Tourist Park is about 7 acres, with 50 sites including cabins, while The Village Estate is roughly 25 acres, with 50 sites for permanent residents. Also, construction has commenced of a gated estate for over 50’s in the park.
  The park is situated in a prime position, opposite an 18-hole golf course, only 3 mins from town and 15 minutes from the famous Crescent Head Beach.
 
Kempsey is the birth place of Slim Dusty and the Slim Dusty Museum is located at the beginning of the Kempsey bypass. The town offers all the facilities and services needed for an enjoyable lifestyle.

This fulltime position offers the opportunity for a lifestyle career with the long-term potential to profit-share in the business.

It is ideal for either a highly capable individual to take on reception, administration and cleaning duties, or an experienced couple to handle all the functions listed below

Role
If you are an individual, the first and second bullet points will form your responsibilities.

If you are a couple, you will be working in on-site, on-call role with responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Tourist Village. This will include:  

• Reception and  administration – including answering phones, taking bookings, filing, bookwork, lodging and claiming bonds and tenancy agreements, banking and following-up on outstanding accounts
• Cleaning – including general cleaning of all amenities, cabins, laundry and office areas
• Grounds and building maintenance – including lawn moving, rubbish removal, pool cleaning  testing and recording, checking and cleaning gutters, general handyman repair work and liaising with subcontractors to coordinate tree and termite checks
• Marketing and customer service – marketing the Tourist Village to the wider community and showing the village to interested tenants
• OH&S – responsible for maintaining OH&S standards of the Tourist Village
• and recording any incidents

Candidate
Ideally couple candidates for this position will have previous caravan park experience where they have gained business management, staff supervision and customer service skills.
 
However, applications are welcome from people with a background that has involved similar tasks in an industry other than a caravan park, where the above skills have been essential for success.  Applicants are also requested to include a photograph of yourself with your resume and cover letter in your application and send to [email protected] .
 
Either way, you will come to the position with ideas for marketing the Tourist Village .

If you have a building background or are a consummate handyman who can turn your hand to a myriad of straightforward chores that typically arise in this environment, that would be an advantage to your application. 

If you are a single candidate, your administrative background in a similar park envirnment will be a key criterion. Attention to detail and excellent organisational skills are essential, as well as competence with the IT systems typically found in a caravan and cabin park.  

A current driver’s license and an understanding of Occupational Health and Safety requirements are necessary for this role.
 
To be successful in this role, you will be honest, hard-working and have a ‘get-up-and-go’ approach to getting the job done.
 
Salary
An attractive remuneration package for the successful couple includes a base salary for each plus super, a free three bedroom house pus electricity etc, and bonuses for good performance.
 
Apply
Please include a photograph of yourself with your resume and cover letter in your application and send to [email protected] - please do not apply if you don’t intend attaching a photograph.
 
Candidates whose applications most closely match the selection criteria will be contacted to arrange an initial interview.