Work and Learn at Australia’s Biggest Castle!

The Sunshine Castle is an award winning tourist attraction, medieval museum and function venue in Bli Bli on the Sunshine Coast. We also incorporate a Café and a separate retail Toyshop.

We are looking for a long term junior staff member looking for training and work experience for a career in tourism, hospitality, events or retail.

Job tasks include:

• Customer Service duties –meeting and greeting guests.
• Cash Handling and Point of Sale
• Event support & set up
• Cafe operations including short order cooking
• Retail tasks at the gift and toy shop
• Venue presentation – including cleaning and upkeep.
• Admin support
• Other tasks as required

Our preferred candidate:

• Has a can do attitude
• Has an x-factor with customers and colleagues
• Remains teachable and enthusiastic –even when tackling the more tedious or menial tasks
• Can multi-task and prioritise under pressure.
• Is willing to learn to work independently after guidance and training.
• Understands that this industry requires flexibility in hours, days and duties at all times.

What we expect

This role demands a dedicated and enthusiastic tourism, events & hospitality individual, with commitment to this very diverse role as well the confidence to approach and entertain guests. This is a fast-paced environment and a friendly team.

We are looking for  a new staff member to train immediately.

We can offer 16 – 24 hours per week on average to begin with. Availability on weekends and during all school holidays is essential.

Job tasks include:

• Customer Service duties –meeting and greeting guests.
• Cash Handling and Point of Sale
• Event support & set up
• Cafe operations including short order cooking
• Retail tasks at the gift and toy shop
• Venue presentation – including cleaning and upkeep.
• Admin support
• Other tasks as required

Our preferred candidate:

• Has a can do attitude
• Has an x-factor with customers and colleagues
• Remains teachable and enthusiastic –even when tackling the more tedious or menial tasks
• Can multi-task and prioritise under pressure.
• Is willing to learn to work independently after guidance and training.
• Understands that this industry requires flexibility in hours, days and duties at all times.

What we expect

This role demands a dedicated and enthusiastic tourism, events & hospitality individual, with commitment to this very diverse role as well the confidence to approach and entertain guests. This is a fast-paced environment and a friendly team.

We are looking for  a new staff member to train immediately.

We can offer 16 – 24 hours per week on average to begin with. Availability on weekends and during all school holidays is essential.

We choose to forego a standard cover letter and CV
Please apply below and answer the questions the best you can

Dear Candidate,
We do get a lot of applications for our positions and appreciate the effort you go through, to apply.
Please understand that we will only contact those people that make it on to our short list.
We also appreciate your assistance in helping us find the best person for the job – by really making sure that our needs suit your circumstances and that you are seriously applying for the position we are advertising.
sunny regards
The Castle Management Team