About EVT: The Capitol Hotel Sydney is part of EVT, one of Australasia’s market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel. In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It’s why we all call ourselves Daymakers - because each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers.

The Independent Collection is a curated selection of hotels, each of which lives up to an exacting standard to offer travellers the best of luxury, elevated, urban, comfort and social experiences. While every hotel celebrates its own unique brand & experience, together the Independent Collection shares a passion for one-of-a-kind experiences, service and quality.

EVT has an endless range of roles and careers paths to explore across over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection and Australia’s most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Once you’re in, there’s no limits on where your career could take you.

Key Responsibilities:
• Lead hotel operations in the absence of senior management, ensuring smooth, efficient, and guest focused service.
• Oversee Front Office performance, staffing levels, presentation standards, and service delivery.
• Maintain strong communication across all departments and support teams as required.
• Drive revenue through effective rate management, upselling, and promotion of hotel facilities.
• Monitor and control departmental costs, cash handling, security procedures, and compliance.
• Maintain duty logs, incident reports, WH& S standards, and crisis management readiness.
• Lead, coach, and support staff to uphold service culture, productivity, and hotel values.
• Protect and maintain hotel assets, systems, and public area presentation.
• Represent the hotel as its ambassador, ensuring a welcoming, professional environment at all times.

What You’ll Bring:
• A guest first mindset with proven ability to resolve issues quickly and professionally.
• Solid understanding of Front Office operations, revenue opportunities, and yield awareness.
• Clear communication skills that build trust across departments and enhance team performance.
• A proactive, solutions driven approach aligned with empowerment, innovation, and community values.
• High standards of presentation, professionalism, and accountability.
• Commitment to safety, security, compliance, and maintaining the hotel’s reputation.
• Ability to motivate teams, support training, and foster a positive service culture.

How You Work:
• Resilient and solutions-focused — stays calm, moves fast.
• Growth mindset — learns, shares, and levels up others.

Perks from Day One
As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels - no ivory towers.
• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels – QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• $2 movie tickets + discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel & entertainment network.
• Paid parental leave; community & volunteering opportunities.

Police Check Acknowledgement
Please note that the successful candidate for this position will be required to undergo and satisfactorily pass a criminal record check as part of the recruitment process.

Apply Now
Join The Capitol Hotel Sydney and become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker.

Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.

Send your CV and a short cover letter. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in - don’t wait! We can’t wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.

When you click apply, you’ll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce). This is our official system for managing applications across the EVT Group. You’ll simply enter your details and answer a few quick screening questions so we can get to know you better.