Vacancies Available at Fancourt

• The ideal candidate will have good interpersonal skills, can comfortably and engagingly communicate with colleagues, superiors and guests.
• The position requires that the candidate have a 3 year Chefs Diploma through an internationally recognised institution with at least 6 years’ experience in culinary of which 3 years as an Sous Chef in a 5* hotel or resort environment.  
• Previous banqueting experience as well as computer literacy on MS Office are essential; working knowledge on SAP and financial management awareness will be an advantage. 

Duties include, but are not limited to:  

• Keep abreast of trends in the culinary industry;
• Develop and analyse recipes to assign prices to menu items, based on food, labour cost, and overhead costs;
• Design special product offerings to maximize usage of stock and to make use of slow moving stock;
• Coordinate planning, budgeting, or purchasing for all the food operations within establishments to ensure efficient operation;
• Monitoring and controlling resources and assist in overseeing the spending of money;
• Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including training, coaching, mentoring, setting  and monitoring performance standards and  discipline;
• Ensure that SHEQ & FCS requirements for each kitchen division are met.

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• We need someone who is friendly and guest centric with a minimum of Grade 10 or equivalent, and general cleaning and chemical handling knowledge.
• You must be able to work in a fast paced environment, you must be eager to work, physically fit and able to do the job.

Duties include, but are not limited to: 

• Clean and deep clean designated areas and equipment, and clean surrounding areas;
• Keep all areas in a sanitary condition;
• Contribute to positive health and safety audit and results;
• Replenish supplies when required;
• Assist with ordering of stock and coordinates delivery;
• Report all maintenance issues to Manager/Supervisor.

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• The position requires that the candidate have a minimum qualification of Grade 12 or equivalent coupled with experience in swimming, working with primary / preschool children, and with CPR knowledge. 

Duties include, but are not limited to: 

• Supervise children’s activities and their safety at all times,
• Entertain the children on a continuous basis according to acceptable safety standards and standard operating procedures,
• Ensure and assist with the cleanliness and hygiene of the Kids Club areas,
• Manage, organise and control bookings for all events and special requests (e.g. birthday parties, baby sitting, etc.),
• Manage and control all supplies required for Kids Club activities (e.g. art supplies, materials, etc.),
• Maintain good customer relations and ensure that all complaints are dealt with in an appropriate manner and without delay.

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Key Qualifications and Experience required:

• Minimum qualification of Grade 12 coupled with a tertiary qualification in Graphic Design.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role.
• Advanced knowledge of and competency in HTML/Photoshop/Indesign/Illustrator/Premier Pro/Lightroom/Acrobat/Meta/digital assets
• Advanced competency in MS Office suite is essential.

Key skills, abilities and work styles required:

• The ideal candidate must be able to demonstrate that they can be successful under pressure and with minimum supervision.
• Key skills that the candidate must be able to demonstrate will be: active listening, critical thinking, active learning, and time management.
• Key abilities that the candidate must be able to demonstrate will be: originality, fluency of Ideas, written comprehension and expression, verbal comprehension and expression, visualization, deductive (the ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense) and inductive (the ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions) reasoning, and visual colour discrimination.
• Key work styles that the candidate must be able to demonstrate will be: attention to detail, innovation, dependability, initiative, cooperation, persistence, stress tolerance, and self-control.