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Club Manager resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what club managers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most club managers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Club Manager with a background in licensed club operations, combining hospitality service with business management. Skilled in rostering, budgeting, regulatory compliance and event coordination. Focused on keeping members safe and the venue profitable.
Key skills
- Operations management
- Rostering and venue operations
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Regulatory compliance
- Event coordination
- SwiftPOS
- Deputy
- Xero
- Aristocrat gaming systems
- Clubware
- Customer service
- People leadership
Experience: example bullet points
- Rostered bar, gaming, kitchen and duty staff across a seven-day trading week, keeping every shift covered and reducing overtime through better forecasting.
- Managed club budgets covering gaming revenue, supplier accounts and wage costs, improving margin by renegotiating supplier contracts and tightening stock control.
- Oversaw food, beverage and gaming operations against licensing conditions, passing compliance audits and maintaining a safe venue.
- Applied responsible service of alcohol and responsible conduct of gambling policies, training staff and reducing incidents.
- Coordinated member events, promotions and community functions, increasing attendance and member engagement.
Education
Certificate IV in Hospitality (Club Management) or Diploma of Hospitality Management, or several years of supervisory experience in a club, pub or hotel.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- RSA
- RCG
- liquor licence
- gaming licence
- Club Managers Association Australia
- duty manager
- gaming supervisor
- bistro
- function coordination
- member relations
- compliance
- WHS
- SwiftPOS
- Deputy
- Xero
- Aristocrat
- Clubware
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.