South Africa: Assistant Lodge Management Couple – Remote Luxury Safari Lodge – Greater Kruger | Lb posted by Kendrick Recruitment

About the Role

Kendrick Recruitment is urgently seeking a hands-on Assistant Management Couple for a luxury safari lodge in a remote area of the Klaserie Private Nature Reserve, approximately 1.5–2 hours from Hoedspruit. This is a high-energy, all-rounder role for a couple who love the bush, thrive in remote settings, and are comfortable covering multiple departments in a busy lodge operation with a small team.

Key Responsibilities

• Staff management, training, and oversight
• Central stores stocktakes and ordering (with chefs)
• Support menu planning and kitchen coordination (experience advantageous)
• Guest hosting, service flow, and lodge “lock up” duty on roster
• Room checks, guest prep, special touches, and standards control
• Weekly town trips when required
• Admin duties including guest accounts, payments, petty cash balancing, gratuity processing
• Orders captured and checked on arrival
• Cover FOH team leave when needed
• External set-ups (sundowners, bush stops, special events)
• Proactive oversight of all lodge areas, ensuring standards are maintained

Requirements

• Her: Full-time FOH role; minimum 4-star lodge experience in FOH or lodge operations essential. Strong admin, planning, and organisational skills highly beneficial. Confident team leader, flexible, and willing to handle a wide scope of duties. Strong guest interaction and hosting ability.
• His: Minimum 4-star lodge experience; guiding background essential, trails preferred. Must hold valid guiding qualifications and compliance.

Qualifications

Her:

• Option A: FGASA NQF2, FGASA Lead Trails Guide, FGASA ARH
• First Aid Level 1, PRDP OR
• CATHSSETA certificate and valid registration with NDT

His:

• Option B: FGASA NQF2 including unit standards 8440 and 8478 and VPDA
• First Aid Level 1, PRDP Plus
• SASSETA rifle proficiency minimum .375 (Unit Standards 117705, 123519, 119651)
• Personal rifles must have a valid “for business purposes” licence

Salary & Benefits

Salary: R30,000 gross (slightly negotiable for strong candidates). R3,000 food allowance (not paid in cash). 50% Discovery medical aid contribution and provident fund contribution after probation. Live-in accommodation provided.

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit the following:

• CVs
• Copies of valid qualifications and certificates (guiding compliance essential)
• Contactable references
• Recent head and shoulders photographs

Please note that if you do not receive feedback within 7 working days, your application should be considered unsuccessful.