Bartender

Role summary

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The Bartender prepares and serves alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages while providing warm, efficient service to resort guests. Candidates should have previous bartending or bar-service experience, good knowledge of cocktails, spirits, wines, and responsible alcohol service, along with strong English communication skills. Responsibilities include taking orders, preparing drinks consistently, maintaining cleanliness, monitoring stock, handling payments, and following food, beverage, and health-and-safety standards. The successful candidate is expected to be friendly, professional, well-groomed, attentive to detail, and comfortable working flexible shifts, weekends, and holidays in a busy luxury-resort environment. Previous experience in an international hotel or island resort is advantageous.

About the employer

Sheraton Maldives Full Moon Resort & Spa is a luxury Marriott International resort located on Furanafushi Island in North Malé Atoll, approximately 15 minutes by speedboat from Velana International Airport. The resort offers guest rooms, villas, restaurants, bars, a spa, recreational facilities, and extensive water-based activities. As part of the Sheraton brand, it focuses on comfortable hospitality, friendly service, and memorable stays for international leisure travelers, families, and groups. Employees work in a multicultural island setting and support the resort’s accommodation, food and beverage, recreation, guest services, and events operations. Marriott International provides structured service standards, training opportunities, and potential career mobility across its global hotel portfolio. Resort roles commonly include staff accommodation, meals, transportation, medical support, and service-charge participation, although exact benefits depend on the employment contract.

Working in Maldives

The Maldives is an Indian Ocean nation made up of nearly 1,200 coral islands grouped into atolls. Tourism and fishing are major industries, creating opportunities in hotels, restaurants, bars, diving, water sports, housekeeping, engineering, finance, and guest services. Resort islands offer a quiet, community-based lifestyle centered on the sea, with swimming, snorkeling, diving, fishing, and boating popular during days off. Maldivian culture blends Islamic traditions with South Asian and maritime influences; modest dress and respect for local customs are important, especially on inhabited islands. Resort employees usually live in shared staff accommodation and receive meals, uniforms, transport, and sometimes internet or recreational facilities. Foreign workers generally require employer sponsorship and a valid Maldives work permit; entering on a tourist visa and working is not permitted. Employers normally arrange immigration processing, medical checks, and travel guidance, but candidates should confirm contract terms, airfare, leave, insurance, and accommodation before relocating.