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Our Michelin Bib Gourmand restaurant, Grain Street in Merchant Street Valletta, Malta is looking for a Food and Beverage Supervisor.
This is a rare chance to join a talented team in which you will be challenged to learn and develop your skills through persistence to achieve perfection. You will be involved in the day-to-day operation and the preparation and delivery of exclusive high-end events with no equivalent on the island.
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Under the general guidance and supervision of the Maintenance Manager, and within the limits of the established hotel policies and procedures
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AX Hotels- Qawra properties are looking for a Personal Assistant to the General Manager. The main responsibilities include assisting the hotel's General Manager in day to day work including communication with clients and suppliers, maintaining rates and contracts, keeping data and records. The successful candidate should be proficient in both spoken and written English language, well versed with secretarial work and responsibilities, organised, discrete and trustworthy, as well as able to handle business information with confidence.
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The AX Hotels internship program is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the various hospitality functions and hands-on experience. The program includes a rotation within each function, allowing the student to recognize the main functions of each hospitality discipline and to experience the inter-dependencies of various disciplines.
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Accounts Executive
AX Real Estate Group are looking for an Accounts Executive to join their growing team. The position will involve the selected candidate in all aspects and functions of the Finance Department. The role is one of assistance to the CFO and will therefore give excellent exposure to the selected candidate who is on his way to achieving the ACCA qualification. The AX Real Estate Group Finance Department is a small department, and therefore selected candidate with get involved in raising and review of journal entries, postings, reconciliations, and assistance in preparation of management accounts and supporting documentation, VAT return preparation and budgets.
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Site Supervisor
This is a supervisory position in the restoration sector. The foreman is the main point of reference for workers on site, and the go-between with workers and management. Managing the site restoration works by supervising and guiding workers according to plan.
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Steel-work, fixing and installing
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AX Construction is looking for a Mechanic.
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05/03/0202
Don’t Try to Fit a Square Peg in a Round Hole
Written by Denise Micallef Xuereb, Construction & Development Director AX Group
Speaking at the Malta Chamber’s A Family Affair conference, Ms Xuereb said that the key to success was by not trying to fit a square peg into a round hole – meaning that the succeeding generations had to take up the role not out of obligation but out of choice.
“Many people in Malta don’t distinguish between shareholder and director. One can remain a shareholder but not necessarily be an executive or non-executive director,” Ms Xuereb said, adding that not everyone necessarily had the expertise to move the business forward and that there was nothing wrong with having a non-family member at the executive level.
Ms Xuereb said that there needed to be time allowed for the process and that the first seed for transition dated years back. “The extent to which non-family members are involved varies from one business to another.” She said the company implemented the necessary organisational and financial structures, including an audit committee and a board of directors. “We needed to have the right checks and balances in place. We were thinking of children and further generations.”
The second generation of a family business is only as successful as the first allows it to be, Ms Xuereb stated. “It’s not easy for the founder to accept that their time is nearly up and that they might have to take a step back to, but in our case, my father had the foresight to start early. He would ask for my opinion and encouraged me to pursue my own solutions even when we disagreed. He said we would need to be able to stand on our own two feet, even when he was out of the picture.”
Ms Xuereb also shared some tips on navigating the relationships involved in a family business. “You have to keep work at work and family. Arguing at work is not a bad thing, but then you may end up facing that same person at a family event. You can’t bring sisterhood into the boardroom – you have to maintain the distinction between family and home. It’s not easy, but as long as everyone tries to keep the two apart, it can work.”
Stating that there were no hard and fast rules to follow in success, Ms Xuereb said that what can work for one may not work for another. She concluded by sharing three key thoughts – “respect the core values of the business; know your personal strengths and limitations; and accept that change doesn’t happen overnight.”
