If you believe you have what it takes to make a difference to the staff of NIHI Sumba, the Sumbanese people and NIHI Sumba’s high profile guests, please send your CV and motivational letter to [email protected] with the subject title of the position you’re applying for.
The Retail & Merchandising Manager oversees the daily operations and successful management of the luxury retail boutique at NIHI Sumba. This role combines commercial leadership, visual merchandising, and inventory control with a deep focus on guest experience and clienteling. Reporting directly to the Director of Experiences, the Retail & Merchandising Manager ensures that the retail footprint functions seamlessly as a luxury lifestyle destination, reflecting the brand’s core values, supporting local craftsmanship, and delivering curated, high-touch shopping experiences to our high-profile global guests.
- Location
Sumba Island - Start date
August 1st - Apply/more details
[email protected]
The Executive Pastry Chef holds a strategic leadership role at the Assistant Director level, steering the vision, creative direction, and operational excellence of the pastry, baking, and dessert program across all luxury dining venues and bespoke guest experiences at NIHI Sumba. Reporting directly to the EAM F&B, this individual combines exceptional culinary artistry with astute commercial management. The role demands an expert artisan capable of designing world-class, avant-garde confections that elevate the resort’s brand value, incorporate sustainable sourcing, celebrate local cultural elements, and surprise our highly discerning global clientele.
- Location
Sumba Island - Start Date
August 1st - Apply/more details
[email protected]
The Training Manager holds a central operational leadership role, responsible for designing, executing, and evolving the comprehensive learning and development framework across NIHI Sumba. Reporting directly to the Director of Human Resources, this position ensures that all resort talent is equipped to deliver the world’s finest ultra-luxury hospitality experiences while deeply respecting and integrating local Sumbanese cultural values. The candidate will champion the onboarding journey, service standards alignment, leadership mentoring pipelines, and sustainability education within an elite, remote island landscape.
- Location
Sumba Island - Start Date
August 1st - Apply/more details
[email protected]
The Assistant Executive Housekeeper holds an operational leadership role at the Assistant Manager level, supporting the Director of Housekeeping in steering the daily operations, cleanliness standards, and visual presentation of all guest villas, public spaces, and heart-of-house areas at NIHI Sumba. This position combines meticulous attention to luxury detailing, strong organizational control, and team mentorship. The candidate will ensure that the resort’s accommodation footprint consistently reflects the highest international ultra-luxury benchmarks while integrating sustainable, eco-conscious resort practices and deeply respecting local cultural values.
- Location
Sumba Island - Start Date
August 1st - Apply/more details
[email protected]
We are seeking a highly creative and detail oriented Interior Designer to join our team. The ideal candidate will bring proven experience in luxury hospitality design, with the ability to translate brand values into physical spaces that enhance guest experiences. This role requires balancing aesthetic excellence with operational functionality, sustainability, and cultural authenticity.
- Location
Sumba Island - Start Date
August 1st - Apply/more details
[email protected]
The IT Manager plays a vital property leadership role responsible for the operational stability, infrastructure modernization, and guest-facing technology standards at Nihi Sumba. Reporting directly to the Director of AI, Innovation & Information Technology, this role bridges luxury hospitality operations with next-generation digital architecture. The ideal candidate ensures uninterrupted high-fidelity infrastructure while deploying modern tech ecosystems and automation pipelines defined by corporate IT leadership.
- Location
Sumba Island - Start Date
August 1st - Apply/more details
[email protected]
Nihigram
Mornings to dream about.
Wake to the sound of rolling waves, swaying palms, and birdsong as the island slowly comes to life. Here, peace isn’t something you have to search for, it’s all around you. In the quiet, away from the everyday, you’ll find space to reconnect with nature, with the moment, and with yourself.
The simplest mornings often leave the greatest impression.
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Experience one of NIHI Sumba’s most magical moments: swimming with horses at Nihiwatu Beach.
Deeply woven into Sumbanese culture, the local people have bathed their horses in the ocean for generations. More than just an adventure, it’s a rare opportunity to connect with these incredible animals while experiencing a tradition that has been passed down through the ages.
Join the daily swimming with horses experience and discover one of Sumba’s most beautiful and authentic rituals.
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The soul of Sumba lives in its traditions.
Here, culture isn’t something preserved behind glass. It’s woven into every thread of ikat, passed from one generation to the next through age-old stories and legends, and carried proudly by the people who call this island home.
The bond between the Sumbanese people and their horses runs deep, shaped over centuries and celebrated in the ancient Pasola festival, where tradition, courage and community come together in one of Indonesia’s most extraordinary cultural events.
Even today, these timeless scenes can still be found along the beaches of Sumba, where horses roam freely and the island’s heritage continues to live on.
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The first light spills across the ocean, the mist slowly lifts, horses wander freely along the shoreline, and the world seems to move a little slower.
This is the magic of mornings at NIHI, quiet, wild, and beautifully untouched.
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Where wild horses roam the shoreline, endless palms sway in the ocean breeze, world-class waves roll onto untouched white sand, and every sunset feels like nature’s grand finale.
This is Nihi, a place where time slows, the horizon stretches forever, and every moment reminds you just how beautiful the world can be.
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No notifications. No playlists. No endless scrolling.
Just birds singing, waves rolling onto the shore, and the kind of silence that reminds you what peace actually sounds like.
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As the sky melts into brilliant shades of gold, amber, and fire, there’s no better place to be than on horseback along the shores of Nihiwatu Beach as the sun slips below the horizon. This is NIHI Sumba.
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Venture beyond @nihi to one of Sumba’s most beautiful coastlines.
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Head out onto the open water to the best fishing spots and cast your line before continuing onwards to Konda where you’ll be welcomed by @kondamaloba.
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Unwind between an oceanfront pool and Sumba’s turquoise waters while your freshly caught fish is prepared over an open fire before being served for lunch.
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If you’re feeling like you need some more adventure, take to the water on jet ski and feel the wind in your hair as you explore the natural beauty of the bay.
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This is an experience shaped and refined by the wild beauty of Sumba.
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No trending music. This is what magic really sounds like: waves rolling onto the shores of Nihiwatu Beach, horses cooling off in the salty waters, and the wild spirit of NIHI Sumba.
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Front-row seats to one of NIHI’s most iconic morning rituals.
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Grab breakfast with a friend as horses wander freely along the shoreline, with the Indian Ocean stretching beyond. 🤍
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