Bartender

IHG Hotels & Resorts; Muscat; On-site; OMR 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a vibrant team at a leading hotel brand as a bartender, where your skills in mixology and customer service will shine. In this dynamic role, you'll craft classic cocktails and innovative beverages, ensuring guests enjoy a memorable experience. With a focus on teamwork and personal growth, this opportunity allows you to thrive in a supportive environment. Enjoy competitive pay, comprehensive training, and a range of benefits designed to enhance your work-life balance. If you're passionate about creating connections and delivering exceptional service, this is the perfect place for you to grow your career.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Room Discounts

Full Uniform

Comprehensive Training

Qualifications

• High school diploma required, additional training or experience preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers and take drink orders while making recommendations.
• Maintain cleanliness of the bar and dining area, ensuring quality service.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Communication Skills

Time Management

Attention to Detail

Customer Service

Education

High School Diploma

Bartending Certification

Tools

Drink Mixing Tools

Job description

We are looking for a professional, high-energy bartender with excellent communication skills to serve classical cocktails and exciting new beverages to our customers. The bartender will greet customers, learn about their preferences, answer questions, recommend menu items, and prepare and serve beverages and food. You will also upsell items, create recipes, utilize proper equipment and ingredients, and handle basic cleaning duties. To succeed as a bartender, you should have a neat appearance and an engaging, friendly personality. You should be efficient, observant, knowledgeable, and personable.

YOUR DAY-TO-DAY:

1. Welcoming customers, reading and listening to people to determine beverage preferences, making recommendations, and taking drink orders.
2. Planning drink menus and informing customers about new beverages and specials.
3. Selecting and mixing ingredients, garnishing glasses, and serving beverages to customers.
4. Checking identification to ensure customers are the legal age to purchase alcohol.
5. Taking inventory and ordering supplies to ensure bar and tables are well-stocked.
6. Adhering to all food safety and quality regulations.
7. Handling cash, credit, and debit card transactions, ensuring charges are accurate and returning correct change to patrons, balancing the cash register.
8. Maintaining a clean work and dining area by removing trash, cleaning tables, and washing glasses, utensils, and equipment.
9. Developing new cocktail recipes.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

1. High school diploma.
2. Additional education, training, certificates, or experience may be required.
3. Meets state minimum age to serve alcohol.
4. Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
5. Positive, engaging personality, and professional appearance.
6. Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
7. Strong task and time management abilities.
8. Eye for detail and understanding of drink mixing tools and techniques.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

We give our people everything they need to succeed. From a competitive salary that rewards all your hard work to a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work-life – including a full uniform, impressive room discounts, and some of the best training in the business.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate differences and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

IHG gives every member of the team the room they need to belong, grow and make a difference in a collaborative environment. We know that to work well, we need to feel well – both inside and outside of work – and through our well-being framework, we are committed to supporting well-being in your health, lifestyle, and workplace.

So, join us and you’ll become part of our ever-growing global family.

Join Crowne Plaza, one of the largest and best-loved premium hotel brands in the world. With more than 420 hotels in diverse locations globally, Crowne Plaza is the perfect base to connect on business, pleasure, or a blend of both. We've thoughtfully designed our spaces to encourage, support, and celebrate great connections. We're also big on meetings and events, a trusted and valued partner for connecting both domestic and global groups alike.

Our branded service style 'Dare to Connect' is crafted for connection. Designed for humans, not nameless guests or colleagues. Still professional but touches guests on an emotional level. Where colleagues take their initiative and use their personality because they make a crucial difference in the guest's experience. The role of every colleague at Crowne Plaza is to create memorable emotional connections, and the job of every leader is to create an environment where that can happen.

Don't quite meet every single requirement but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.