Banquet Coordinator

Wild Rose Casino and Resort; Emmetsburg, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Wild Rose Casino & Hotel in Emmetsburg, IA, is seeking a Banquet Coordinator to plan and execute weddings, meetings, and other events in our ballroom and event spaces. You will coordinate client needs, layouts, timelines, catering, AV, staffing, and teardown to deliver a seamless guest experience.

As a key contact before, during, and after events, you will collaborate with guests and internal teams, monitor progress, resolve issues, and maintain event files and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, coordinate, and execute banquet and special events in ballroom and other designated event areas
• Work with guests, internal departments, and outside groups to determine event objectives, room layout, timelines, food and beverage needs, entertainment needs, audiovisual requirements, staffing needs, and other event details
• Monitor events in progress, respond to guest or vendor needs, resolve issues quickly, and communicate concerns to management when needed
• Maintain event files, schedules, floor plans, vendor information, checklists, billing details, and other records related to banquet and event operations
• Other duties as assigned

Job description

Position Summary: The Banquet Coordinator is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and coordinating banquet and special event operations for a casino property with a configurable ballroom and event space. This position supports weddings, meeting, marketing events, entertainment functions, private parties and other property events by coordinating client needs, room configurations, vendors, staffing, supplies, setup, event execution, and tear down. The Banquet Coordinator serves as a key point of contact before, during, and after events to ensure a high-quality guest experience and efficient use or property resources.

In addition to the below key duties and responsibilities, all Wild Rose team members are ambassadors of the Wild Rose brand and culture.

We encourage our team members to have more fun when they work at Wild Rose. As we say working here shouldn’t be this much fun!

Essential Functions: The essential functions and responsibilities of this position are:

• Plan, organize, coordinate, and execute banquet and special events held in the ballroom and other designated event areas
• Work with guests, internal departments, and outside groups to determine event objectives, room layout, timelines, food and beverage needs, entertainment needs, audiovisual requirements, staffing needs, and other event details.
• Monitor events in progress, respond to guest or vendor needs, resolve issues quickly, and communicate concerns to management when needed.
• Maintain event files, schedules, floor plans, vendor information, checklists, billing details, and other records related to banquet and event operations
• Other duties as assigned

Schedule: The schedule for this position is classified as full-time.

Salary: $16.00 / per hour

This job posting is intended to describe the general nature of this position. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required.

Employee benefits may vary by location, position, length of service, and employment status.

Wild Rose Casino & Hotel is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to non-discrimination in employment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.