Banquet Server - Williamsburg Inn

CW Talent; Rockville (VA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is seeking a Banquet Server to prepare and service meals for banquets, receptions, and events at our historic Williamsburg campus. The role requires setting up, serving, and cleaning banquet spaces with attention to presentation and guest experience.

Candidates should have tableside or banquet experience, good reading and comprehension skills, and the ability to work flexible days including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifications

• Good reading and comprehensive skills.
• Must have tableside or banquet experience.

Responsibilities

• Set up, serve, and clean banquet spaces for meals and receptions.
• Perform other duties as required.

Skills

Public contact skills

Teamwork

Flexible schedule

Reading and comprehension

Banquet experience

Job description

Who We Are

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation. Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library. Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Giffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.

The Banquet Server sets up, serves, and cleans up for banquet breakfast, lunch, dinner, or for receptions. Perform other duties, as required.

Requirements:

• Good public contact skills.
• Ability to: (1) work well with others; (2) follow established standards for attendance, dress, work procedures, hospitality and courtesy; (3) work flexible days and hours including nights, weekends and holidays; (4) maintain standards listed below
• Must have good reading and comprehensive skills.
• Must have tableside or banquet experience.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age according to Virginia A.B.C. Code § 4.1-307
• Successful candidates must be able to obtain and maintain a current Williamsburg James City County food handler’s card and TIPS certification; applicants with an active card and certification should be prepared to present both during the interview process.

Physical requirements include, but are not limited to:

• lifting trays weighing up to 50 pounds
• standing for long periods of time

NOTE:

In accordance with Virginia A.B.C. § 4.1-225 Colonial Williamsburg prohibits employment of anyone in an alcohol serving position who has been convicted of a felony, any crime involving moral turpitude (lying, cheating, or stealing), or a drug-related offense within the past five (5) years.