Banquet Server - Williamsburg Inn

Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; Williamsburg (VA); On-site; USD 20,664 - 34,440; Full time

Job summary

The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is seeking a Banquet Server to manage setup and service for various banquet events, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The role requires good public contact skills and the ability to work well with a team.

The ideal candidate must have tableside or banquet experience, be 18 years or older, and be able to maintain health standards through obtaining a food handler’s card and TIPS certification. Flexible hours, including nights and weekends, are necessary.

Qualifications

• Good public contact skills.
• Ability to work well with others.
• Follow established standards for attendance and work procedures.
• Maintain flexibility in work schedule including nights and weekends.
• Must be 18 years or older according to Virginia A.B.C. Code.
• Obtain and maintain a current food handler’s card and TIPS certification.

Responsibilities

• Set up for banquet breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
• Serve meals and clean up after events.
• Perform other related duties as required.

Skills

Good public contact skills

Teamwork

Attention to hospitality and courtesy

Reading and comprehension skills

Tableside or banquet experience

Job description

About the Organization

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 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. Additional accommodations and restaurants are also part of the experience. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.

Position Overview

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

• 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 offence within the past five years.