Barback - Avenue

Xfinity Live!; Long Branch (NJ); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic hospitality venue in Long Branch, NJ, is seeking a Barback to ensure efficient bar operations and provide exceptional customer service. Responsibilities include supporting bar staff, maintaining cleanliness, and handling inventory. The ideal candidate has food service experience and is fluent in English, with strong communication and basic math skills. The role requires lifting heavy items and may involve working nights and weekends.

Qualifications

• Food service experience with general knowledge of bar/nightclub operations.
• Must speak fluent English; other languages are preferred.
• Must be at least age 18 or older, depending on state regulations.
• Communication skills are essential while interacting with guests and team.
• Basic math skills are frequently used.

Responsibilities

• Perform basic prep work behind the bar.
• Maintain a clean and tidy bar environment.
• Provide polite and professional customer service.
• Communicate effectively with co-workers and guests.
• Handle and lift items weighing up to 200 pounds.

Skills

Food service experience

Fluent English

Communication skills

Mathematical skills

Education

Alcohol awareness certification

Food service permit

Job description

Avenue is a modern answer to a blend of the Parisian brasserie & the luxurious beaches of St. Tropez, located on the private beach of Long Branch.

Barback Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Show that you are an energetic, outgoing, fun person while maintaining professionalism.
• Perform basic prep work behind the bar: refilling ice bins, restocking beer/liquor, cutting garnishes.
• Change empty kegs in keg room, including moving full kegs of beer.
• Assist in maintaining a clean and tidy environment by cleaning up spills and emptying trash cans.
• Organizes bar and drink ware.
• Clear and clean bar in a timely manner.
• Perform more than one task at a time.
• Offer polite, professional, and courteous customer service.
• Communicate effectively, clearly, patiently and humorously with co-workers and guests.
• Complete all side work as assigned.

Barback Qualifications

• Food service experience with general knowledge of bar/nightclub operations.
• Must speak fluent English, other languages preferred.
• Must be at least age 18 or older, depending on state regulations.
• Communication skills are utilized a significant amount of time when interacting with guests, cooks, wait staff, and supervisors.
• Alcohol awareness certification and/or food service permit or valid health/food handler card as required by local or state government agency.
• Reading and writing abilities are utilized often when taking orders, completing paperwork, etc.
• Mathematical skills, including basic math are used frequently.
• May be required to work nights, weekends, and/or holidays.

The Barback position requires the ability to perform the following:

• Handling, carrying or lifting items weighing up to 200 pounds (kegs, ice, glasses, trays, etc.)
• Move about the facility efficiently and safely.
• Handling food, objects, products and utensils effectively and safely.
• Withstand potential climate temperature changes in assigned work area.

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