Bartender

Farms Work Wonders Corporation; Wardensville (WV); On-site; USD 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market discount

Paid training

Scholarship opportunities

Paid time off

Bereavement leave

Life insurance

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

Mack's Bingo Kitchen, operated by Farms Work Wonders, seeks a skilled bartender to own the bar program and deliver a whiskey-forward, seasonally driven cocktail experience rooted in Appalachia.

You will collaborate with the front-of-house team to provide genuine hospitality, mentor Junior Crew, and share sourcing stories from local ingredients. This role emphasizes craft, warmth, and community connection.

Qualifications

• Hospitality-forward mindset: make guests feel welcome and valued.
• Curiosity and learning mindset: eager to grow, accept feedback, improve.
• Bar knowledge & storytelling: whiskey, spirits, cocktails, local ingredients.

Responsibilities

• Own the bar program and work with front-of-house to deliver Appalachian, whiskey-forward cocktails.
• Mentor Junior Crew and server staff to build a beverage culture grounded in curiosity and pride.
• Maintain high standards in cocktail builds, guest interactions, and daily operations.
• Convey the story of ingredients, suppliers, and menu through engaging service.

Skills

Hospitality-forward mindset

Curiosity & learning mindset

Bar knowledge & storytelling

Attention to detail

Reliability & accountability

Love for food & place

Job description

ABOUT OUR RESTAURANT

Mack's Bingo Kitchen is an approachable American restaurant that utilizes seasonal ingredients from our organic farm and other nearby farms and purveyors. Our restaurant serves as a learning opportunity for our Junior Crew (local Appalachian Youth participating in our program) to engage with all aspects of the restaurant operations to provide a well-rounded experience in the hospitality industry. Youth have opportunities to work in the kitchen preparing and cooking, as well as on the dining room floor, supporting roles including hosting, serving, and interacting with our guests.

As a social enterprise, Mack's Bingo Kitchen provides a well-rounded hospitality experience for local youth to complement the opportunities offered in our farm, market, bakery, and glass studio. It also provides a casual, approachable, yet exceptional experience for the community through food, drink, and hospitality.

OVERVIEW

We are looking for a skilled, curious, and genuinely hospitality-driven bartender to help bring the Mack's Bingo bar program to life - someone who sees the bar as both a craft and a connection point, and who finds real meaning in the experience they create for every guest who pulls up a seat.

This role is central to who we are at Mack's Bingo. You will own the bar program and work closely with our front-of-house team to deliver an experience that reflects everything we care about - a whiskey-forward, seasonally driven cocktail program rooted in Appalachia, thoughtfully sourced ingredients, and the kind of genuine hospitality that turns first-time guests into regulars. You bring knowledge, warmth, and consistency to every pour, every shift.

Our bar program is delicious, whiskey-forward, and seasonally driven - rooted in Appalachia and approachable, but always thoughtful. We build our cocktail program around the same values that drive our kitchen: local ingredients, seasonal awareness, and genuine craft. We are not trying to be something we are not - we are trying to be exactly what this community deserves.

Beyond the bar, this role carries a real mentorship dimension. You will work alongside Junior Crew members and server staff, helping to build a beverage culture grounded in curiosity, high standards, and genuine pride in the craft. You set the tone - in the way you build a cocktail, engage a guest, and show up every day.

This position reports to the Front-of-House Manager.

MUST-HAVES

• Hospitality-Forward Mindset: You make people feel welcome, seen, and important. You're not a gatekeeper-you're an agent of possibility. You don't default to "no," but instead ask, "how can we turn this into a yes?" with people across all roles and backgrounds.
• Curiosity and a Learning Mindset: You approach your work with genuine eagerness to grow. You receive feedback with care and openness, and you actively look for ways to get better - your technique, and the way you connect with guests and teammates.. You see every shift as an opportunity to improve.
• Bar Knowledge & Storytelling: You know your way around whiskey, spirits, wine, and cocktails - and you love talking about what is in the glass. You can speak to our cocktail program, our spirit selections, and our local ingredients in a way that feels natural, informed, and genuinely enthusiastic. Our bar program is whiskey-forward and seasonally driven, and you bring those values to every drink you build and every conversation you have at the bar.
• Attention to Detail: You notice what others miss - and you act on it. You hold yourself to a high standard in everything from table presentation to order accuracy, and you take quiet pride in the small things that make a big difference in the guest experience. You don't just notice what's off - you fix it.
• Reliability and Accountability: You show up - on time, prepared, and ready to work. You own your section, communicate proactively with your team, and follow through on your commitments. When something doesn't go as planned, your instinct is to own it and fix it - not explain it away.
• Love for Food and Place: You are genuinely excited about what we are doing here. You take the time to know the menu deeply, understand where our ingredients come from, and share that story with guests in a way that feels natural and authentic. You find meaning in connecting people to food that is local, seasonal, and thoughtfully sourced.

Additional responsibilities will be detailed in the interview and full job description.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have a valid driver's license
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and ability to stand for long periods of time
• Willingness and ability to commute to Wardensville, WV if necessary.

EXPECTED WORK SCHEDULE

For part-time roles:

This position is expected to work 16-29 hours a week for three days a week inclusive of mornings, evenings, weekends and some government holidays.

For full-time roles:

This position is expected to work at least 30 hours a week for five days a week, inclusive of mornings, evenings, weekends and some government holidays.

COMPENSATION

For part-time roles:

This position is classified as nonexempt with a starting wage of $15.00. In addition to competitive pay, we offer the following benefits for part-time employees:

• discount on items in the market
• paid training and scholarship opportunities

For full-time roles:

This position is classified as non-exempt with an hourly rate starting at $15.00. In addition to competitive pay, we offer the following benefits for regular, full-time employees:

• generous paid time off structure
• bereavement leave
• employer-paid life insurance
• optional health, dental, vision, and short-term disability insurances
• discount on items in the market

ABOUT FARMS WORK WONDERS

Farms Work Wonders is a nonprofit social enterprise whose mission is to ignite the spark of curiosity in Appalachian youth so they see themselves and their future in new and exciting ways. Our businesses provide local Appalachian youth real-life learning experiences and generate proceeds that are 100% reinvested back into the local community. In 2016, Farms Work Wonders started with the Wardensville Garden Market project- an organic farm and farm stand. Since opening, our enterprises have expanded to include a market, bakery, glass blowing studio, and restaurant that have created 80+ local, good-paying jobs with around half held by local high school students.

Farms Work Wonders provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.