Catering Bartender

FOREST HIGHLANDS ASSOCIATION; Flagstaff (AZ); On-site; USD 27,276 - 38,848; Part time

Job summary

FOREST HIGHLANDS ASSOCIATION is seeking a Catering Bartender in Flagstaff, AZ. This role focuses on providing exceptional service during banquets and events, requiring strong bartending skills and adaptability.

Candidates must have a minimum of two years of experience, excellent mixology skills, and a customer-focused attitude. Flexibility in hours is essential, and applicants must be at least 19 years old.

Qualifications

• Must be 19 years old to pour alcoholic beverages.
• Minimum of 2 years bartending experience.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide polite and professional service to guests.
• Set up and maintain remote bars at various settings.
• Mix and serve drinks following recipes.

Skills

Bartending

Customer Service

Mixology

Interpersonal Skills

Reliability

Education

High school diploma or equivalent (GED)

Tools

Tablets

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Salary Range: $24.00 hourly

Job Overview

The Catering Bartender focuses on banquets and special events. The position requires high volume bartending skills and the ability to set up remote bars in a variety of settings and locations. It requires flexibility in weekly schedule and adaptability in services offered, plus excellent common drink knowledge and superior customer service skills.

Essential Functions

Customer Service

• Provide polite and professional service to all guests while maintaining a professional appearance by wearing the appropriate uniform at all times. Maintain a clean, sanitary, and safe environment.

Bar/Restaurant Operations

• Set up, maintain, and clean up remote bars at a variety of outlets and settings.
• Set up and maintain draft beer systems.
• Know wine service and flavor profiles of classic wine varietals.
• Have knowledge of common drink preparation and ability to create unique cocktails and mixology methods.
• Collaborate with other bar staff to keep the bar area clean and stick to FHGC standards at all times.
• Mix and serve both alcoholic and non‑alcoholic drinks for patrons of catering bar and dining rooms following standard recipes and procedures.
• Arrange glasses and bottles to create a creative display that still meets bar standards.
• Know proper glassware for bartending and how to sterilize and wash stemware when necessary.
• Reach out to guests and offer assistance before they request it.

Other Responsibilities

• Ensure customers are of legal drinking age and enforce policies regarding the consumption of alcohol.
• Assist supervisors and managers with projects as needed. Assist with monthly beverage inventory.
• Attend catering meetings as needed.

Qualifications

• Must be 19 years old to pour alcoholic beverages.
• Two years of high school or a high school diploma or equivalent (GED).
• Minimum of 2 years bartending and restaurant experience.
• Background check.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills.
• Self‑motivated with a positive and professional attitude.
• Organized, able to work in a busy environment where priorities change.
• Ability to perform a wide variety of tasks during busy times while working flexible hours with an enthusiastic personality.
• Reliable.

Language Skills

• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Communicate effectively with guests, management, vendors/suppliers, the general public, and other employees.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

Reasoning Ability

• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Busy golf/country club in private residential community.
• Flexibility in schedule.
• Lift up to 25 lbs regularly; up to 50 lbs occasionally and lift overhead and push/pull.
• Walk, sit, stand, bend, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; talk or hear; stoop, kneel, crouch, adjust vision accordingly.
• Exposed to outside weather conditions including low temperatures.
• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and a quiet work environment.
• Continuous ability to talk and hear.
• Specific vision abilities required: close vision.

Equipment Used

• Computers, tablets.

Supervisory Responsibility

None

Budgetary Responsibility

None