On-Call Banquet Bartender

Spire Hospitality; Dedham (MA); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking hospitality team where you can showcase your skills in food and beverage service. This role involves serving drinks and food to guests, ensuring a high level of satisfaction through friendly and timely service. You will be responsible for maintaining the bar setup, preparing garnishes, and handling cash transactions. The ideal candidate will possess basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation, strong communication skills, and the ability to work in a dynamic environment. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and enjoy engaging with guests, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Must have basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation.
• Ability to read, speak, and understand English for communication.

Responsibilities

• Serve beverages and food to guests in a friendly manner.
• Maintain proper and adequate set-up of the bar daily.
• Perform general cleaning tasks to adhere to health standards.

Skills

Basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation

Basic mathematical skills

Basic English language writing skills

Manual dexterity

Communication skills

Point of sale operation

Ability to work in confined spaces

Job description

Our hotel offers sensibly priced accommodations within steps of Legacy Place shopping and entertainment facility. Attractions like Gillette Stadium and Faniuel Hall are an easy and convenient drive in either direction. Enjoy dinner at our Asian-inspired restaurant, Bamboo. 200 Rooms, 5,000 sq. ft. event space

This role pays $7.50 per hour plus service.

Job Overview : To serve beverages and / or food to the guests in a friendly, courteous and timely manner, resulting in guest satisfaction. Also, to prepare beverages for other servers to supply to guests, and act as cashier for the lounge.

Responsibilities and Duties :

• Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar daily. This includes requisitioning and stocking of all beer, wine, spirits, paper products, straws and stirrers, condiments and produce based on projections from the daily functions sheet
• Responsible for maintaining stock, cutting, and storing of all fresh fruit and vegetable garnishes, juices and other perishables daily to ensure product quality.
• Greets guests in a courteous and friendly manner, promotes and documents orders for drinks. Mixes, garnishes and presents drinks using standard ingredient recipes and practicing prudent portion control.
• Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest including those served by other beverage servers, to maintain accountability of all beverages served.
• Receives cash from guests, makes change needed, verifies validity of charges, records charges, and ensures vouchers are properly executed, in order to balance all moneys.
• Locks up and stores all beverage, food and other equipment items; deposit cash drops and secure bank.
• Performs general cleaning tasks using standard hotel cleaning products as assigned by the supervisor to adhere to health standards.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as requested e.g., special guest requests.
• Must adhere to all State, Federal and Corporate liquor regulations pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages to minors and intoxicated guests to ensure all laws are being followed.
• Other duties as assigned such as assisting security with disorderly guests.

Specific Job Knowledge and Skills :

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

• Must have basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service of various alcoholic beverages.
• Basic mathematical skills necessary to operate a cash register, make change, total guest checks, count total bank, prepare cash drops, total all other charges, and understand portion sizes.
• Basic English language writing skills necessary for completion of requisitions, balance sheets and vouchers.
• Sufficient manual dexterity in hands in order to use a knife to make garnish, pick up glassware and bottles, scoop ice, mix drinks, and reach overhead to retrieve stock.
• Ability to read, speak and understand the English language in order to communicate with guests and take orders.
• Ability to operate a keyboard and point of sale procedures to pre-check, order and close out a check.
• Ability to stand and work in confined spaces for long periods of time.

Other Expectations :

• Regular attendance in conformance with the standards, which may be established from time to time, is essential to the successful performance of this position.
• Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry, associates may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the hotel. This includes nights, weekends and / or holidays.
• All employees must maintain a neat, clean and well-groomed appearance (specific standards available).
• Employee is always required to take on the responsibility and wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as determined by position and duties.
• Complies with health and safety rules, regulations and procedures to maintain a safe environment.