On Call - Banquet Server

Spire Hospitality; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 19,286 - 28,929; Part time

Job summary

The Leta by Hilton Tapestry Collection in Santa Barbara, CA, is seeking a part-time Beverage Server to set up banquet rooms and provide friendly, professional service according to high standards.

Responsibilities include stocking, garnishing, taking orders, and handling payments while adhering to liquor regulations and health standards. Nights, weekends, and holidays may be required.

Qualifications

• Bartending experience required.
• Basic knowledge of food and beverage preparation and service.
• Basic English writing skills for requisitions and vouchers.

Responsibilities

• Set up banquet room and serve food and/or beverages in a friendly, courteous, professional manner.
• Stock and maintain bar supplies, garnishes, and perishables daily.
• Take and input drink orders; manage cash and card transactions at POS.
• Balance cash drops and ensure vouchers are properly executed.

Skills

Bartending

Cash handling

Food & beverage service

English literacy

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Picture yourself at The Leta by Hilton Tapestry Collection, we are on the coast and down to earth. As one of Santa Barbara’s best hotels, we have a Golden State of Mind attitude, surf‑inspired décor, eclectic accommodations, plus a passion for music, and an elevated F&B scene. Join our team today! A historic landmark dating back to 1908, The Barnes Union Square Hotel is a guest’s urban retreat paired with refined elegance. Located by San Francisco’s Union Square, right across from the famous Powell Street Cable Car, you will easily get to work via BART and witness the Bay’s daily hustle and bustle.

Part Time Position

Job Overview

Set up of Banquet Room and serve food and/or beverages in a friendly, courteous and professional manner according to high standards of quality.

Compensation

$16.90/Service fees

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

• 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.

Working Conditions

Physical Demands

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 lbs., while performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand for long periods of time; frequently walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear; occasionally sit, climb or balance, stoop, knee, crouch or crawl.

Environmental Conditions

Inside: Protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. A job is considered “inside” if the worker spends approximately 75 percent or more of the time inside.

Qualifications

• Any combination of education and experience equivalent to graduation from high school or any other combination of education, training or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Ability to obtain any government required licenses or certifications including alcohol/food service certification. CPR Certification and/or First Aid Training preferred.
• Bartending experience required.
• Additional language ability preferred.

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