On-Call Banquet Server

Highgate; Saint Pete Beach (FL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

TradeWinds Resort, part of Highgate Hotels’ portfolio, is hiring a Banquet Server to assist in banquets, weddings, and internal events. This beachfront property in Saint Pete Beach, FL, requires flexibility and availability on a 24/7 basis, with most shifts occurring in the evenings.

Responsibilities include setting up and serving at banquets, reading BEOs, maintaining a clean storeroom, and ensuring guest satisfaction through attentive service.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Flexible and long hours sometimes required.
• Ability to stand during entire shift.
• Must be able to multitask and prioritize departmental functions to meet deadlines.
• Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying concerns.

Responsibilities

• Perform preparatory tasks and side work duties to ensure guests are served promptly and efficiently.
• Read and understand the Banquet Event Order (BEO) and be familiar with the menu for the function.
• Serve guests according to the hotel's standards in a friendly, courteous manner.
• Address guest problems, complaints, and accidents; communicate to management when necessary.
• Set all tables according to hotel standards.
• Maintain the banquet storeroom in a neat and orderly condition with necessary supplies.
• Clean up banquet space after events and restock equipment.
• Prepare rooms according to BEO and various meal functions.
• Follow money handling procedures when serving guests.
• Know menu items for each function and provide accurate descriptions.
• Ensure overall guest satisfaction and assist as needed.

Skills

Multitasking

Stand during shift

Listening skills

Problem solving

Initiative

Flexibility

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Job description

Compensation Type

Hourly

Highgate Hotels

Highgate is a leading real estate investment and hospitality management company widely recognized as an innovator in the industry. Highgate is the dominant player in major U.S. gateway cities including New York, Boston, Miami, San Francisco and Honolulu, with a growing Caribbean and Latin America footprint. The hospitality forward company provides expert guidance through all stages of the property cycle, from planning and development through recapitalization or disposition. Highgate has a proven record of developing its diverse portfolio of bespoke lifestyle hotel brands, legacy brands, and independent hotels and resorts with contemporary programming and digital acumen. The company utilizes industry-leading revenue management tools that efficiently identify and predict evolving market dynamics to drive outperformance and maximize asset value. With an executive team consisting of some of the most experienced hotel management leaders, the company is a trusted partner for top ownership groups and major hotel brands. Highgate maintains corporate offices in New York, Chicago, Dallas, London, Miami, and Seattle. www.highgate.com.

Location

Discover more sun and more fun! Escape to a tropical beachfront paradise complete with everything you need for the perfect getaway, including delicious dining, beachfront bars, relaxing comforts, and endless activities. Here you’ll stay at one, play at two — with two connecting resorts right on the soft white sands of St. Pete Beach. Whether you’re looking for family fun, a romantic retreat, a group getaway, or anything in between, it’s all here at TradeWinds Island Resorts. https://www.tradewindsresort.com/careers

Overview

Follow your passion all the way to paradise atTradeWinds Resort, a Tampa Bay Times Top Workplace for seven years in a row!TradeWinds features two destination resorts just 200 flip flops from one another along the gorgeous Gulf Coast on St. Pete Beach, a Top-Ranked US Beach!

TradeWinds is looking for a Banquets server to assist in banquets, weddings, internal functions, etc. Employees working in this department must be available 24/7 and have flexible availability. Most shifts will occur in the evenings.

The Banquet Server is responsible for the set-up and serving of food and beverages to guests at all banquet functions, according to the hotel standards.

Responsibilities

• Perform preparatory tasks and side work duties to ensure that guests are served promptly and efficiently.
• Know how to read the Banquet Event Order (BEO) and be familiar with the menu of the assigned function.
• Served guests according to the hotel’s standards in a friendly, courteous, and professional manner.
• Respond to guest problems, complaints, and accidents. Communicate to management, if necessary.
• Set all tables according to hotel standards.
• Maintain the banquet storeroom in a neat and orderly manner, stocked with any and all appropriate supplies necessary for food service functions.
• Clean-up banquet space after the completion of the function and ensure that all equipment and supplies are stored and re-stocked properly.
• Prepare room according to BEO and the various meal functions.
• Follow all money handling procedures when serving the guest.
• Know the menu items for each function served and able to give accurate descriptions.
• Ensure overall guest satisfaction.
• Perform other duties as requested by management.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or equivalent and/or experience in hotel or a related field preferred.
• Flexible and long hours sometimes required.
• Medium work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 20 pounds of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects.
• Ability to stand during entire shift.
• Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying concerns raised by employees and guests.
• Must be able to multitask and prioritize departmental functions to meet deadlines.
• Approach all encounters with guests and employees in an attentive, friendly, courteous and service-oriented manner.
• Must be effective in handling problems, including anticipating, preventing, identifying and solving problems as necessary.
• Must be able to show initiative, including anticipating guest or operational needs.