Bartender

Title: Bartender

Objective: The primary purpose of a bartender is to create and control the Scioto Experience for members in contact with Food & Beverage. The bartender must take ownership of the members in the restaurant and deliver an exceptional dining experience while working together with the rest of the team.

Responsibilities and Expectations:

• Enhance the member experience through recommendation of wine, liquor, and food selection
• Completely know and understand all beverage products offered along with all food menus
• Upsell products and build confidence with members
• Create signature cocktails and wine pairings for the club, highlighting daily, weekly, and monthly specials
• Assist in the design and creative physical appearance of the bar
• Assist with the beverage organization, inventory, and storage
• Assist with ordering of product, PAR levels and beverage menu design
• Provide feedback to management involving member preference and menu items
• Be completely fluent in Point-of-Sale transactions and end of shift reports
• Wash and maintain all glassware and utensils used at the bar and in the restaurant
• Properly serve cocktails, wine, and beer to industry standards
• Serve food to members at the bar and, depending on manager’s discretion, throughout the dining room
• Check identification of members to make sure they meet age requirements for purchase of alcohol and tobacco products.
• Consult with management to determine if a member has had too much alcohol
• Clean up after members and clean work area.
• Constantly display a friendly and welcoming personality to all members and staff
• Attend pre-service meetings and communicate questions, comments and concerns to other staff members to improve the beverage experience for our membership
• Participate in ongoing training and assist with the development of training methods, concepts, and exercises for the beverage operation

Job Knowledge, Core Competencies and Expectations:

• Stocks bar and completes other pre-opening requirements.
• Prepares and serves alcoholic beverages according to standard recipes.
• Skilled at slowing and refusing alcoholic beverage service when necessary.
• Complies with basic safety and sanitation requirements.
• Good organizational skills.
• Basic knowledge of club’s POS system or comparable POS system preferred.
• Knowledgeable of all aspects of department and daily club operations, including events and operating hours.
• Ability to read and understand Banquet Event Orders (BEOs).
• Ability to work large or small events with minimal supervision and in a team environment.
• Cleans bar and completes other pre-closing requirements.
• Assures that all state and local laws and club policies and procedures for the service of alcoholic beverages are consistently followed.
• Knowledge of and ability to perform required role during emergency situations.

Physical Requirements, Working Conditions and Other factors:

• Most work tasks are performed indoors. Temperature generally is moderate and controlled by club environmental systems; however, must be able to work in extreme temperatures like freezers (-10°F) and outdoors (+110°F), possibly for one hour or more.
• Position requires walking and standing for long periods of time. The length of time of these tasks may vary from day to day and task to task.
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability to maneuver between functions occurring simultaneously.
• Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and subordinates.
• Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs. on a regular and continuing basis.
• Must be able to lift trays of food or food items weighing up to 30 lbs.
• Must be able to push and pull carts and equipment weighing up to 50 lbs. occasionally.
• Must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch occasionally.
• Must maintain proper hygiene, following the standard and cleanliness of appearance and uniform.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Must follow the standards, guidelines, rules of the employee handbook.
• Must be able to be off your cellular telephone during your shift.

Education and Experience:

• High school degree completed
• Minimum of two years bartending experience
• Of legal age to prepare and serve alcoholic beverages.

Thank you for applying.