Part-Time Conference and Food Services ; Pool - Ocala, FL

Job Description

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITY: Provide staff support to the Conference Centers. Key duties revolve around ensuring seamless delivery of service to customers to facilitate successful events at the Vintage Farm.

At the College of Central Florida, our vision is to be "Your first choice for quality higher education." We aim to accomplish this by providing a caring and exceptional learning environment that fosters the success of our students and community. Candidates considering becoming part of the CF family must be able to embrace and model this philosophy in their day-to-day responsibilities and demonstrate our standards: professional, responsive, informative, dependable, and engaged.

• Education or training:
  High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Years of experience in the field:
  No experience required.
• Special skills or abilities:
  Ability to plan, organize and take initiative; excellent customer service skills in hospitality; verbal and written communication; skilled in hospitality, catering and special events service areas with knowledge of working with large organizations including corporate accounts; general technical knowledge of computers and audio‑visual equipment; demonstrates understanding of health department codes.

• Personally represent and provide technical assistance on behalf of the Conference Services department for all scheduled conference events.
• Complete a pre‑event and post‑event checklist to make sure all details and client needs are met.
• Set up and service breaks as requested.
• Assist the conference administrative team with telephone and computer support as needed.
• Initial opening/closing and securing of Vintage Farm event spaces, which may include openings as early as 5 a.m. or closings as late as midnight; events take place outside normal work hours, as well as on weekends, on a regular basis.
• Assist guests with inside and exterior setups.
• Communicate effectively with public safety officers, custodial staff, and outside vendors who will be on the property.
• Must possess a valid Florida driver's license.

(These essential job functions are not to be construed as a complete statement of all duties performed. Employees will be required to perform other job‑related marginal duties as required.)

• Acceptable eyesight (with or without correction).
• Acceptable hearing (with or without a hearing aid).
• Ability to clearly communicate both orally and in writing on a telephone and on a computer for extended periods.
• Routine sitting at a desk and viewing a display screen for extended periods.
• Ability to access, input, and retrieve information from a computer or other electronic device.
• Routine moderate (up to 40 pounds) lifting and carrying.
• Routine walking, standing, sitting, kneeling, stooping, reaching up, twisting, and bending.
• Ability to drive a college vehicle.

• Works in an off‑campus outside venue.
• Works outside and inside.
• Very flexible hours are required.

(Reasonable accommodations will be made for otherwise qualified individuals with a disability.)

Primary location of job:
Vintage Farm, Ocala Campus.

Supervisor of position:
Director of Conference and Food Services.

See Prerequisites for Position above.

3001 Southwest College Road, Ocala, Florida 34474, United States.