Assistant Mess Manager

CFMWS – WHERE PURPOSE MEETS PASSION!

At Canadian Forces Morale and Welfare Services (CFMWS), we’re more than just a workplace; we’re a proud community dedicated to supporting Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans and their families in their daily lives. We carefully curate and provide programmes and services designed to meet their unique needs and enhance their mental, social, physical, financial and familial well‑being. CFMWS employees deliver programmes and services including recreation, sports and fitness programmes, customised financial services, retail services, access to retail savings and discounts, family support and charity events.

Our success stems from living our values. Our employees care about their role in supporting Canadian Armed Forces members, veterans and their families and act with integrity in all they do. Thriving in our close‑knit environment, we act as one team with one mission. We constantly seek new ideas and creative ways to deliver the best possible programmes and services.

As an employer we offer a commitment to your health, wellness and growth. We provide a diverse range of roles across many locations and a career where you can make a meaningful impact.

As an Assistant Mess Manager you provide an excellent customer experience in our military messes. During big events to everyday moments you build a rapport with the military community while utilising your operational and hospitality experience. Military messes are places where Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members come together to socialise and foster morale. The Assistant Mess Manager ensures the smooth operation of the messes’ activities and operations, including procurement and bar operations, while adhering to strict requirements for health, hygiene and safety.

You enforce provincial liquor legislation and DND, CF and Unit policies concerning responsible serving of alcohol, employee drinking restrictions and customer behaviour. You evaluate and recommend staff requirements for functions, oversee protocol, table settings, seating plans, special menus and beverage requirements for the dining room. This is a role where everyone works as one team to provide the best customer experience for our members and contributes to a positive workplace.

• Several years experience in the food service sector, or in a related hospitality field, including supervisory experience.
• Provincial Responsible Service of Alcohol certification.

• Coordinating hospitality services.
• Applying policies, procedures and relevant legislation.
• Organising banquets and functions.
• Inventory and bar management.
• Personnel administration.
• Using software for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, databases, e‑mail and Internet browsing.

• Client focus.
• Organisational knowledge.
• Communication.
• Innovation.
• Teamwork.
• Leadership.

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French – Essential.

• Health Benefits:
  
  drug coverage, healthcare spending account, virtual care (telemedicine), Employee and Family Assistance Programme, mental health support, travel insurance, dental, vision, life insurance and disability insurance.
• Work Life Balance:
  
  flexible work options, a wide range of paid/unpaid leave, including paid vacation, family related leave and personal days.
• Retirement Planning: a Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Group Savings Plans.
• Learning and Development: payment of professional association memberships, online learning opportunities including a Linked In Learning subscription and second language training.
• Perks: discounts through CF One Member Appreciation.

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This is an on‑site position with an assigned work location.

Offer expertise in management, operational and hospitality services as part of the team that oversees military messes throughout Canada and the world. The military mess is the centre of social life for serving members of the Canadian Armed Forces, where customs, responsibilities and social standards are practised. Messes are steeped…