Banquet Houseperson - Sage Catering

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Banquet Houseperson - Sage Catering

Full Service Restaurants & Catering I Assistant Manager I UBC Food Services I Student Housing and Community Services

$26.18 - $27.46 CAD Hourly

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Positions in this classification set up and reset room venues and provide general assistance for conferences and miscellaneous meetings, set up Food & Beverage stations, drive company cars for delivering food and beverages to different venues.

• Picks up and loads a delivery truck with food, beverages, supplies, equipment and departmental mail from a centralized food processing area and delivers to other units of Food Services and various individual areas throughout campus.
• Maintains records of food and equipment delivered to and picked up from various campus locations.
• Carries out routine fueling and maintenance of the vehicle, maintains a weekly log.
• Loads equipment, tables, chairs, furnishings, supplies, and other related material into vehicle; drives transport vehicle to destination and unloads.
• Attends event venues and facilities to monitor status and provide on-site assistance to conference organizers and attendees.
• Connects and operates audiovisual and public address systems.
• Performs cleanup work in meeting rooms and common areas as required.
• Provides information to guests and the public in response to inquiries relating to conference activities and locations.
• Contacts Campus Security or RCMP if safety or security of persons, event or facilities is in jeopardy.
• Assists emergency response personnel during fire alarms, medical emergencies, police inquiries and any other emergency to ensure and maintain a safe and secure environment for staff and guests.
• May write shift activity reports and record activity in area log book.
• Sets and resets tables as required with linen, china, cutlery, glassware and other setting arrangements; arranges tables and chairs and other furnishings as required for daily service and functions.
• Sets up, maintains & tears down bars. Conducts bar and facility clean up and requisitions and stores goods according to established procedures, as required.
• Delivers liquor order to function from catering office and returns all unused product after function.
• Verifies liquor order against function sheet requirements. Records inventory before and after function.
• Tracks sales during function.
• Counts cash float before and after function.
• Stays informed with respect to all food and beverage menus, food and beverage promotions and specials and various functions.
• Carries out any other related duties as required in keeping with the qualifications and requirements of positions in this classification.

Shifts may start as late as 10pm and end as early as 5am.

• High school graduation and a valid BC driver's license or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Willingness to respect diverse perspectives, including perspectives in conflict with one's own.
• Demonstrates a commitment to enhancing one's own awareness, knowledge, and skills related to equity, diversity, and inclusion.

• Ability to work a flexible schedule which may include mornings, evenings, graveyards, weekends and holidays.
• Good vehicular safety awareness.