The Catering & Event Supervisor provides leadership for the Banquet Department ensuring a quality experience for members, guests, and staff. They work closely with staff on-site, scheduling and coordinating events; liaising with the kitchen, inventory, logistics, catering, and marketing; to ensure successful execution of all special events, manage activities to maximize client satisfaction, and to ensure day-to-day operations are properly planned, organized, and executed.
Summary
The Catering & Event Supervisor provides leadership for the Banquet Department ensuring a quality experience for members, guests, and staff. They work closely with staff on-site, scheduling and coordinating events; liaising with the kitchen, inventory, logistics, catering, and marketing; to ensure successful execution of all special events, manage activities to maximize client satisfaction, and to ensure day-to-day operations are properly planned, organized, and executed.
Directly supervise all Banquet service staff. In addition, the incumbent will be responsible for overseeing Retail Dining Banquet Supervisors as they work closely with kitchen, and inventory in absences of their direct supervisor to ensure event success. The incumbent is responsible for participating in and/or supervising the setup and breakdown of all banquets and ensuring that the facility is properly cleaned, organized, and secured at the close of each day. All duties are to be performed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, as well as Retail Dining policies, practices and procedures.
Accomplishes human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining of employees. Communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures; identifying temporary worker requirements; engaging temporary agencies and supervising staff.
Achieves banquet service operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to functional strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, completing audits; participating in inventories; determining system improvements; implementing change.
Maintains safe, secure, legal, and healthy work environment by following, and enforcing sanitation, quality of food preparation and service standards and procedures; conforming to the regulations of the alcoholic beverage commission.
Adhere to sanitation, safety and alcohol beverage control policies including confirming legal drinking age and discontinuing service to intoxicated guests. Must understand and be able to train on alcohol awareness procedures such as proper pouring, accountability and proper cut off procedures. Must complete current Department of the Navy safe service of alcohol training.
Works with Chef to ensure menus are produced in accordance with what is advertised, works with inventory team to ensure necessary product is available, and coordinates personnel schedules.
Ensure client satisfaction; identifies current and future customer service requirements by establishing rapport with potential and actual customers and other persons in a position to understand service requirements. Investigates and resolves complaints regarding food, customer service, and banquet support Confirms all banquet service staff are in proper uniform, presenting a clean and professional image. Communicates floor plans to include but not limited to setup of tables, chairs, linens, table settings, glassware, stanchions, etc., and ensures the room/space preparation is accurate.
Acknowledge, greet, and thank all banquet guests, and ensure client satisfaction by communicating with the clients throughout the planning. Maintains customer satisfaction by investigating and resolving complaints regarding food and beverage quality and/or service.
Supervise events and assist FOH/BOH staff, and Retail Dining Supervisors (refilling drinks, delivering food, bussing tables, bar support, etc.) as necessary to ensure event success. Driving between different locations is required.
Participate and complete closing procedures by securing the facility in accordance with Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) guidelines and policies.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance – requires 18 years of age
Males born after December 31, 1959 must be registered for Selective Service
Verification of employment eligibility in the United States is required
Probationary period: Full Time and Part Time employees serve a one-year probationary period
U.S. Citizenship is required for Tier 3 Positions
Must be able to understand and communicate in English
Must have a valid Driver’s License for driving between Retail Dining locations
Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES (KSAs) requirements for this position are as follows:
** Your application must include narratives for each KSA, using specific examples to demonstrate your qualifications and experience.
1. Incumbent must have three years of equivalent managerial/supervisory experience in the country club or hospitality industry. Education or experience in Catering, Hotel, Hospitality, or Restaurant Management or a closely related field is preferred.
2. Incumbent must have at least one year of experience as a bartender and/or Server.
3. Incumbent must have experience coordinating and executing catered events.
4. Incumbent must be self-motivated, with exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail.
Education
Education or experience in Catering, Hotel, Hospitality, or Restaurant Management or a closely related field is preferred.
Additional information
Note: Failure to provide the required information may result in loss of consideration for the position and elimination from the selection process. Please be advised that applications received after Noon on the closing date listed above will not be considered.
Some positions have special requirements. In these cases, selection is tentative pending satisfactory completion of said requirements. Applicants may be required to provide proof of education, complete a pre-hire health screening, etc. All selections are contingent on obtaining satisfactory employment reference checks.
We are an E-Verify participant. Please be informed that applicants will be required to submit a federal government background check. As a condition of employment, the selectee will be required to participate in direct deposit as specified in the negotiated agreement. Occupants of this position must maintain the privacy of official work information and data, and demonstrate the highest level of ethical conduct.
DON is an EEO employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, or other non-merit factor. Reasonable accommodations are provided to applicants with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed for any part of the application and hiring process, please contact the office that is collecting the applications. The decision on granting reasonable accommodations will be on a case-by-case basis.
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Life, and Long-Term Disability Insurance; Health Savings Account (HSA); Flexible Spending Account (FSA); Automatic Retirement Enrollment, 401(k), Roth 401(k), and 401(k) Loan options; and Paid Vacation and Sick Leave Accrual.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
All applications and supporting documents will be reviewed to determine if they meet the hiring eligibility and KSA requirements listed in the announcement, and will be rated based on the information provided. Best qualified applicants will be referred to the hiring manager.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Benefits include: Medical, Dental, Life, and Long-Term Disability Insurance; Health Savings Account (HSA); Flexible Spending Account (FSA); Automatic Retirement Enrollment, 401(k), Roth 401(k), and 401(k) Loan options; and Paid Vacation and Sick Leave Accrual.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applications must be submitted no later than NOON on the closing date via the Naval Academy Business Services website: https://www.usnabsd.com/about/careers/
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
All applications must be submitted no later than NOON on the closing date via the Naval Academy Business Services website: https://www.usnabsd.com/about/careers/
