Company Description
Centrally located in downtown Calgary, Fairmont Palliser is the city's premier, landmark hotel. With 407 elegantly appointed guest rooms, Fairmont Palliser is truly the place to be. Join us in delivering the iconic Calgary experience.
Job Description
Server, Events Operations (Casual)
You will be an ambassador of luxury service in Calgary's only choice for events. As an Event Server you will have the perfect opportunity to touch the hearts of our guests providing warm, engaging service and a deep knowledge of our menu offerings. You will ensure that every moment becomes a memory for our guests.
Reporting to the Director of Event Operations, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Set up rooms \& function areas in the hotel
- Explain the banquet menu to guests
- Assisting those with special dietary needs or preferences as well as provide suitable assistance when recommending beverages
- Clear and reset tables as well as ensuring service areas are clean and tidy
- Set up, service and tear down of bars
- Providing engaging and luxury service to our guests
- Responsible to ensure all our guests leave with a positive dining experience
- Maintains a safe and clean work environment and ensures that all Health \& Safety standards are met, procedures followed and has the knowledge and tools to work safely.
- Maintain awareness of and ensuring compliance with all food safety \& hygiene policies and procedures are followed at all times.
- Maintain awareness of and ensuring compliance with all sustainability and food waste reduction/diversion policies, procedures and programs at the hotel.
- To follow all department and hotel policies, procedures and service standards
- Execute all other duties as assigned by the Director of Event Operations or their designate.
Qualifications
- Possesses a warm, caring, and personable demeanor
- Flexible availability, with a focus on evenings and weekends
- Must be available to work on key holidays, including Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, Mother's Day, and during Stampede, as well as other designated blackout dates throughout the year
- Previous experience in events or fine dining (serving or bartending) considered an asset
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within a team, with minimal supervision
- Self-motivated and capable of working independently
- Thrives in high-pressure environments
- Strong English communication skills (verbal and written)
Additional Information
What is in it for you:
- Employee benefit card offering discounted rates in Accor worldwide
- Learning programs through our Academies
- Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world!
- Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities, like Sustainability program
Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.
Fairmont Palliser is committed to an employment equity program that includes special measures to achieve diversity among staff.
Our commitment to Diversity \& Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.
Why work for Accor?
We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor's limitless possibilities.
By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit https://careers.accor.com/
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