Banquet Set-Up Supervisor

Full-Time

Description

Who We Are

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation. Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library. Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Giffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.

The Banquet Set-up Supervisor is responsible to assist the Banquet Set Up Manger in managing and leading the Banquet Set Up Team to ensure the continual cleanliness and attractive presentation of the Conference Center (Inside and Outside), and to ensure that quality standards established for the facilities are maintained, implemented and consistently delivered for all conference related functions. Leading the Set-up team who is responsible for set-up, breakdown, arranging, and storage of large tables, chairs, podiums, linens, etc...in preparation for and after am event or meeting.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Plan, organize, assign room set ups, and sanitation work.

2. Inspect Conference Center daily, and inspect room set ups before function to ensure quality standards are met.

3. Check weekly function board to plan crew work details and ensure timely set up and efficient use and turnover of conference center rooms.

4. Work with Conference Center managers, PIC’s, Audio Visual, and the banquet Captains to ensure proper set ups.

5. Attend space meeting and pre-conference meetings as assigned.

6. Supervise a crew of six to thirteen Banquet Set Up Team Members.

7. Assist Banquet Set Up Mangers in interviewing, hiring, counseling, praising and discipline of staff members.

8. Monitor staff assuring safety standards, hospitality and courtesy, and basic work standards are met.

9. Coordinate acquisition and repair of conference center equipment.

10. Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Two to three years Banquet Set Up experience strongly preferred
• Supervisory experience strongly preferred
• Must be available to work evenings, weekends, Sundays, and holidays
• High School education/GED
• Good customer service and interaction skills,
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Ability to understand and perform basic mathematical calculations;
• Ability to lift and carry up to 75 lbs