About the Opportunity

The Clinton Presidential Center (CPC) Department of Food, Beverage, and Events (FBE) is comprised of a renowned on-site restaurant, 42 bar and table, and a catering and banquet operation serving special events of all occasions.

The Assistant Banquet Manager is responsible for assisting the Banquet Manager and/or Restaurant Manager with all aspects of "front of house service" for day and evening special events. He/she manages catering servers to ensure exceptional service, superior hospitality, and unparalleled dining experiences in collaboration with the Banquet Manager. She/he collaborates with the Banquet Manager in scheduling special event/banquet servers, handling customer concerns, maintaining attractive and functional ambiance, overseeing bars and bar services, controlling banquet inventory, collecting payment from client if required, and overseeing/conducting banquet/building closing procedures prescribed by NARA. In the absence of the Banquet Manager, acts as the" Manager on Duty". The Assistant Banquet Manager also facilitates front and back of house coordination with the Banquet Sous Chef and in the absence of the Banquet Manager

Core Responsibilities

In this role, you will/are:

Assists the Banquet Manager in all operations pertaining to the "front of house" for banquet service. This includes managing and scheduling all special event and banquet servers, maintaining inventory controls, assigning the floor chart, planning and assigning side work, and in the absence of the Banquet Manager, performing these functions as the "Manager on Duty."

Provides specific training with an emphasis on exceptional service, enforces attendance policies, completes administrative tasks, conducts and completes mandated evaluations for all "front of house" staff in collaboration with the Banquet Manager.

Assists the Banquet Manager in conducting bank/bar reconciliations, and overseeing banquet/building closing procedures, and in the absence of the Banquet Manager, performs these functions as the "Manager on Duty."

Assists the Banquet Manager in handling customer concerns, maintaining attractive and functional ambience, ensuring health, cleanliness, and safety standards are met, facilitates front and back of house coordination with the Banquet Sous Chef, and, in the absence of the Banquet Manager, performs these functions as the "Manager on Duty."

Minimum Qualifications

What we're looking for:

• Minimum Education Required: HS diploma or GED and equivalent experience. Preferred: Bachelor's Degree and/or Equivalent Qualification/Certification
• Minimum Work Experience Required: At least 3 years of restaurant/banquet experience Preferred: At least 3 years of restaurant/banquet supervisory experience
• 1 Read/Create/Share Banquet Event Orders (BEO) for Banquet Management
• Banquet Events Orders (BEO) Banquet Management
• Knowledge of wine, spirits, cuisine, and services styles

Compensation

Our best estimate of the compensation range for this opportunity is $37,500 - $40,500 annually, depending on the experience you bring. This range is based on Little Rock market rates. We look forward to discussing our compensation pricing strategy, and your expectations, throughout the interview process. Please also note, the Clinton Foundation prides itself on offering a generous benefits package at little to no cost to employees - take a look at our benefits page, so you can get a full picture of our total rewards offerings.

About the Clinton Foundation

Building on a lifetime of public service, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation on the simple belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. For nearly two decades, that premise has energized the work of the Foundation in overcoming complex challenges and improving the lives of people across the United States and around the world.

As an operating foundation, we work on issues directly or with strategic partners from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. Our programs are designed to make a real difference today while serving as proven models for tomorrow. The goal of every effort is to use available resources to get better results faster – at the lowest possible cost.

We firmly believe that when diverse groups of people bring resources together in the spirit of true cooperation, transformative ideas will emerge to drive life-changing action.

The Clinton Foundation is committed to public health and to the safety and wellbeing of our colleagues, visitors, and volunteers. As such, we have adopted a policy requiring all employees whose positions require them to be on site to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or to meet the legal guidelines for an exemption.

Learn more at http://www.clintonfoundation.org, on Facebook at Facebook.com/ClintonFoundation and on Twitter @ClintonFdn.

About the Clinton Presidential Center

The Clinton Presidential Center offers a unique perspective of the work – past, present, and future – of the 42nd President of the United States William Jefferson Clinton. Through year-round educational and cultural opportunities for visitors of all ages, it reflects President Clinton's lifetime commitment to advancing opportunity for everybody, instilling responsibility throughout our society, and cultivating a sense of community within our great nation.

The Clinton Center is home to the Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, the Little Rock offices of the Clinton Foundation, the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, and is a managing partner of the Presidential Leadership Scholars program. The Clinton Center is located in a 29-acre city park along the Arkansas River and is also home to the Clinton Museum store and the award-winning restaurant 42 bar and table.

Learn more at www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org, www.facebook.com/clintoncenter, and @ClintonCenter on Twitter and Instagram.