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About the Role

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is seeking a Catering Server Captain to manage event setup, maintenance, and breakdown for various functions, including VIP events and serving at executive residences. This role involves supervising and training staff, liaising with event contacts, and providing support to the events office.

Responsibilities

Execute events on and off campus, including overseeing setup, maintenance and breakdown.
Provide event services at the residences of the President, Chancellor Emeritus, and Cancer Center Director.
Procure and organize supplies for events.
Designate event staff responsibilities for functions which include breakfasts, lunches, dinners, receptions, banquets, barbeques, and VIP events.
Supervise and assist in training 20-30 new and existing seasonal event staff.
Serve as a liaison to the event contact, when needed.
Serve as a barista at the coffee bar and hillside café when regularly scheduled employees request time off.
Provide support to the events office team, including input on staff performance along with analysis and feedback of events.
Learn the point-of-sale system (computer software).
Work evenings, weekends, and some holidays, according to events and the seasonal needs of the department.

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years experience in a culinary services establishment.
The ability to work nights and weekends is required.

Skills

Ability to supervise event staff.
Knowledge of serving procedures.
Understanding of proper sanitation procedures (Nassau County sanitation certificate preferred).
Organizational skills.
Diplomacy and tact.
Social and hospitality-related service etiquette.
Ability to resolve customer discrepancies and inquiries with tact.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Ability to interact with a wide variety of individuals of diverse cultures, ethnicities, and professional profiles.
Familiarity with the facilities on the Laboratory’s various campuses.
NYS alcoholic beverage service training - TIPS preferred.

Location

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Work Type

Regular

Experience Level

5 years experience in a culinary services establishment

Education Level

High School Diploma

Salary/Compensations

$20.52 - $24.49 per hour

Benefits

Competitive pay
Exceptional health benefits
Retirement plans
Time off
Recognition programs
Wellness programs
Sign On Bonus

About the Company

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is a world-renowned biomedical research institution in New York.
It has shaped contemporary biomedical research and is the home of eight Nobel Prize laureates.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory provides a highly dynamic and interactive research environment and also a unique opportunity of timely exposure to advances in various biomedical research fields and of interaction with a broad range of researchers from all over the world through its renowned Meetings and Courses program.
We believe that science is for everyone and our researchers have a wide variety of backgrounds.
For more information about CSHL, please visit us at www.cshl.edu.

Equal Opportunity

CSHL is an EO Employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.
VEVRAA Federal Contractor