Bartender - Hotel Nyack - JDV by Hyatt, Nyack, NY

Position: Bartender

Job Description:

The Beverage Outlet Bartender will serve beverages and/or food to the guests in a friendly, courteous and timely manner. They prepare beverages for other servers to supply to guests, and act as cashier for the lounge

Required Skills and Requisites:

• Ability to obtain any government required license or certificate.
• Possess strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Basic knowledge of beverage preparation and service of various alcoholic beverages. Liquor certification if required by the state or local government.
• Service orientation. Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services.
• High School Diploma required.
• Bartending experience required.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Maintains proper and adequate set-up of the bar on a daily basis.
• Responsible for maintaining stock, preparing and storing of all garnishes, juices and other perishables to ensure product quality.
• Greets guests in courteous and friendly manner.
• Promotes and documents orders for drinks.
• Inputs orders into a register at the point of sale and creates a check for each guest, including those served by other beverage servers.
• Processes all payments for beverage purchases and ensures accuracy of said payments in order to balance all monies.
• Locks up and stores all beverage, food, and other equipment items.
• Deposits cash drops and secures bank.
• Performs general cleaning tasks to adhere to Health Department regulations.
• Must be aware of and adhere to all State, Federal, and Corporate liquor regulations pertaining to serving alcoholic beverages.
• Performs other duties as assigned by Supervisor.

The hourly rate for this position is anticipated to be $10.70 per hour. At Palette Hotels, we are dedicated to creating and sustaining meaningful hospitality careers for our associates. We support our associates with highly competitive salaries, outstanding health, benefits, extensive training and development programs, promotion within the organization, and a positive team-based culture where people make the difference.

Palette Hotels, is an equal opportunity employer with policies prohibiting unlawful discrimination on the basis of any protected classification under applicable local, state and/or federal laws, which can include race, color, creed, sex, national origin, age, veteran status or physical or mental disability unrelated to job requirements.

Palette Hotels policies also provide for a drug-free workplace, where the use, possession, or influence of illegal drugs or alcohol while on company time is generally prohibited. An employee's use (or abuse) of legally prescribed medication may also implicate company policy, where it impairs judgment or work performance or otherwise creates workplace safety risks.

Palette participates in E-Verify to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. only after a job offer is accepted and Form I-9 is completed. For more information on E-Verify, please visit the  Everify website.