Job Description

Posting number: 193685

Department: Technical College of the Lowcountry

Job classification: Temporary, Temporary Grant, Time Limited,Non-Regulatory

Posting type: Open

Categories: Food Services, Higher Education, Technical Education

Summary

Job Purpose:

The Cafe Attendant position is located in the Clist Cafe at the Culinary Institute of the South at our Bluffton Campus, 1 Venture Drive, Bluffton, SC 29910. The Cafe Attendant is responsible for preparing food and providing guests and students with courteous, friendly, sincere, and efficient service that meets or exceeds guest expectations. The position is responsible for fulfilling orders and completing sales transactions within the Clist Café inside the Culinary Institute of the South. We take pride in every aspect of our work and perform it with energy and enthusiasm, and we need strong team players with a commitment to serving our community. We are looking for someone who has a passion for food, who adapts quickly to change and who seeks to solve problems with out of the box thinking at our Bluffton Campus.

Job Duties:

• Ensure high levels of guest satisfaction, while providing courteous, friendly, and efficient service.
• Takes food and beverage orders and prepares to standards and in a promptly manner.
• Setup café, creates menu, appropriate signage and specials for daily service
• Accepts payment and utilizes proper cash handling procedures.
• Execute all financial transactions according to college policy.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, comprehend and communicate clearly to others.
• Professional appearance and attitude for daily interaction with students, coworkers, and to the public. Maintains excellent personal hygiene, uniform complete and in model condition daily
• Ability to multi-task and handle multiple customers at the same time
• Ability to stand, stoop, bend reach, squat, climb, reach above head, carry, and lift (up to 40 pounds /-) Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Work with students to ensure proper food handling, presentation, and quality
• Preparing and serving ready-to-eat food and maintaining a clean, sanitized, area
• Perform all duties assigned in an effective, timely, and professional manner
• Provide training to students who assist in the café during by giving respectful and encouraging coaching as needed
• Rotate and maintain product to sell dates to ensure the freshest product possible
• Perform other tasks or projects as assigned by management and staff Side work
• Maintains service and sanitation standards according to health code regulations.
• Establish and maintain par stocks of all supplies, inventory, order and restock supplies as needed.
• Keeps café clean and organized at all times.
• Attend all required training and department meetings

Examples of duties

High School Diploma or GED equivalent

ServSafe Food Protection Manager’s Certification, a plus

ServSafe Food Handler Certificate, a plus

Food Service and Barista experience preferred

Detail oriented, passionate about product quality and able to maintain calm demeaner in periods of high volume

Assigned uniform requirements

Supplemental information

The Technical College of the Lowcountry seeks to be the first choice for higher education in South Carolina’s Low Country Region. The college is a public, open door, two-year comprehensive College of higher education. The College is dedicated to serving the diverse educational, workforce development, and personal enrichment needs of the rural counties of Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, and Jasper. In an atmosphere of shared values, the College encourages creativity, innovation, and resourcefulness among its students, faculty, staff, and administrators. South Carolina is making our Veterans a priority for employment in state agencies and institutions.

The Technical College of the Lowcountry is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all qualified applicants for admissions or employment without regard to sex, race/color, religion, national origin, age, disability, service in the uniformed services (as defined by state and federal law), veteran status, political affiliation or belief, marital or family status, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation and genetic information.