Bartender at The Standard, High Line

Company Background

The Standard is one of the most culturally engaged hotels in the world. Hotels with real cultural life, an inclusive spirit and true creative attitude. A destination layered with events and amusements that leaves you with an uplifted feeling.

The Standard's irreverent and playful sensibility, combined with a careful consideration of design, detail and service, have established its reputation as a pioneer of hospitality, travel, dining, nightlife, and beyond. The Standard hotels are known for their taste-making clientele, their pioneering design, and their unrelenting un-Standard-ness.

Mission Statement

To create experience by embracing and empowering a diverse collective of team members, collaborators, and guests, who choose to call The Standard home.

Our Purpose

The Standard’s commitment is to being an anchor for each neighbourhood in which we reside as well as a platform for culture and creativity. Bringing people together in its spaces to interact with each other in genuine ways.

Our promise is to ensure that a stay is an experience and that a memory means making friends and having stories to tell.  To understand why it exists, is to understand that The Standard, is a platform for people to meet, to engage, to learn, to dine, to sleep, to dance, to hideaway, to make believe and to do so whilst being yourself and having fun doing it.

We think of ourselves as a stage, not just a hotel. Here, you can become whomever you like, even if for just a night. Here, you will meet new friends, find new challenges, eat new food, stay up late, sleep in later, and at times, never even leave the property. We are unapologetically comfortable with disrupting expectations. It’s WHO WE ARE!

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Job Title: Box Bartender - Seasonal -Part-Time

Department: Food and Beverage                             

Location: The Living Room/Plaza

Reporting to: Venue General Manager/MOD

Responsible for: N/A  

Job Purpose: Bartenders are responsible for all aspects of guest relations service behind bar and related bar areas, including general upkeep of bar and providing swift, uniform and consistent service.

Main Duties & Responsibilities 

• Serve and assist bar guests in a warm, sincere, accommodating and professional manner
• Serve beverage and menu items uniformly according to established standards, expectations and recipes
• Stock daily inventory taken
• Fill requisition sheet and give to manager
• Prep all fruits, garnishes, and juices and ensure its freshness
• Maintain cleanliness and design aesthetics of all areas, especially those visible to guests including: bar top, glass selves, bar back, and service bar
• Complete all side work requirements, including pre and post shift, daily, and monthly duties
• Answer specific questions about food prep using culinary terminology and about Standard drink s in an articulate and detailed manner using technical and service aspects
• Swift, efficient, and uniform service of orders per drink ticket
• Provide level of service consistent with established standards in every aspect
• Perform other duties as requested by manager

Desirable:

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours.

Physical Requirements

• Physical:
  • Able to work standing for a minimum period of 8 hours a day
  • Periodical bending, kneeling, and stretching
  • Able to pull, push, carry and lift at least 40 pounds of force
  • Must be able to seize, grasp, turn and hold objects with hands
  • Frequently required to work in a limited physical space with variable atmospheric conditions including the following areas: ventilation, lighting, smoke, and temperature.
• Excellent knowledge of all bar products with a focus on wine and menu products
• Excellent knowledge of POS system
• Understanding: Ability to read, comprehend and carry out instructions according to established procedures
• Comprehension: Fluent in the English language
• Organizational Skills: Work efficiently, utilize multi-tasking, prioritize tasks
• Hygiene and Sanitation: Adherence to uniform, grooming and personal hygiene standards and expectations per SOP’s
• Punctuality: Adherence to posted schedule and arrival time and attendance at mandatory meetings when scheduled
• Responsibility: Personal comportment in line with Standard, New York policies, standards, and expectations