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Assistant Manager – Cafe

Retail Services / Assistant Manager-Café Full-Time; Exempt

The Blue Palmetto Café at Bok Tower Gardens (BTG) is currently seeking a full-time Assistant Manager (kitchen manager with culinary and customer service experience). As a member of the Retail Services management team, this position manages all areas of the Café operations while ensuring BTG standards of quality, service and operations are maintained. Additional duties of this position include but are not limited to: identifying operational opportunities to build sales and control costs; managing daily shifts which includes daily decision making, staff support, guest interaction, scheduling, safety and security, product quality and cleanliness; enforcing cash handling procedures and purchasing and receiving procedures; assisting in the recruitment, training, developing, coaching, and evaluating employees. This is a hands-on supervisory position which also participates in all daily café activities as needed.

Qualified candidates should have at least three (3) years previous supervisory/management experience in the food service or hospitality industry or a comparable position; culinary skills, excellent customer service skills, previous knowledge of food handling, service and sanitation; must have a current Food Service Certification or the ability to obtain; must be computer literate with intermediate to advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office programs; food service software is a plus. Must be flexible to work a 40-hour+ weekly shift varied over the 7-day week (Café operating hours are 8:30 am to 5:30 pm daily).

Resumes accompanied by letters of interest may be submitted by mail, fax or email in Microsoft Word format only to any of the following. Applications may also be picked up at the entrance gate at the street address listed below and may be mailed or returned to the entrance gate for processing. BTG is a Drug Free workplace and an Equal Opportunity employer.

Human Resources
Bok Tower Gardens
1151 Tower Blvd.
Lake Wales, FL 33853

Fax: 863-676-6770
Email: ryoung@boktower.org

Deadline for resume/application submission: Position is open until filled
Only qualified applicants will be contacted for interviews