BANQUETING ASSISTANT - PAARL AREA IN PAARL

Our client, a Guest House situated in the Paarl area, is looking for a Banqueting Assistant to join their team. Requirements and Previous Experience: Grade 12. Entry Level / newly qualified and graduated Events Management students are welcome to apply. Driver’s license with own transport. Knowledge of the food, beverage and banqueting environment. Personal Skills and Attributes: Professional, organized, team player and pro-active. Must demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills. Excellent project and time management skills. Creative, innovative and entrepreneurial. Patient, assertive, outgoing, reliable and honest. Job Description: Must be able to work flexible hours. Check e-mails and answer clients. Follow-up on provisional bookings / enquiries. Check bank statements for payments and allocate payments. Invoice updates sent to clients. Weekly function schedules, menus, layouts and co-ordinating with Chef and other staff: pre, during and post functions. Seasonal menu planning with Chef. Halaal meal orders and menu matching; delivery and collection arrangements. Hiring additional equipment when needed for functions. Venue viewings with potential clients. Supervise venue setup and layout. Check bathrooms and venue cleanliness. PA system setup on function days. Client welcoming. Parking assistance coordination with staff (overflow areas indicated to guests). Conference timing / monitoring schedule and getting food and beverage setup on time. Stock control: Function milk and juice orders placed weekly, coffee machine boxes of coffee and milk stock, rusks, teas and sugars, serviettes. Checking Halaal meals delivered and plates collected / returned. Checking hired equipment on delivery and collection, signing and noting breakages. Conference equipment stock take, breakage monitoring and repurchasing replacement equipment. Starting Date: January / February 2020 Salary Offered: R10 000 per month Please forward your CV to us if you meet the above-mentioned requirements. Please assume that your application was unsuccessful If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks from the date of this advertisement. Salary: R10k pe month Job Reference #: DEW51