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Banquet Captain

Cornell University’s Statler Hotel has launched a search for full time S06 Banquet Captains to join our Meetings & Events Team. Banquet Captains are key members on our M&E Team, helping us to lead teams of professional staff and bright, talented college students who are eager to learn and be inspired to work together to deliver a WOW to guests of the Statler Hotel.
This is a great opportunity for someone who has an interest in banquet and conference services operations and would like to advance their career in hospitality. Meetings & Events is an exciting department to work, with a wide variety of events, including meetings, conferences, recruiter events, breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, cocktail receptions, weddings, bar mitzvahs and other high-profile, special events. Every day is different, as we create those uniquely crafted experiences that our guests will be talking about for a long time!
The Statler Hotel:
Located in the heart of a vibrant Ivy League campus, the Statler Hotel is part of Cornell University’s Nolan School of Hotel Administration and is the gateway to Cornell University for many visitors. Inspired by curiosity, the humble spirit of Upstate New York, and the scenic beauty of the Finger Lakes region, the Hotel has earned the dual distinction as the area's only AAA Four Diamond Award-winning property and the Ivy League's only "teaching hotel." With 153 rooms, the Statler Hotel is a full-service property with a conference center, four restaurants and over 16,000 square feet of meeting and banquet facilities.

The Nolan School of Hotel Administration is the premier school for hospitality education in the world. As an integral part of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, the school is leading the world in teaching and researching the business of hospitality—marketing, finance, real estate, operations, and more, all applied to the world’s largest and most exciting industry. Top faculty, industry leaders, alumni, and students work together to generate new knowledge for the hospitality industry and form the premier network that shapes the industry every day.

Our Statler Family:
We are a team of hospitality professionals who proudly lead the premiere collegiate lifestyle hotel, welcoming the world to the cherished gathering place for those who love Cornell University. We challenge thinking, while connecting and cultivating people. Our actions are driven by a collective aspiration to build a culture of collaboration, celebration and excellence. Our mission is to provide uniquely crafted experiences through personalized connections that will inspire future leaders who will change the world of hospitality.
 
Your role as a member of the Meetings & Events Leadership Team:
Statler Hotel leaders are expected to lead with hospitality.  We connect with each member of our staff, ensuring staff feel welcomed, comfortable and important. We strive for self mastery, accepting of ourselves and others, demonstrating empathy, and gratitude. We lead with a servant heart, practicing the fundamentals of LEAD (listen, educate, action and deliver). We engage, intentionally giving our time, talent and heart to those we lead, making sure everyone on our team feels significant, leveraging the power of encouragement. We use a coaching style of leadership, utilizing SMART goals and extending grace as we motivate employees to do their best. We create stories and memorable experiences to inspire our staff.
As a Banquet Captain on our Meetings & Events Team, your primary function will be event coordination and support. Among your duties:
·        When managers or supervisors are leading the events, the Captains are there to assist and support. 
·        When a manager or supervisor is not leading, the Captains assume the lead role, guiding the staff, performing set up and breakdown of events, event execution and service delivery, ensuring safety and sanitation standards are met, responsible service of beverages, and proper cash handling procedures are followed. 
·        Banquet Captains may also assist with pre-event planning and post-event documentation. 
·        They will assist with the training and supervision of student and professional staff. 
·        And may assist and cross-train in other operational areas of the hotel as needed.
What we are looking for in a Banquet Captain:
  • High School Diploma required, Associates Degree or higher preferred.
  • One to three or more years of relative experience in banquets, catering and/or meeting and events execution or supervision.
  • Must be driven and energetic with excellent customer service, teamwork and leadership skills.
  • Professional demeanor fitting of a high end, four-diamond property.
  • Ability and enthusiasm to coach, mentor, and train students as well as other inexperienced staff.
Rewards & Benefits:
  • Cornell University provides a wide array of great benefits, including: health care options to choose from, a 403b retirement plan using multiple investment options, a range of impressive educational benefits, generous leave provisions, including 2-4 weeks vacation, 13 holidays (including end of year winter break through New Year’s Day) and Health and Personal Leave.
  • Working in a university setting gives you access to our athletic facilities and a plethora of wellness programs, NCAA sporting events, music, art and theater, lectures and other presentations and events.
  • Cornell University has also been nationally recognized as an award-winning workplace for our health, well-being, sustainability and diversity initiatives.
Cornell University embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will contribute to a climate that supports students, faculty and staff of all identities and backgrounds. We strongly encourage individuals from underrepresented and/or marginalized identities to apply.