Banquets Set-Up Houseperson

Description

Who We Are

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation. Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library. Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Giffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.

Job Description:

The Banquets Set-up Houseperson is responsible for set up and break down tables, chairs, risers, podiums, and flags for meeting and banquet functions indoors and outdoors.

• Break down, setup, and move tables, chairs, risers, podiums, and flags, etc...
• Put linens on tables.
• Refresh meeting rooms with water, pens, pads, etc.
• Perform other duties as required to exceed guests' expectations.

Job Requirements:

• Final candidates are to present in person to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Employment Office a valid driver's license and an original Motor Vehicle Record transcript (MVR).  The MVR is to be no older than 30 days, issued by the same state as the driver’s license, and must cover the past seven years. New residents must obtain a Virginia driver’s license within 30 days. 
• At least 3 months experience in a restaurant, banquet, or room set-up position
• Must have and maintain a valid Virginia Driver's License
• Ability to (1) follow oral and written instructions; (2) maintain standards listed below; (3) read and comprehend a set-up diagram; (4) exceed guest expectations
• Good public contact skills
• Must be available to work all shifts including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Physical requirements include, but are not limited to: (1) performing heavy cleaning; high and low dusting; (2) transporting objects weighing up to 75 pounds; (3) a great amount of walking in all types of weather and (4) lifting, standing and bending up to 8+ hours daily.