Now Hiring:
Café & Hospitality Manager
Full Time Employment Opportunity
DESCRIPTION:
The Wellsville Creative Arts Center is a community arts center offering art classes for adults, teens, and kids in ceramics, drawing and painting, music, and cooking - with ceramics being our most popular. The studios are in our building’s basement, which is located on Main Street in Wellsville, NY. On our main floor we have a coffee shop/restaurant where we host rotating art exhibits, live music, open mic nights, team trivia nights, and other community based events. Also on our main floor is the Little Gem Artisan Gallery, which is a shop featuring the work of many local artists and craftspeople.
The café & hospitality manager will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Wellsville Creative Arts Center café, kitchen and special events. The manager will have the leadership responsibility to ensure the staff has everything they need to do their jobs to the best of their ability. The manager will be responsible for the fiscal health of the business and keep the business moving forward in a creative way. This is a working manager position and as is the case with all small businesses, the manager is required to wear many hats and fill in for others when needed. Some of these positions include, barista, cook, wait staff, etc. The position requires strong communication and leadership skills. Flexibility, reliability and creativity is essential for success.
The Wellsville Creative Arts Center is a community arts center offering art classes for adults, teens, and kids in ceramics, drawing and painting, music, and cooking - with ceramics being our most popular. The studios are in our building’s basement, which is located on Main Street in Wellsville, NY. On our main floor we have a coffee shop/restaurant where we host rotating art exhibits, live music, open mic nights, team trivia nights, and other community based events. Also on our main floor is the Little Gem Artisan Gallery, which is a shop featuring the work of many local artists and craftspeople.
The café & hospitality manager will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Wellsville Creative Arts Center café, kitchen and special events. The manager will have the leadership responsibility to ensure the staff has everything they need to do their jobs to the best of their ability. The manager will be responsible for the fiscal health of the business and keep the business moving forward in a creative way. This is a working manager position and as is the case with all small businesses, the manager is required to wear many hats and fill in for others when needed. Some of these positions include, barista, cook, wait staff, etc. The position requires strong communication and leadership skills. Flexibility, reliability and creativity is essential for success.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
Requirements:
The ideal candidate would have:
**Pay will be negotiated based on experience.
- Keeps the art center functioning daily in a welcoming, customer focused, creative, and profitable way
- Schedule all employees
- Review employment applications, conducting interviews and employee evaluations, hire and deal with HR issues as they arise
- Train employees to make sure they have the necessary tools to succeed in their position
- Plan, market, and coordinate special events
- Order food and supplies. For example: oversee the ordering of kitchen food and coffee house items, general cleaning items, equipment, and other supplies the business needs
- Daily bank deposits and cash handling skills
- Clerical skills like tracking inventory, tracking overhead, employee costs, and general food and product costing
- Computer skills, experience with Google Drive (Docs & Sheets), POS systems, Microsoft Word & Excel
- Managing marketing, social media, and advertising needs
- Attention to fine details
- Excellent customer service skills
- Basic maintenance
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements:
The ideal candidate would have:
- Availability during café hours, special events, and emergencies
- Experience in food service and hospitality
- Management and leadership experience
**Pay will be negotiated based on experience.
How to Apply
Submit a letter of intent, resume, and 3 references with contact information (phone + email)
Send Materials to Andy Glanzman
Founder of Wellsville Creative Arts Center
[email protected]
Send Materials to Andy Glanzman
Founder of Wellsville Creative Arts Center
[email protected]