Event Specialist 633728
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Campus
OSU-Stillwater
Contact Name & Email
Shaun Noll, shaun.noll@okstate.edu
Work Schedule
Monday through Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm with occasional evenings and weekends.
Appointment Length
Regular Continuous/Until Further Notice
Hiring Range
$15.45 - $21.00
Hourly
Priority Application Date
While applications will be accepted until a successful candidate has been hired, interested parties are encouraged to submit their materials by to ensure full consideration.
About this Position
Assist in the development, service, and retention of the Wes Watkins Center Customer Base. Serve as an inbound customer request contact with a focus on selling and marketing the Wes Watkins Center space for customer meetings, conferences, banquets, receptions, weddings, dances, and other functions. Be a primary source of information for providing estimate menu costs, preparing event proposals; event planning, development, and execution as well as field general questions, concerns and/or ideas. Proactively look for ways to improve profitability while increasing product offerings and providing world-class customer service. Provide reliable, accurate, and improvement-oriented frontend and backend data on events. Check events for quality presentation, order accuracy, and professionalism. Demonstrate punctuality and dependability in work arrival and departure times. Effectively manage time in order to see effective follow-through on events and leaving time to generate new bookings. Administer to outside vendors the requirements and procedures for kitchen policy, off campus vendor, and food handling requirements. Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications
Post-secondary education may be substituted for experience
Certifications, Registrations, and/or Licenses:
Valid Driver''s License - before hire
Food Handler''s Permit/Serve Safe Certification - after hire
Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:
Computer skills with the ability to learn applicable software programs
Exceptional communication and interactive skills
Flexibility to fast-paced environment, needs demands and changes
Must work well under pressure
Organizational skills
Able to lift 50 lbs
Preferred Qualifications
Hospitality or food related discipline/ Hotel/Rest Admin or Culinary arts or Business
Motivational and training capabilities and experience
Previous food service/catering experience
Four years of clerical/customer service experience
Skills, Proficiencies, and/or Knowledge:
Analytical skills