BARTENDER

Title: Bartender
FLSA Status: Part-time/Non-Exempt
Minimum Hourly Pay: $10 plus tips

At the Orpheum Theatre Group, you will find amazing talent on our stages and throughout our dedicated staff. We are committed to serving the Mid-South through our nonprofit mission, which includes our numerous education and community engagement programs and our commitment to equity and diversity. Our Orpheum Theatre Group team is dynamic, creative, innovative, and community-minded, and we are ready to welcome you!

We are looking for a professional, high-energy bartender with excellent communication skills to serve basic cocktails and beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages to our customers. The bartender will operate in a fast-paced manner while greeting customers, learn about their preferences, answer questions, recommend menu items, and prepare and serve beverages and snacks. You will also upsell items, utilize proper equipment and ingredients, and handle basic cleaning duties.

To succeed as a bartender, you should have a neat appearance and engaging, friendly personality. You should be efficient, observant, knowledgeable, and personable.

How You Will Contribute
• Welcoming patrons, reading, and listening to people to determine beverage preferences, making recommendations, and taking and preparing drink orders.
• Checking identification to ensure customers are the legal age to purchase alcohol.
• Handling cash, credit, and debit card transactions, ensuring charges are accurate and returning correct change to patrons, balancing the cash register.
• Maintaining a clean work area.
• Record and balance register.

Department and Organization Participation
• Contribute to department and organizational goals as well as individual goals
• Assist as needed on all department duties as assigned
• Support the organization’s fundraising initiatives and assist as needed at fundraising events
• Contribute to the organization’s mission, vision, values, and commitment to equity

How You Stand Out
Preferred Experience and Education
• High School diploma or equivalent preferred
• At least 18 years of age
• Current ABC Card a plus for barback or 60 days to apply from time of initial employment.
• Ability to pass a background check and criminal history evaluation
• Availability to work nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Basic math and computer skills.

Preferred Skills
• Experience in bartending preferred
• Experience in a high-volume environment
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
• Strong task and time management abilities.
• Eye for detail and understanding of drink mixing tools and techniques.
• Positive, engaging personality, and professional appearance.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, etc for extended periods, and lift up to 25 lbs.

How We Stand Out
Benefits and Perks
• Parking provided
• Overtime pay
• Holiday pay
• Flexible scheduling when possible
• Paid training
• Uniform provided
• A diverse team of colleagues
• Volunteer and committee opportunities
• Tickets to select Orpheum and Halloran Centre events as available
• Campus located in the heart of downtown Memphis with a historic theatre and modern performing arts and education center

Our Mission
The mission of the Orpheum Theatre Group is to enhance the communities we serve by utilizing the performing arts to entertain, educate and enlighten while preserving the historic Orpheum Theatre and the Halloran Centre for Performing Arts & Education.
Our Vision
The Orpheum Theatre Group will strive to be a world-class performing arts organization, serving as a cultural beacon and catalyst for positive change.

Our Values
• Innovative: The Orpheum Theatre Group takes risk and invests in new ideas.
• Inclusive: The Orpheum Theatre Group is welcoming and accepting to all.
• Inspirational: The Orpheum Theatre Group motivates positive change through the performing arts.
• Integrity: The Orpheum Theatre Group acts ethically and considers all viewpoints.
• lmpactful: The Orpheum Theatre Group provides meaningful opportunity.
• Transformative: The Orpheum Theatre Group changes lives, Memphis, and the world.

Our Commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
We are dedicated to equity, inclusion, and respect. We commit ourselves to listening to and elevating voices that have been systemically silenced.

The Orpheum Theatre Group is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer, we will consider applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, age (40+), disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected status under local, state, or federal law.
Interested candidates should send resume to hr@orpheum-memphis.com.