Chief Steward

**Introducing the National Arts Centre.**
The National Arts Centre (NAC) is Canada’s bilingual, multi-disciplinary home for the performing arts. The NAC presents, creates, produces, and co-produces performing arts programming in various streams—the NAC Orchestra, Dance, English Theatre, French Theatre, Indigenous Theatre, and Popular Music and Variety—and nurtures the next generation of audiences and artists from across Canada.

Curious to learn more? We invite you to read our strategic plan for 2020-2023 in _The Next Act_.

Collaboration, innovation and community-led engagement are only some of the many initiatives the NAC will leverage to help shape a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive future for the performing arts in Canada, one that embodies our slogan and loudly proclaims that **_Canada is our stage_**.

**Equity, Diversity and Inclusion**:
Job Number: J0723-1279

Job Title: CHIEF STEWARD

Employment Type: Full-Time continuing

Job Category: Hospitality

Open Positions: 1

Posting Date: July 31, 2023

Closing Date: September 3, 2023

**Salary**: $57,400.00 - $74,200.00/Year

Language Requirement: Bilingual is an asset

Working Hours: 35 hours per week (days, evenings, weekends, and holidays)

Job Reports To: Executive Chef

**Key Activities**:

- Reporting directly to the Executive Chef, the Chief Steward leads the stewarding departement and provides support to the culinary operations including hiring, training, and supervising of staff.
- The incumbent will work closely with all Food & Beverage departments to ensure that all equipment is available and operating as per standards for day-to-day operations. The Chief Steward is accountable for all f&b equipment and will establish monitoring systems to track and to manage the life cycle of equipment. The incumbent will put various measures in place to manage breakage ratios, including staff education and accountability.**Responsibilities include but are not limited to**:
The Chief Steward acts as a leader at the NAC and the Food and Beverage department by demonstrating the highest level of professionalism and integrity in all aspects of the work. With a strong focus on continuous improvement, the Chief Steward will always be looking for opportunities to do things better.- Supervise the duties of all stewarding department employees, facilities, operation and costs;
- Supervise the sanitation, cleanliness, hygiene as well as the quality level of product and services;
- Ensure Back of House areas are maintained to the highest cleanliness standards and cleaning schedules are followed and completed;
- Direct and assist Stewards to make clean up more efficient;
- Ensure water temperature, and chemical levels are appropriate for cleaning and documented;
- Work closely with the Chef, Banquets & Catering Manager to anticipate departmental needs;
- Work with all departments to ensure equipment that is required for service are available when needed;
- Take all necessary actions to reduce the loss of silverware / flatware;
- Take all necessary actions to reduce breakage of China and Glassware;
- Supervises employee's ability to follow loss prevention policies to prevent accidents and control costs.

**Skill Requirements**:

- Four (4) years experience in a similar sized Food & Beverage operation with management as an asset.
- Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office and Teams;
- Strong knowledge of Food and Beverage trends;
- Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills;
- Ability to work under pressure in a busy environment;
- Fluency in both official languages is an asset.

**Who Can Apply**:
Persons residing in Canada and Canadian citizens residing abroad. Preference will be given to Canadian citizens.

**Important Notice**: