Hospitality Services Assistant

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McMillan has an exciting opportunity as a part-time contract Hospitality Services Assistant in our Vancouver Hospitality & Concierge Services department. As a member of the team, you will play a key role in providing food & beverage service to the boardrooms for client meetings, seminars and firm events. This role reports into the Supervisor, Hospitality & Concierge Services. This position is an onsite role working 21 hours per week, preferably Tuesday-Thursday. This will be a 12-month contract position from January until December 2026.

What You'll Do
As a key boardroom ambassador, you will be involved in a wide variety of administrative tasks, including but not limited to:

• Setting up and tearing down of all catering requirements, ensuring meeting rooms are prepared according to standard
• Providing guests with excellent, professional and prompt service
• Ability to serve both daily catering and onsite events independently at a high level with some supervision
• Maintaining an ongoing knowledge of dietary restrictions
• Maintaining general tidiness of all meeting rooms and hallways in the Client Centre
• Assisting with stocking beverage fridges with inventory to ensure readiness
• Ensuring that all meetings and requests in the Meeting Room Booking System are monitored and fulfilled on a constant basis
• Supporting the cleaning schedule for the main kitchen and equipment
• Assisting with stocking of supplies to the main kitchen, boardrooms and serveries, when required
• Maintaining the organization of the department storage areas, including assisting and conducting department inventory when require
• Washing and polishing of dishes, silverware, glassware and catering-ware
• Completing last minute requests with efficiency
• Cover reception duties as required

What You Bring
Your history includes catering and events experience in a hospitality or professional services environment. You have a strong understanding of food cuisines and different types of food & beverage service, including fine dining. Bartending or Mixology experience would be an asset. You have exceptional client services skills and thrive on setting a high benchmark for a "five-star" experience. You remain calm and professional when multi-tasking or dealing with a high level of stress, demonstrating your "can-do" attitude. You enjoy troubleshooting and resolving problems. You embrace evolving technology, are fully comfortable with Microsoft Word and Excel, and enjoy learning new software programs. You are able to stand on your feet for extended periods of time and are able to lift 15-20 pounds on a regular basis. You are flexible to work overtime or on short notice for special events. Serving It Right and Food Handlers certified is considered an asset.

McMillan Offers You
Growth

Mentorship and Support

Training as Software Evolves

Commensurate Compensation And Benefits Package
Fun Work Environment

McMillan = You
At the heart of our commitment to being a first-mover on important issues, McMillan believes that equity, diversity and inclusion are catalysts for success. By embracing our differences, we create an inclusive culture that enriches our collective knowledge, broadens our perspectives, and propels us forward. We are dedicated to fostering an environment where everyone feels empowered to bring their whole selves to work, knowing it is through our individual experiences that we can all come together to truly make a positive impact in our firm, for our clients, within our communities, and beyond.

At McMillan, we know we will achieve the most success by attracting and retaining the best talent, and by representing and supporting communities from which we draw our members, the communities in which we live and work and the communities to which we provide legal services.

We are a law firm that prides itself in sustained quality and excellence in service while fostering a positive and collegial work environment which nurtures mentoring inspires enthusiasm and professional excellence. We commit to putting our best efforts forward in achieving our goals, and the goals of our clients. You can help us in that journey

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