Sommelier

div h4Job Details/h4 divstrongJob Location/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;SANTA MONICA, CA/div divstrongPosition Type/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Full Time/div divstrongEducation Level/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;None/div divstrongSalary Range/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;$23.00 - $25.00 Hourly/div divstrongTravel Percentage/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;None/div divstrongJob Shift/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Any/div divstrongJob Category/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Restaurant - Food Service/div /div h4Description/h4p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"strongspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join the team as a Sommelier at the #1 Hotel in Los Angeles, as voted by Travel and Leisure:nbsp;Oceana in Santa Monica, CA./span/strongspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif" This oceanfront, all-suite hotel reopened in July 2019 after undergoing a $35 million complete transformation. The restaurant will be newly renovated and relaunched with a brand-new concept and dining room design by Martin Brudnizki. The restaurant will feature a refreshed dining concept inspired by Santa Monicarsquo;s lush natural beauty. Expect an inventive menu, artfully prepared plates, and handcrafted cocktails to join a curated wine listmdash;all resulting in a Southern California dining experience beyond compare. We are now seeking motivated and enthusiastic professionals to join our team as integral members.nbsp;/span/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"As a Sommelier, you play a vital role in achieving our goal of delivering high levels of guest satisfaction and unparalleled service by providing exceptional food service to both dine-in guests and room service. Over the next few weeks, we will schedule in-person and digital interviews for qualified candidates./span/span/p p style="text-align:center"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"strongspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"Apply today! Then, check your phone and email messages frequently for a message about scheduling a brief phone interview./span/strong/span/p h2 style="text-align:justify"strongspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"The Howhellip;/span/strong/h2 p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"Throughout each shift, you are responsible for guiding guests in selecting wines to complement their meals and personal preferences, serving wines professionally, including decanting, pouring, and proper glassware selection, and checking in periodically to ensure guest satisfaction. Your attention to detail in the dining environment, order accuracy, and ability to familiarize yourself quickly with the restaurantrsquo;s offerings will help ensure a positive dining experience./span/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"As the Sommelier/Dining Room Captain, you also assist the Food and Beverage Manager and Floor Supervisor in ensuring operational efficiency by effectively coordinating the service staff during peak and non-peak operating hours. You like to conduct wine tastings, pairings, and educational sessions for staff and customers./span/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"Using your experience and certification, you will work with the leadership team to develop and maintain the wine list, ensuring a balance of local, regional, and international selections, including managing the wine program budget, pricing, and profitability, while maintaining records of tastings, inventory, and supplier relationships./span/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"Your friendly, efficient, and high-touch approach is perfect when engaging with guests and team members. Your diligence in addressing and appropriately escalating guest feedback, concerns, or complaints while clearly and tactfully communicating with servers, bartenders, and kitchen staff is an asset and contributes to effective restaurant operations./span/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"Your experience in a server position in a fine dining setting is helpful for quickly acclimating to the job responsibilities./span/span/p h2 style="text-align:justify"strongspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"The Detailshellip;/span/strong/h2 p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"You will work a full-time hospitality schedule, defined by operational needs, which includes weekends and holidays./span/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"Must conform to hotel dress and grooming standards, which include wearing the hotel-issued uniform, no visible tattoos while wearing a uniform, no unnatural hair colors, no piercings other than one pair of earrings, andnbsp;neatly groomed facial hair.nbsp;/span/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"We offer a range of benefits to meet your needs, including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement savings account, and basic life insurance options. New employees accrue 80 hours of vacation in the first year and earn up to 80 hours of paid sick leave per year. Eligible employees also receive holiday pay (if working) or paid holidays (if scheduled off) for six annual holidays*./span/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"strongspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"After you apply, please listen to voicemails, answer calls from unknown numbers, and check your emails for a message from us regarding the next step./span/strong/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"emspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"*To be eligible for holiday pay, employees must have completed 90 days of employment and worked the last scheduled day before and the first day after the holiday./span/em/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"emspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"Hotel Oceana Santa Monica is an Equal Opportunity Employer./span/em/span/p p style="text-align:justify"span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"emspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light',sans-serif"We will consider all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, for employment in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angelesrsquo; Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance./span/em/span/p h4Qualifications/h4brh2 style="text-align:justify;"strongspan style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Required Skills and Abilities/span/span/strong/h2 ul li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Treats all guests with the highest level of concern and care; demonstrates a natural disposition towards personal and public safety; operates from a place of integrity, honesty, and ethics/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Able and willing to maintain regular attendance and punctuality to ensure all essential duties are fulfilled/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to write and speak clearly/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Strong palate and sensory evaluation skills./span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Ability to manage inventory, budgets, and supplier relations./span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Passion for wine, hospitality, and continuous learning./span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Treats everyone with respect and dignity, accepts responsibility and takes ownership of tasks, follows through on commitments, takes initiative and maintains confidentiality/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, strong time management skills with a proven ability to meet goals and deadlines/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Ability to function well in a fast-paced, high-volume environment/span/span/span/span/li /ul h2 style="text-align:justify;"strongspan style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Education and Experience/span/span/strong/h2 ul li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"A high school diploma or GED is required, or equivalent work experience in the hospitality industry/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"WSET or Master Sommelier certification encouraged./span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Deep knowledge of global wine regions, grape varieties, and production methods./span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Food handling certification (ServSafe and Responsible Beverage Service) required/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Prior food service experience in a hospitality environment is preferred, but not necessary/span/span/span/span/li /ul h2 style="text-align:justify;"strongspan style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Physical Requirements/span/span/strong/h2 ul li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Expected work hours: Full-time on a schedule defined by operational needs/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Travel: None/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Work environment and physical demands:/span/span/span/span ul style="list-style-type:circle;" li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Able to frequently lift or move items weighing up to 10 pounds; occasionally needs to lift or move items weighing up to 50 pounds/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Able to use hands to use and manipulate tools and objects or control equipment; adequate vision to do the same safely/span/span/span/span/li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Able to move about the property to perform assigned tasks and responsibilities, including standing for extended periods, walking or otherwise traversing the property, climbing stairs, stooping, kneeling, or crouching to perform functions/span/span/span/span/li /ul /li li style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"span style="font-size:10pt;"span style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"FLSA Status: Nonexempt/span/span/span/span/li /ul p style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size:8pt;"span style="font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;"emspan style="font-family:'Arial Nova Cond Light', sans-serif;"Please note that this job description is not intended to be a comprehensive listing of all activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee in this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities are subject to change at any time, with or without notice./span/em/span/span/p