Career Center

Event Support: Assist with the smooth running of all President's House events.

• Assist with set up, break down, and clean up after functions.
• Oversee activities of student assistants and other wait staff.
• Provide input and training to hospitality staff based on protocols, policies, and procedures at the President's House.
• Provide coverage at other locations on campus, including West Campus.
• Collaborate with the events team to help prepare for upcoming events, such as place card and name card distribution.
• Maintain flatware, China, and glassware inventories while working with hospitality partners, events, and operations staff as needed.
• Report any missing, damaged, or broken items following events to operations and events staff.

Guest Services: Required to stay overnight and be on-call to assist official university overnight guests, at the President's House.

• Prepare and serve light meals and refreshments for official university guests without input from manager.
• Greet, and serve as primary liaison to guests, providing top-notch customer service.
• Other duties as assigned and additional functions incidental to service activities.

Household Maintenance: In conjunction with the Events and Operations Manager or designee, establish a work schedule for household maintenance, including:

• Ensure that the common areas and guest suites are maintained at the level established by the president or designee.
• Monitor the household items and condition of the house and report any change in conditions or need for repairs to the supervisor.
• Clean and maintain public and common areas of the President's House and event staff's offices.
• Do laundry for public areas, including guest suites, and as requested other washing, drying, and ironing.
• Clean bathrooms, floors, and all fixtures.
• Primary backup for Service Assistant who performs most housekeeping duties.
• Vacuum and wash floors as well as remove trash.
• Clean furniture and dust shelves.
• Polish and clean fixtures, hardware, and silverware.

Administrative: With attention to detail, routinely performs administrative tasks required to support the smooth functioning of the President's House.

• Maintains a calendar of events.
• Organizes own schedule in consultation with supervisor for best coverage of presidential events.
• Coordinates the scheduling of the annual cleaning of carpet, drapery, light fixtures.
• Limited shopping for food, beverages, household supplies, paper goods, and other household items.
• Place orders with suppliers.
• Provides accurate accounting of purchases.
• Processes purchasing card expenses independently.
• With the supervisor's and colleague's input, maintain inventory of food, beverages (including beer, wine, and liquor), and all household cleaning products. Maintains a record of alcoholic beverage consumption after events in conjunction with hospitality staff.

Security: Adhere to President's House security protocols as outlined by the house policies and procedures and supervisor instruction.

• Greet and screen visitors and relay to event staff the visitor(s) name(s) and nature of their business.
• Answer the main line and intercom in the absence of events and operations staff.
• Responsible for opening and closing the property, which requires disarming and securing and arming the residence.