Barback

Be a Star at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts!

The Barback is responsible for assisting Bartenders to provide efficient service to Center guests.

Located in downtown Tampa, the Straz offers flexible hours, event-based schedules including evenings and weekends, and a team-based work environment. Straz benefits for part-time staff include employee discounts and a 403(b) plan.

Essential Functions:

• Assists the Bartenders with providing excellent service to Center guests.
  • Ensures the Bartenders are adequately stocked with necessary supplies at the bars. Acts proactively to keep the bar stocked.
  • Ensures that all glasses, bowls, and other bar equipment are clean and stowed.
  • Maintains cleanliness in all areas of the bar including counter, sinks, utensils, shelves, and storage areas.
  • Assists with restocking and replenishing bar inventory and supplies.
• Presents a neat and professional appearance in correspondence with the uniform code.
• Reports any maintenance issues to the Manager on Duty.
• Able to be on feet for a minimum of 5 hours a shift.
• Ability to work in face paced environment.

Education and Work Experience:

• High School diploma required.
• Minimum of one-year experience as a busser, bar back, or server assistant.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Availability to work evenings and/or weekends, as needed.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to determine bartender's needs in advance.
• Basic knowledge of bar set up and vernacular.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to remain stationary for extended periods of time, reach, and communicate both in person and by telephone.
• The employee is frequently required to move up to 25lbs, ascend/descend atop ladders, position oneself to move in confined spaces, and bend and reach.
• The information contained in this physical standards description is for compliance with ADA and is not an exhaustive list of duties performed. The individuals currently holding this position perform additional duties and additional duties may be assigned.
• The nature of this job requires the employee to work on-site as a regular work routine.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the primary functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer committed to being an inclusive workplace and strongly believes in the importance of having a diverse group of individuals represented. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.

Please visit our website at www.StrazCenter.org to learn more about the Straz Center.