The DoubleTree Philadelphia Center City is searching for an Assistant Banquet Manager to join the team! This property has 27,000 total sq. ft. of banquet space, including an elegant ballroom and multiple floors of meeting and events space.

Our Center City hotel sits along Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts, between the Wilma Theatre and the Academy of Music. We're across from the Kimmel Center and a five-minute walk from the SEPTA Broad Street Line, which leads to the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. Come join this spectacular team!
What will I be doing?

As an Assistant Banquet Manager, you would be responsible for assisting in the planning, organization and execution of all banquet functions in the hotel's continuing effort to deliver outstanding guest service and financial profitability. Specifically, you would be responsible for performing the following tasks to the highest standards:

• Assist in the management of all Banquet operations to include, but not limited to, guest service standards and initiatives, product quality, cost controls and overall profitability, marketing initiatives, systems use and management, budgeting and forecasting, department management, policy and procedure implementation and enforcement and meeting participation and facilitation
• Supervises food and beverage set up and clean up
• Assist in planning, organizing and executing all banquet functions including, but not limited to, breakfast, coffee breaks, luncheons, dinners, cocktail receptions, galas, etc.
• Assist in monitoring and developing team member performance to include, but not limited to, providing supervision, scheduling, conducting counselling and evaluations and delivering recognition and reward
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing and training team members
• Greets clients and responds to guest requests in a timely, friendly and efficient manner