Restaurant Hostess, Seasonal Part Time, Kitchener Auditorium

Compass Canada•Kitchener, ON

1d•CA$18•Onsite

About The Position

This is a seasonal contract position at the Kitchener Auditorium, starting around the last week of August 2026 and continuing until June 2027. The role is responsible for seating residents in the dining room and handling customer service situations as they arise. The hourly wage rate for this position is $17.60, with final compensation determined by relevant skills, experience, qualifications, and internal equity. The company is committed to offering competitive compensation and complying with all applicable pay transparency legislation. Further details regarding total rewards will be shared by the Talent Acquisition team during the hiring process. Canadian work experience is not a requirement for this role. Artificial intelligence-based tools may be used at certain stages of the recruitment and applicant screening process.

Requirements

Exceptional communications skills.
Get along well with others, demonstrate flexibility and patience; possess an interest in people.
Interpersonal skills, facility with meeting people, teamwork, collaboration, leadership, adaptability and excellent communication skill are required.
Good personal grooming, confidence, integrity, ability to manage stress, dynamism, energy, autonomy, initiative, availability, flexibility and orientation toward quality are required.
Able to work in a fast paced environment and readily acceptable to change work priorities at any time.
Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a server or in a dining room setting is an asset.
Attention to detail.
The ability to make decisions.

Responsibilities

Promptly and warmly greet and direct guests to their tables based on availability or desired seating arrangements.
Help create an overall enjoyable dining experience and promote a safe, clean and neat environment for guests and other associates.
Supervise the activities of food-service associates in the dining room to ensure proper customer service, food handling and sanitation procedures are followed.
Helps train new food-service team members.
Supervises the closing of the assigned dining room; ensures side work and station setup is properly completed.
Demonstrate knowledge of emergency safety procedures and help evacuate guests to safety in the event of fire or other emergency.
Assist with service, including occasional bussing and food service, while maintaining safe food handling and sanitation standards.
May be asked to operate equipment, including but not limited to fire extinguishers, telephones, iced tea/soda machines, soup wells and coffee machines.
Work with staff of other departments to perform job duties and during special events or functions.