Start date: 1 March 2025 or another date to be agree
You are a dedicated, culture enthusiast who is willing to work irregular hours that can vary greatly throughout the year (high workload in autumn and winter, low workload in the summer months). You like working in the evenings and at night. You enjoy serving customers and assisting in the operation of the bar during events and are highly interested in the ins and outs of a cultural enterprise.
You are primarily responsible for the administrative organisation of the bar, including management of the freelance staff, as well as purchasing goods and overseeing the range of products. You also take a keen interest in designing the foyer and enjoy expressing your creativity. You have the ability to work and welcome guests in a polite and friendly manner even when under pressure and are genuinely committed to ensuring that our diverse audience feels totally relaxed and welcome.
Your tasks include:
‒ Compliance with legal and regulatory standards, ensuring a high standard of tidiness and cleanliness
‒ Guaranteeing opening times according to the programme
‒ Collaborating with catering companies for hired events
‒ Collaborating with freelance staff scheduling
‒ Training and managing freelance bar staff
‒ Purchasing
‒ Accounting, stocktaking
‒ Upkeep
‒ Information, communication, internal agreements
What we expect from you:
‒ Interest in contemporary creative practice, especially dance, performance, music
‒ Previous experience in the catering sector
‒ Previous experience in a coordinating or managerial role
‒ Ability to communicate in an open, friendly and direct manner
‒ Structured and efficient way of working, clear view of priorities, entrepreneurial thinking and doing
‒ Good command of German (spoken and written) and English (spoken)
‒ A flair for numbers and an interest in the digitalisation of processes
‒ Ability to work flexibly according to the events (working evenings and weekends as required), high flexibility in terms of annual leave and working hours
‒ Ability to organise workloads effectively and to plan ahead
‒ Initiative, flexibility and ability to handle challenging situations
We welcome candidates who also bring the following:
‒ Excise licence (optional)
‒ Knowledge of other languages
‒ Experience with orderbird (software)
‒ Desire to further develop the organisational structures of Dampfzentrale Bern
Skills that we would like to see more of at Dampfzentrale Bern:
‒ Competencies and skills to combat discrimination
‒ Awareness of intersectionality
‒ Interest in sustainability
‒ Understanding of the digital world
‒ Entrepreneurial thinking and doing
‒ Creativity
The extensive benefits package includes:
‒ A year-end bonus
‒ Five weeks of annual leave, plus time in lieu for working evenings and weekends
‒ Full pay for sixteen weeks of parental leave for mothers and three weeks for fathers
‒ Assumption of 50% of the insurance against non-occupational accidents
‒ Free admission to all events at Dampfzentrale Bern and partner venues
At present, Dampfzentrale Bern works with salary scales based on various categories. The advertised position is in the category ‘Staff’ and pays a gross monthly wage of between 4,284 and 5,100 CHF (at 100%).
Tell us why you are interested in this role and about your previous experience and send your documents by 31 January 2024 at the latest to bewerbung@dampfzentrale.ch.
If you have any questions or comments about this job advertisement, please send a message to Roger Ziegler at roger.ziegler@dampfzentrale.ch and we will get back to you by email or phone. Please do not forget to give us your phone number.
The initial interviews will take place on 12 February 2025 at Dampfzentrale Bern.
Link to the PDF of the job description
