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Position Summary

The Food and Beverage Manager is responsible for leading and managing the food and beverage operation for the golf club. This includes daily restaurant operations, bar service, cart service, tournament fulfillment, and special event operations. The position is responsible for servicing all customers within the golf club and also maximizing the profit within the food and beverage operation. The position also ensures that the kitchen, bar and restaurant facilities meets and adheres to all codes and licenses and that all presentation of facilities, food and beverage are presented in a quality way.

Essential Functions

• Daily food service operations in order to provide quality products including: menu evaluation and planning, purchasing, inventory, receiving, food preparation, control and storage.
• Maintains and implements sanitary and food safety conditions and training to adhere to auditing procedures and statutory regulations.
• Accountable for the execution of product and service quality by maintaining highest level of delivery.
• Prepares and updates statistical reports to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Maintains kitchen and storage facilities to meet/exceed sanitary conditions; monitors internal quality assurance and food safety audit process.
• Establishes policies and procedures for delivery of superior food and beverage product/service which exceed the customer expectations.
• Manages the entire beverage service including the restaurant and beverage cart service.
• Ensures that customer’s needs are met through the selection and quality of offerings as well as ensuring that customers are offered beverages during play.
• Provides menu offerings and pricing for tournament and special event offerings that meet the needs of clients and provide a fiscal return to the golf club.
• Executes these offerings to provide the best experience possible.
• Provides team leadership by ensuring cohesiveness and service excellence through hiring, training and review of employees.
• Creates an effective and efficient work schedule to maximize productivity and deliver service excellence.
• Manages by providing positive and constructive feedback to employees in order to reward, coach, correct, and motivate.
• Supervises day-to-day work activities by delegating authority, assigning and prioritizing activities, and monitoring operating budget.
• Provides training to all staff on service excellence, food preparation and delivery, alcohol management (TIPS), and other items as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, product calibration, percentages. Also, familiarity with financial concepts such as budget development/forecasting, depreciation, etc.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization may exist.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, or schedule form.
• Candidate must have the capability to communicate with customers and potential clients in a constructive and optimistic fashion.
• Excellent organizational skills are required.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma.
• 5+ Years of food and beverage operations and management experience.
• Alcohol License Assignment.
• TIPS Certified.

Preferred Qualifications

• Culinary and hospitality certifications.
• Bachelors degree in hospitality management.
• SafeServe training and certification.
• Experience with CPS! reservations.
• Experience with a golf facility food and beverage.

Working Environment

The employee is provided a desk and computer in a standard office in the golf course clubhouse. The employee also manages the grill and kitchen and spends a significant amount of time within this space.

Physical Activities

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands and fingers to hold or feel, reach with hands and arms, walk, talk, smell and hear. The employee regularly lifts and/or moves up to 50 pounds. The employee is also constantly on their feet within a kitchen and service environment often between 6-8 hours a day.

Work Schedule

Monday - Sunday, the grill is open seven days a week, must be able to work weekends.

Application Deadline

For consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) October 24, 2025.

Special Instructions

Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

Salary Grade Number:

The salary grade for the position is 11.

Salary Range

The salary range for this position is $70,000-$80,000.

The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate’s sex or any other protected status.

Benefits

The University of Denver offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO pass. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.

Please include the following documents with your application:

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital, family, or parental status, pregnancy or related conditions, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital family, and parental status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University’s educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; the Equal Pay Act; the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Worker's Rights ("POWR") Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For more information, please see the University of Denver's Non‑Discrimination‑Statement.

All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.