Service Manager Museum Café

Permanent position

Museum Rietberg

For our Rietberg Café, we are looking for an innovative and service-oriented personality starting 1 February 2027 or by arrangement.

Tasks

• You independently lead and organize the guest area, provide operational leadership to the service team, work yourself in service, at the counter and in sales, and are the contact person for our guests.
• You plan the offering to match the exhibition themes, create the deployment planning, control the working hours, and train employees on the job.
• You plan and supervise occasions and events from preparation to implementation.
• You take over the purchasing planning, control the delivery notes, account for the invoices, and perform general administrative tasks.
• You are responsible for the correct cash management and daily accounting, compliance with operational hygiene according to the guidelines of the health inspectorate, as well as for the implementation of the café concept and the operational management in the absence of the Café Manager.

Profile

• Hotel management school degree or profound vocational training as Chef de Service as well as several years of professional experience in a comparable position
• Profound specialist knowledge in the service and banquet sector as well as enjoyment of working with international clientele
• Passionate host with high customer orientation and pronounced service willingness, flexible availability, also in the evenings, on weekends and public holidays,
• Team player, reliable, resilient and independent personality with communication and organizational talent as well as experience in the operational guidance of teams
• Good IT skills, German in spoken and written form, oral English skills and ideally French skills

We offer

An interesting and responsible activity with room for design awaits you. You work at a central workplace in a culturally and historically significant environment. The working hours are based on the occasions and the opening hours of the museum. We offer you a pleasant working atmosphere, good social benefits and employment conditions according to municipal personnel law.

About us

The Museum Rietberg is dedicated to the art of traditional as well as contemporary cultures of Africa, America, Asia and Oceania as well as their diasporas. With around one hundred employees, it is among the most significant art museums in Switzerland and enjoys international recognition.

Interested?

Then we look forward to your complete online application. Diversity and equality are important concerns to us. We welcome all applications.
If you have questions about the position, please contact Urban Högger, Head of Café, telephone (Tuesday - Friday from 14:00 - 17:00).

Reference No.: 51906

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