Assistant Restauration Maître d'Hotel

Coordinates INTERPOL catering, cafeteria and VIP hospitality services in Lyon, overseeing contractor performance, food-safety compliance, service quality and event support.

Department: General Services

• Monitor and manage the catering contract and ensure contractor commitments are met
• Verify catering staffing, skills and behaviour against contractual and service requirements
• Maintain technical specifications covering suppliers, product quality, portions and sustainable sourcing
• Ensure compliance with collective-catering sanitary regulations
• Manage kitchen and cafeteria equipment maintenance and coordinate contractor interventions
• Track catering contract financial data, purchase orders, monthly summaries and statistics
• Coordinate restaurant, cafeteria, internal event and VIP service requests
• Provide table service and manage protocol-sensitive VIP and Directorate hospitality

• Minimum two years of experience as a maître d'hôtel, chef de rang, high-volume event catering coordinator, collective catering or catering service role
• Fluent written and oral French
• Mandatory oral comprehension and expression in English
• Knowledge of multidisciplinary kitchen, collective catering, event catering and VIP table-service operations
• Knowledge of sanitary and food-safety standards
• Microsoft Office proficiency, with Word and Excel essential
• Basic security screening required

• Fixed-term contract for 36 months
• One post is available
• Selected candidates are expected to report within two to three months after an offer
• Possible reserve-list use for similar future staffing needs