Barista

IHG Hotels & Resorts; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 27,000; Part time

Job summary

A luxury hotel brand in Edinburgh is seeking a Barista to provide exceptional coffee and guest experiences. The role requires experience in hospitality and a passion for luxury service. Competitive pay and various employee perks are offered. Join a team dedicated to personalizing guest experiences at our historic hotel.

Benefits

£12.71 per hour with guaranteed hours

Extensive training and career progression opportunities

Worldwide discounted room rates

Mental health support and wellbeing benefits

Complimentary stay upon successful completion of probation

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Barista or Coffee Maker.
• Ability to cater to various dietary requirements and preferences.
• Willingness to enhance guest experiences through personalized service.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high quality guest experience with a wide range of coffees.
• Interact with guests and assist the food and beverage team.
• Personalize guest experiences and provide local insights.

Skills

Experience in restaurant, bar, cafe, or hotel

Knowledge of coffee preparation

Passion for luxury customer experiences

Teamwork abilities

Job description

We are looking for a Barista to join the glamour of InterContinental Life at our InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel on a 24-hour per week contract.

InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel is full of culture and has been serving guests since 1881, so we know what it takes to provide an alluring guest experience and a personal and attentive service. We provide an exciting mix of a luxury InterContinental experience combined with our unique character and charming building, home to Scotland’s first Le Petit Beefbar Restaurant.

As the largest luxury hotel brand in the world, we provide our guests with a brilliantly cosmopolitan stay of discreet luxury and culinary expertise. As a Barista, your main duties and responsibilities will be ensuring high quality guest experience through the making of a wide range of coffees and hot drinks, interacting with our guests and assisting the wider F&B team to provide timely service!

Joining us as a Barista, we are looking for someone who has…

• Experience working within a Restaurant, Bar, Cafe or Hotel as a Barista or Coffee Maker
• Knowledge of making various coffees and working with different dietary requirements and preferences
• Passion for providing luxury experiences, not shy to go above and beyond to personalise our guests' stay and provide your local wisdom to enhance their experience
• Ability to work together in the team with guests as our centre focus!

In return for bringing the InterContinental life to our guests, you can expect to receive…

• Financial security - £12.71 per hour (£26,436.80 per annum FTE), guaranteed hours, paid overtime, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, subsidised unsocial hour travel support and enhanced sick pay! Plus, Tronc paid monthly if in eligible role. Wagestream - a financial wellbeing app giving you the opportunity to save, track and withdraw your pay as you earn it.
• Growth and development – extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice.
• Colleague perks - worldwide discounted room rates and discounted F&B whilst on employee rate (IHG has over 6,000 hotels globally and growing), plus generous friends and family rate. Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal.
• Wellbeing – generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 and access to mental health first-aiders
• Hotel specific benefits – complimentary stay for you+1 in our hotel upon successful completion of probation, generous discounts across our F&B outlets at Kimpton Charlotte Square and InterContinental Edinburgh The George Hotel plus Spa and gym discounts at our Kimpton property

If you are someone who likes to bring your wisdom and local-know-how to provide a truly personal and luxurious experience for our guests, apply today! Check out our Instagram page @InterContinentalEdinburghGeorge to see more.

You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

InterContinental Hotels & Resorts has pioneered international travel since the 1940s. We are passionate about sharing our renowned international know-how and cultural wisdom in impressive surroundings. We take pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand. If you have a thirst for travel, passion for culture, and appreciation for diversity, we invite you to embrace a world of opportunities. We’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.

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