Barista

Cobra Coffee; Street; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days holiday

Discounts on beverages & food

30% discount on bottled items

Life insurance

Training and Starbucks Global Academy

Career progression

Third party discounts

Job summary

Cobra Coffee, a Starbucks UK franchised partner, invites you to join as a barista to craft beverages and deliver high quality service. No prior experience is required, just a passion for brightening customers' days and making genuine connections. Roles include supporting opening/closing, cash handling, and ensuring a welcoming store environment.

We offer comprehensive training, career progression, and staff discounts to help you grow while enjoying flexible hours that fit your life.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; passion for customer service.
• Ability to learn recipes and maintain quality standards.
• Willingness to work early mornings, evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality beverages and food items following recipes.
• Deliver legendary customer service and build connections with customers.
• Open and close the store; handle cash and maintain safety.
• Keep workspace clean and organized for customers and partners.

Skills

Customer service

Cash handling

Safety & security

Teamwork

Opening/Closing

Job description

Take your place at the heart of our community, where your voice matters and your passion for customer service is brewed into everything we do. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team as a barista, where you'll get involved in creating the Starbucks experience by providing our customers with high quality service, beverages, and products.
You'll not only join the Starbucks family but the Cobra Coffee family. Cobra Coffee is proud to be a Starbucks UK franchised partner. We're a company that cares about how we do business, it is important to us that our colleagues have a great work life balance with opportunities to develop their skills and experience.

What We Offer

• 28 days holiday a year (including Bank Holidays)
• Unlimited brewed coffee & English breakfast tea on shift
• Discounts on hand crafted beverages and food items during your shift
• 30% discount on bottled beverages and impulse items during your shift
• One £1.50 food item per shift on selected products
• Whilst not working you're able to receive a 30% discount on all food, beverages, merchandise & gifts
• 30% green apron discount across wider participating Starbucks stores
• Third party discounts including 20% in Southern Co-op food stores
• Life insurance
• Comprehensive training including coffee knowledge and access to Starbucks Global Academy (our online learning platform to help continuously develop yourself)
• Career progression because here we actively promote internally

What To Expect

You don't need previous experience to join us as a barista, all we ask is you bring a passion for bringing joy to our customers. Working in a Starbucks store is different from any other job. You're creating genuine moments of connection with our customers and making a difference to their day, through creating handcraft delicious beverages and building relationships with our customers by getting to know their favourite drink.

About

The best part about this role is that no two days are ever the same, and working as a barista could include:

• Providing quality beverages, whole bean, and food products consistently for all customers in line with our recipe and presentation standards
• Supporting with store procedures including, opening, or closing the store, cash handling, and safety and security
• Supporting your fellow partners during periods of high volume to keep the store operating
• Anticipating and delivering on your customer and store needs by getting to know your store environment and customers
• Delivering legendary customer service to all customers by acting with a customer comes first attitude and creating genuine connections
• Maintaining a clean and organised workspace for your customers and partners

Given the nature of our stores, our working hours could include early mornings, evenings, and weekends
So, if you're looking for a new opportunity, with us you'll be welcomed, you'll be challenged, you'll be inspired. Here you'll be heard. Because here, you're a part of it all. Here you belong.

What is our process?

Application > CV review > Telephone Interview > Provide right to work documentation > Interview and in store experience > Offer and onboarding