Barista, Edinburgh

Changemh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading coffee shop seeks a Barista to join their team at Hopetown Coffee in Edinburgh. This unique opportunity allows you to work in a not-for-profit environment that prioritizes mental health awareness while serving high-quality beverages. The role offers flexible hours, professional development, and a supportive working culture.

Benefits

Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements

Professional development funded opportunities

24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Experience as a Barista with a good working knowledge.
• Knowledge of stock management including placing orders.
• Ability to maintain a supportive and friendly café environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality control of food and drinks.
• Serve customers and maintain health and safety standards.
• Flexibly adapt to work during busy seasons.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Health and Safety Knowledge

Food Safety Standards

Outgoing Personality

Job description

Vacancy: Barista at Hopetown Coffee
Hours: 16.5 hours per week (pro rata)
Salary:£12.60 per hour
Location: Hopetown Coffee, 27 Broughton Street, Edinburgh
Closing date: 13th June 2025

How to apply

Please submit your application via our BreatheHR portal . Applications must be received by 12pm on 13th June 2025.

We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

If you consider yourself to have a disability, please complete the relevant section within the application pack to inform us of any arrangements that we may make to the interview process.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier or later than stated. Please don’t delay your application to avoid any disappointment.

Hopetown Coffee is Change Mental Health’s not-for-profit safe space coffee shop raising awareness of our charity, mental illness and mental health.

The post holders will have the unique opportunity to help create an uplifting, non-stigmatising café that will be known for great coffee, will raise awareness of mental health and illness whilst creating a safe and supportive space where everyone is welcome.

Key Responsibilities

• Quality control of food and drinks, ensuring that each item served to a customer is of the highest quality
• Serve customers as Barista
• Be a friendly and positive team member
• Ensure the highest standards of Health and Safety are always maintained
• Flexibility and willingness to work weekends and occasional evenings
• Working flexibly to adapt this as when required (for example, during festival season in August).
• Key-holder responsibilities
• Dialling in the espresso
• Cashing up.
• An experienced hospitality professional
• Have a good working knowledge and experience as a barista.
• Experience of handling money
• An outgoing, positive, and enthusiastic individual
• A kind and caring individual who can create and maintain a thriving environment, a vibrant customer culture, and a healthy team-oriented workplace in line with the Café’s values and those of Change Mental Health.
• Knowledge of Food Health and Safety Standards
• Knowledge of stock management, including counting stock and placing orders.

If you are passionate about enabling Change Mental Health to deliver a valuable service to the Scottish community and feel your profile matches this role’s criteria, then we want to hear from you!

• Professional development including funded opportunities.
• A 35-hour working week, enhanced sick pay & season ticket loan.
• A great work life balance with flexible and blended working environment.
• 24/7 access to an award-winning Employee Assistance Programme providing free legal, financial and medical advice as well as support with life’s challenges.
• Enhanced sick pay and leave entitlements