Barista - Southbank

Caravan Restaurants | B Corp™; Greater London; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals & drinks

Dining discount

Coffee discount

Wellbeing support

Financial education

Leadership development

Starting dining voucher

Internal career progression

Job summary

Caravan Southbank, London is recruiting a standout Barista to join our opening team as we launch a new two-floor site at the Southbank. We’re after someone kind, confident, energetic, and passionate about specialty coffee who can welcome guests from the first impression and share their enthusiasm with the team.

You’ll work with the bar manager and full team to maintain coffee standards, health and safety, and exceptional guest experiences, while helping educate the team and inspire guests with

Responsibilities

• Ensure our beverage, and certainly coffee standards are consistently delivered
• Sharing your knowledge and passion with the full team and helping create the kind of hospitality people want to come back for
• Following healthy & safety standards, allergen procedures and drink specs
• Working closely with the wider restaurant team to give every guest the best experience possible

Job description

Barista

Caravan Southbank, London

Overall earnings up to £16.20 per hour

Full time

This November, we’re opening our tenth, and biggest, Caravan at the Southbank. And we’re looking for an exceptional Barista to help us open. We’re after someone kind, confident, high-energy and genuinely passionate specialty coffee. Someone who knows how to support their team, loves to welcome & awe guests from the first impression, and who wants to share their passion with their team & guests.

You’ll be joining Caravan as we open a special new restaurant, with two floors, multiple bars and plenty of opportunity to make your mark from day one.

The role

As Barista you’ll work alongside the bar manager and full team to make sure the day-to-day coffee operation runs brilliantly. That means having equally high standards for health & safety, as hospitality, as culture, as drink quality. That means being an ambassador for our award winning Caravan coffee, inspiring & educating the team around you and making sure every one of your guests has the best experience possible.

What You'll Be Doing As Barista

• Ensure our beverage, and certainly coffee standards are consistently delivered
• Sharing your knowledge and passion with the full team and helping create the kind of hospitality people want to come back for
• Following healthy & safety standards, allergen procedures and drink specs
• Working closely with the wider restaurant team to give every guest the best experience possible

Why Caravan?

Since 2010, we’ve been serving well-travelled food, specialty coffee and drinks inspired by flavours and ideas from around the world.

We’re a business built around curious people. People who care about what they do, look out for each other and aren’t afraid to try something new. With more openings ahead and a big focus on developing our own people, there’s plenty of room to grow with us too.

Plus, When You Work At Caravan You Enjoy

• Free meals & drinks when on shift
• 50% dining discount with up to 4 mates
• 20% coffee retail discount
• Extensive wellbeing support
• Financial health education & support
• Leadership training and development
• A dining voucher when you start, on your birthday and your work anniversary, to spend in any of our restaurants
• Real career progression - 80% of our management roles are filled internally

Our values

• All welcome - We make space for everyone at our table
• No boundaries - Grow, develop and thrive, just a little bit each day
• Caravan of Love - Bring the energy, and be part of the change you want to see in the world
• Well-travelled - Be curious; learn, taste, experiment and share that knowledge with those you meet along the way

Sustainability

We're all in on both environmental and social sustainability practices. Every team member plays their part in maintaining our B-Corp certification targets.

Diversity & Inclusion

Everyone's welcome at Caravan. We respect individual differences in identity, culture and experience, with our team, and with every guest.