Barista

Jewish Care; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a community-focused café as a Barista, where you'll create a welcoming atmosphere while adhering to Kashrut principles. This role involves serving customers, preparing beverages, and contributing to community activities. Ideal for someone passionate about food service and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role is desirable.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Welcoming and serving customers with warmth and respect.
• Preparing and serving hot and cold drinks and bar food.
• Ensuring cleanliness and sanitation of work areas.

Skills

Customer Service

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Qualification

Job description

Head Room Café, our social enterprise hub, is looking for a passionate and empathetic individual to join our food and beverage team as a Barista.

There is a genuine occupational requirement under the Equality Act 2010 that this person will need to be an orthodox Jew, shomer mitzvot, and be approved and comply with the supervisory Kashrut authority. The job includes being Neemah kashrut. The candidate should be shomer mitzvot and will need to be approved by the kashrut authority.

Head Room Café goes beyond serving coffee and great food; it is a community hub that provides free daily groups and activities, mental health support, education, and connection to everyone in the local community. As a Barista, you will play a vital role in creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere, contributing to the vibrant community spirit that defines Head Room.

What you will be doing:

1. Welcoming and serving each customer with warmth, respect, and kindness.
2. Building positive relationships with customers, fostering a sense of community.
3. Preparing and serving hot and cold drinks and bar food.
4. Ensuring that the principles of Kashrut are followed in line with a supervised cafe.
5. Sharing information about Jami and our community-focused work.
6. Ensuring cleanliness and sanitation of work areas, utensils, and equipment.
7. Adhering to all food safety and health safety requirements.
8. Taking customer orders and processing payments.
9. Organising and managing stock levels.
10. Opening and closing the café following established procedures.
11. Attending training related to food and drink, as well as mental health.

Working Hours:

This post is for 40 hours per week and may include some Sundays. Additional hours may be required to meet business needs, including evenings to cover events. The Cafe is open from 8am to 4pm and closed on Saturdays.

We will consider this post as a Job Share and welcome applications for part-time working.

What you will need:

• Basic food hygiene qualification or willingness to undertake and pass this qualification.
• Previous experience in a similar role is desirable.
• Awareness of fire procedures.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety practices.
• Knowledge of food safety practices.
• Some knowledge of COSHH.
• Good literacy, verbal, and numeracy skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team or independently without direct supervision.