Food & Beverage Assistant

Chester Zoo; Chester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job description

Food & Beverage Assistant / Barista

We are looking for experienced baristas to work in various outlets around the Zoo preparing and serving a range of food and drinks.

Food & Beverage at the zoo includes a variety of restaurants, serving everything from fast food to traditional family favourites, a Gastro-pub, as well as coffee shops, kiosks our staff canteen and a 450-seat street kitchen serving Indonesian inspired food.

The Role

You will be taking and preparing food and drinks orders, using your barista skills to create hand crafted beverages. You will also support with keeping our coffee shop clean and well stocked and will support in other Food & Beverage outlets when required.

The Package

You’ll be working flexible hours with a guaranteed 20 hours per week available. You’ll work a variety of shifts on a rota basis including weekends and bank holidays. Hours of work will generally be during our core zoo opening hours, although some evening work will be required for special events such as ‘Into the night’ and ‘The Lanterns’.

• Permanent contract
• £12,016.58 per annum based on 20 hours per week, with more hours available in peak periods
• 33 days annual leave
• Holiday buy/sell scheme
• Staff pass so you can visit the zoo during your time off, plus multiple complimentary tickets for your friends and family
• Cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare plan and employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym membership
• Discounts on cinema tickets, restaurants, high street shops and more via Perks
• Pension scheme with generous employer contributions up to 9%

Our Requirements

• Barista training, with experience of working in a coffee shop or venue serving hand crafted drinks
• Excellent customer service skills
• Flexible with a “can do” attitude
• Experience of working within a high-volume, fast-paced environment
• Experience of cash handling and using EPOS systems

What makes Chester Zoo a great place to work?

As the UK’s biggest and best zoo, we have ambitious goals, exciting plans, and there’s always lots going on here. We’re an inclusive and diverse organisation, made up of over 500 permanent and 500 seasonal team members, and we know how important it is to invest in our colleagues to help boost their career development. We have ambitious goals, and we want you to be with us for the long term on our exciting journey.

We reserve the right to close our vacancies earlier than the listed date if we have received a high level of applications. We recommend that if you do wish to be considered that you submit your application as promptly as possible as shortlisting and interviews may be taking place whilst the advert is live.