Louise, Coffee Shop Assistant

Today, Dunelm; Leeds; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff discounts

Birthday/anniversary off

Salary advance

Cycle to work

Development opportunities

Job summary

Today, Dunelm is seeking a Weekend Barista for our Pausa coffee shop in Leeds. The role covers Saturday and Sunday shifts, minimum 8 hours per week, and involves preparing beverages, serving customers, and helping in food service while upholding hygiene standards.

You’ll work in a friendly team, learning our product range and delivering an excellent customer experience. Prior café or retail experience is welcome but not required; full training will be provided and benefits include staff

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer-facing role is desirable.
• Friendly and reliable with good communication.

Responsibilities

• Serve hot and cold beverages to customers.
• Prepare and present food items as required.
• Keep dining and service areas clean and tidy.
• Ensure high standards of hygiene and safety.
• Work well in a small team and maintain a positive guest experience.

Skills

Customer service

Team working

Food hygiene awareness

Food handling

Job description

Your local store are looking for a minimum 8 hrs per week Weekend Barista/Coffee Shop. This is for a Saturday AND Sunday shift. Dunelm's coffee shops, affectionately titled Pausa, are positively thriving and it is our Coffee Shop Assistants that are at the very heart of their success. They contribute to a wide range of expectations, including the preparation of our delicious range of food and beverages, providing excellent customer service and continuously developing and upholding customer relationships. Whilst meeting high standards for Health and Safety and Food Hygiene, our Coffee Shop Assistants function as part of a tight knit team, working well under pressure and excelling in product knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

• As part of this role you will be working, and in contact with a variety of different ingredients including dairy, nuts, meat products including pork.
• Serving hot and cold beverages.
• Dishing up our delicious savoury and sweet food items.
• Ensuring all cooked food is nice and hot.
• Keeping the restaurant tables clear and sanitised as promptly as possible.
• Loading and unloading the dishwashers .
• Providing an exceptional standard of cleanliness throughout the kitchen, service area and restaurant.
• You’ll have previous involvement working closely with a team and you’ll ideally have prior work experience in a similar environment.
• That you are a polite, hard-working individual who just loves to provide a friendly customer dining experience.
• A complete team player who never fails to contribute and loves the satisfaction of a job well done and a smile on our customers faces.

Our Dunelm colleagues work together to support and encourage each other in order to help create a fantastic work environment that feels like home. So, we would like you to feel confident and empowered in your role, be sociable and excited at the prospect of working in an ever-growing retail environment and provide memorable customer experiences.

Diversity & Inclusion

D&I statement Dunelm is committed to becoming an inclusive business that is representative of our customers and locations. We recognise the value in diversity and welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, religion, disability, gender or sexual identity, socio-economic background or education. We are committed to making Dunelm a place where everyone can enjoy a successful career and have systems in place to support all our colleagues. We are seeking applications from candidates who share our values and celebrate diversity in all its forms. Our commitment to you Accessibility allows everyone to have an equitable chance when applying and showing off their potential, which helps us create a more inclusive and diverse team that brings fresh ideas and perspectives. Should you need it, we have an accessibility tool available in the top menu to support you when you're completing your application. If you require any other reasonable adjustments during the application and assessment process, reach out to your recruitment partner.

Working Your Way

We have adapted our ways of working to make sure everyone can feel at home, wherever they work. For most roles, we offer flexible working options. In our stores, they include opportunities to work on a part-time basis, seasonal contracts, or adjusted hours to accommodate the important things in your life outside work.

Wellbeing

Wellbeing is more than just a buzzword here. From our Wellbeing Buddies and Mental Health First Aid training to our progressive parental leave, menopause policies and Colleague Support Fund, we’re committed to supporting our colleagues in every area - and at every stage - of their lives. Through our partnership with the Retail Trust, everyone at Dunelm has free access to a 24/7 Virtual GP, as well as therapy and counselling, plus information, guidance and advice in all areas of financial, emotional and physical wellbeing.

Learning and Development

Take opportunities Meet Amanda, our Chief Stores and People Director, who shares how she feels empowered to take opportunities every day, why Dunelm is her happy place, and why it's a really exciting time to join us. Look in our toy box Of course, you should never judge a business by its tech stack. But take a peek at the range of technologies our engineers and developers are currently playing with. Dazzling design At Dunelm, we love every aspect of the design process. We're continually researching new developments in packaging, materials and production methods, tapping into new data insights and keeping track of changing lifestyle trends. We're hugely collaborative in the way we work. Together, the teams here have a direct impact on our success, creating amazing products that drive sales and delight our customers, as well as providing direction for our wide and varied range of brands. We want you to get as much out of working with us as possible. That's why we'll do everything we can to engage you in the process of learning, and encourage you to explore new opportunities around your particular skills and interests. For you, this includes: Thrive, our learning and skill platform which gives you a blended, bite-sized, social learning experience with learning relevant to your role Our Step Up programme which is designed to prepare you for a Team Leader role Personal Effectiveness workshops and self-led learning, also delivered through Thrive Apprenticeships opportunities relevant to your role - from level 2 (equivalent to GCSE) through to Level 7 (equivalent to Masters) Colleague Development Fund to support colleagues in accessing external training relevant to your role Coaching and mentoring opportunities to support you in your current role and help you prepare for the next Functional academies that offer training to support you in the technical aspects of your role Self-awareness tools to help you understand what really matters to you, and where your own talents and ambitions lie Our Enterprise Leadership Programme designed specifically for our strong growth potential Heads of Department to help them reach the next level in their career Our INSPIRE Programme designed for our strong growth potential senior managers across the business to enhance their leadership capability

Company Overview

Today, Dunelm is a leader in the £11bn UK homewares market. With over 200 stores across the country and a successful online operation - dunelm.com - we offer over 60,000 products across a broad range of categories. But where did it all begin?

Benefits

• Along with competitive rates of pay, we offer a range of other great benefits to help you make your money go further.
• 25 days annual holiday plus your birthday off to celebrate, and another day when you move home, so you can get settled in.
• Generous discounts on all our own products, in-store and online to help you make your house a home.
• Instant discounts with a range of other companies to help you stretch your budget.
• Salary Advance so you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned during the month, rather than having to wait until pay day.
• Outstanding development opportunities and all the support you need to grow your career the way you want.
• Cycle to work scheme to help you keep your fitness up and your travel costs down.