Senior Barista / Bartender

Strawberryhotels; Trondheim; Hybrid; NOK 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Detailed training across all stations

Time with product partners

Rotating shifts across departments

Opportunities for growth

Support for professional certs (WSET)

Job summary

Villa Nord at Dronningens gate 26 in Trondheim seeks beverage team members with a passion for coffee and cocktails. You will rotate across café, bistrot and bar, learning the full beverage programme with hands-on training before shifts begin.

The role offers growth opportunities and close collaboration with our high-end suppliers. We provide intensive training across every station and a path toward recognised certifications such as WSET, all within a welcoming, hospitality-first team culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years behind a quality-focused coffee bar or cocktail bar.
• Craft you can explain, not only execute.
• Hospitality-oriented people with exceptional character — hospitality first, ego last.
• Genuine curiosity to learn the other discipline.
• Flexibility for rotating shifts across all three departments.
• English, both oral and written — Norwegian is a huge plus.

Skills

5+ years barista/cocktail

Craft you can explain

Hospitality-first mindset

Curiosity to learn other discipline

Rotating shifts across three depts

English & Norwegian skills

Job description

Job opportunities in one of the most interesting and historical projects in Trondheim.

Villa Nord opens at Dronningens gate 26, in a building that has been part of Trondheim's hospitality story since 1837. Join us on a voyage along the merchant road — a beverage journey carried across our three departments: café, bistrot and bar. Sophisticated coffee collaborations in the café; an excellent aperitivo programme at the bistrot; and a sustainable cocktail programme at the bar, built around signatures made with local ingredients. All under one roof, and one team.

We are in search of the next members of our beverage team. Detailed training will be provided in our own facilities.

We are searching for individuals with experience either in barista positions or in bartending, who have the curiosity to thrive in both departments and to keep learning. Perhaps you are a coffee professional drawn to the architecture of a cocktail — balance, dilution, texture. Perhaps you are a bartender who has always wanted to understand extraction properly, at last.

What we are looking for

• 5+ years behind a quality-focused coffee bar or cocktail bar
• Craft you can explain, not only execute
• Hospitality-oriented people with exceptional character — hospitality first, ego last
• Genuine curiosity to learn the other discipline
• Flexibility for rotating shifts across all three departments
• English, both oral and written — Norwegian is a huge plus

What we provide

• A detailed, intensive training programme across every station. Before we open, we will take you through the whole beverage programme, hands-on and in depth. Intense training, so that everyone steps into their shifts fully prepared for this new journey.
• Time with the people behind the product. Our high-end suppliers will support ongoing hands-on training across the coffee and spirits world of Villa Nord — time spent directly with the roasters and producers whose work we pour. [Name your partners if you can — it carries real weight.]
• Variety, not isolation. No single station to be tied to and no shift that looks quite like the last. You will rotate across café, bistrot and bar, seeing the whole house rather than one corner of it — and you will do it beside equally ambitious, hospitality-driven colleagues.
• Room to grow. As the team develops, opportunities to grow will be presented.
• Certified education, as part of long-term development. Villa Nord invests in continuity. Team members who demonstrate consistent commitment and progression within the company are supported towards recognised professional certifications, WSET among them, in the discipline they wish to specialise in — a long-term investment we make in the people who choose to build their career with us.

Say hello

We would love to hear a few things about your hospitality journey and what you would love to learn next — that second part is what we will read first. A few honest paragraphs, together with your CV, are plenty; no formal cover letter needed.

Villa Nord opens soon, and applications are open now.

Please note: housing is not provided, and these positions are not seasonal at this time.

What’s in it for you?

As part of Strawberry, you will get the best employee benefits of the industry.

A culture to cherish

Our people always make guests their top priority! Our warm and welcoming atmosphere creates the right setting for you to flourish and work your magic. You will get the freedom you need to perform your tasks and solve problems as they arise in the best way you see fit. A strong team spirit and family-feeling foster a culture of collaboration. And when there’s something to celebrate, we make sure to have some fun! In larger cities, we also regularly host after-work events to allow colleagues to mingle. How do we achieve all this you may wonder? We believe it’s down to the fact that we’re a diverse crowd full of energy, courage and enthusiasm. That’s how we create extraordinary experiences every single day!

Job security for peace of mind

When you work with us, we’ll take your whole life situation into consideration. We offer good job security through collective agreements and insurances, as well as paid parental leave, holiday leave, wellness allowance, attractive pension plans and competitive salaries. We’re there for you.

Room to grow

With more than 200 hotels across the Nordics, we offer you endless opportunities for career progression! Would you like to work full-time, part-time, a few hours here and there, or perhaps only a season? We have room for you, no matter where you’re at. We encourage creativity and curiosity, and we make every effort to foster a culture of learning for professional development. Ready to take your next career leap within the company? We applaud you and will help you achieve this! An academic degree isn't the most important thing for us. If you have the right mindset, we can certainly promise you a bright future!

Explore more

We encourage you to get out and explore all that life has to offer! So, we always give numerous discounts to you and your friends and family at our hotels, bars and restaurants. As part of Strawberry, you get four FREE nights at our hotels each year* To remind you just how important you are, we’ll always do our best to offer you an upgrade! And on top of that, we’ve also partnered with other companies to give you sweet deals on air travel, charter holidays, car rental and lots more.

*If you are employed on a contract for at least 20% of full-time working hours.

Our heart beats for the world around us. To meet global challenges, we support the transition to clean energy, and we recently opened the first zero-energy hotel in the Nordics. We seek to use organic produce and have championed the elimination of unsustainable palm oil. We promote equal rights above all and are proud sponsors of Pride. Regardless of your ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, disabilities or age - our doors are always open.

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