Barista

Kansas City University; Joplin (MO); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Kansas City University on the Joplin Campus seeks a Barista to provide friendly service to students, faculty, and staff. You will take orders, prepare beverages, and handle payments in a fast-paced campus shop.

Ideal candidates have prior barista experience and a strong commitment to customer service. The role emphasizes cleanliness, efficiency, and teamwork in a on-site campus cafe environment.

Qualifications

• Previous barista experience strongly preferred.
• Excellent customer service.
• Professional, friendly, and outgoing personality.

Responsibilities

• Greeting customers in a friendly manner and taking food and drink orders.
• Preparing and serving beverages, ranging from simple to complex.
• Answering customers' questions about menu choices.
• Promoting and recommending menu options to customers.
• Taking payment and operating point-of-sale system.
• Maintaining inventory and equipment by cleaning, troubleshooting and scheduling repairs.
• Keeping the work environment sanitary and organized.
• Evaluating and modifying processes to improve efficiency and quality of service.

Skills

Barista experience

Customer service

Friendly personality

Job description

Barista

R-0002955

Joplin Campus

Job Type: Staff

The KCU Barista works at one of the beautiful, on-campus coffeeshops, providing excellent customer service to KCU students,faculty and staff.

Essential Duties

• Greeting customers in a friendly manner and taking food anddrink orders
• Preparing and serving beverages, ranging from simple tocomplex
• Answering customers' questions about menu choices
• Promoting and recommending menu options to customers
• Taking payment and operating point-of-sale system
• Maintaining inventory and equipment by cleaning,troubleshooting and scheduling repairs
• Keeping the work environment sanitary and organized
• Evaluating and modifying processes to improve efficiency andquality of service

Qualifications

• Previous barista experience strongly preferred
• Excellent customer service
• Professional, friendly, and outgoing personality

Equal Opportunity Employer

KCU is committed to promoting an equal employment opportunityworkplace. Equal opportunity is and shall be provided for allemployees and applicants for employment on the basis of theirdemonstrated ability and competence without discrimination on thebasis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, geneticinformation (GINA), physical or mental disability, pregnancy,sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familialstatus, ancestry, military and/or veteran status, and/or any otherstatus protected by applicable Federal, state or local law.

Annual Security Report

KCU is committed to providing a safe campus for students, faculty,and staff. Our annual campus securityreport lists campus crimes and statistics for the campus andpublic areas around campus for the last three years, in accordancewith the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy andCampus Crime Statistics Act.

Thank you for your interest in a career at KCU!

About Kansas City University

Founded in 1916, Kansas City University (KCU) is a fullyaccredited, private not-for-private health sciences university withColleges of Osteopathic Medicine, Biosciences and Dental Medicine,and campuses in Kansas City and Joplin, Mo. The College ofOsteopathic Medicine is the fourth-largest medical school in theU.S. and the leading producer of physicians in Missouri. It ranks#1 for producing physicians who practice in primary care, ruralareas and underserved regions in the state. KCU's Center forPopulation Health and Equity addresses the variables that affect apopulation's health and contribute to health disparities, whilebetter preparing students for professional practice. KCU offersdoctoral degrees in osteopathic medicine, dental medicine andclinical psychology and a master's degree in biomedical sciences.Dual degree offerings include master's degrees in businessadministration in health care leadership, public health, andbioethics. A new Master of Health Sciences - AnesthesiologistAssistant program is scheduled to launch in January 2026.