Barista

Columbus State Community College; United States; On-site; USD 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Job summary

Columbus State Community College is seeking a Barista for our campus café. The role involves educating customers about coffee, preparing a variety of drinks, stocking the café, and ensuring clean, well-maintained service areas on site.

The position emphasizes customer engagement, teamwork with student staff, and contributing to revenue growth while upholding safety and sanitation standards in a busy café environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• One year of work experience in a full-service coffee shop and hands-on experience with professional coffee machines and café equipment.
• State Motor Vehicle Operator's License or demonstrable ability to access work site(s).
• Scheduled Hours: 20.
• Full Time/Part Time: Part time.

Responsibilities

• Educates customers about coffee, sells coffee and equipment, and prepares/serves drinks.
• Assists in care, cleaning and stocking of café items and disposables.
• Prepares and sells coffee drinks by following recipes and techniques (espresso, café latte, cappuccino).
• Sells coffee and equipment by explaining differences in beans and machines; demonstrates operation of equipment.
• Welcomes customers, determines their coffee interests and needs; explains the menu.
• Supports student interns and student employees; helps generate revenue by attracting new customers.
• Maintains café areas clean and tidy; stocks and rotates items; maintains equipment and sanitation.
• Maintains safe work environment and continuously improves processes and store appearance.

Skills

Customer engagement

Coffee equipment operation

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Job description

Compensation Type: Hourly Compensation: $15.00

Barista Position Responsibilities

• Promotes coffee consumption by educating customers about coffee, selling coffee and coffee grinding and brewing equipment, accessories, and supplies; preparing and serving a variety of coffee drinks, along with pastries and cookies.
• Assists in the care, cleaning of the café and stocking of café disposables, grab and go food items and beverages.

Barista Production and Sales

• Prepares and sells coffee drinks by following prescribed recipes and preparation techniques for coffee drinks, such as espresso, espresso lungo, café latte, and cappuccino.
• Sells coffees and coffee grinding & brewing equipment by explaining the differences in coffee beans and coffee preparation machines; demonstrates how brewing equipment operates.

Customer Service

• Welcomes and engages customers by determining their coffee interests and needs.
• Educates customers by presenting and explaining the coffee drink menu; answering questions, as needed.
• Works with and supports student interns and student employees.
• Generates revenues by attracting new customers; defines new and expanded services and products.
• Enhances coffee shop reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Facilities Management & Inventory

• Ensures all café areas are clean & tidy.
• Ensures coolers are stocked with freshly rotated food items.Maintains inventories by replenishing coffee bean supply; stocking coffee brewing equipment; maintaining supplies, pastries, and cookies for the coffee bar.
• Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions; troubleshoots breakdowns; maintains supplies; performs preventative maintenance.
• Maintains safe and healthy work environment by following organization standards and sanitation regulations.
• Improves quality results by studying, evaluating, and re-designing processes; implements changes; maintains and improves the appearance of the store and coffee bar.

Culture of Respect

Fosters and maintains a safe environment of respect and inclusion for faculty, staff, students, and members of the community.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED.
• One (1) year of work experience in a full-service coffee shop, and hands-on experience working with professional coffee machines and café equipment.
• State Motor Vehicle Operator's License or demonstrable ability to gain access to work site(s).
• Full Time/Part Time: Part time.
• Union (If Applicable):
• Scheduled Hours: 20.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Inclusion

Columbus State Community College is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.

We celebrate the humanity of every individual and value inclusive learning and working environments for all.

We commit to removing barriers and expanding access for all of our people while respecting their unique lived experiences.

Ultimately, we center our growing community and our students’ success in all of our work.

Columbus State educates students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth. Our duty is to equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions. Columbus State does not require, favor, disfavor, or prohibit speech or lawful assembly. Columbus State seeks to create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community. Columbus State’s duty is to treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals' race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Background Check Requirement

Final candidates are subject to successful completion of a background check and/or MVR check as well as a 10-panel drug screen required during the pre-employment process (required for most positions).