Cafe and Functions Assistant

Anglicare Sydney; Hills (IA); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work options

Salary packaging benefits

Job summary

Anglicare Sydney is seeking a Café and Functions Assistant to bring warmth and hospitality to residents across our villages. You will create a welcoming atmosphere, deliver friendly service, and help prepare beverages and light foods.

Join a team that values care, integrity, and community, with opportunities to support events and activities and contribute to resident wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Empathy to interact respectfully with residents, attention to detail, and knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices.

Responsibilities

• Delivering top-notch customer service with warmth and a smile.
• Preparing food and beverages with care, including crafting espresso coffee.
• Operating our POS system and managing payments effortlessly.
• Ensuring the café is always tidy, welcoming, and ready for action – from setup to clean-up.
• Supporting events and activities that bring life to our villages!

Skills

Barista skills

Front of house

Food service experience

Responsible Service of Alcohol

Working with Children Check

Job description

Transform lives, every single day Would you like to use your compassion and care for greater impact? At Anglicare Sydney, you can. And together, we will.

We’rea well-respected not-for-profitthat’sbeen servingsociety’smost vulnerable for 170 years. Each year, we achieve life-changing outcomes for the 40,000+ people who rely on our person-cantered support.

Are you passionate about great coffee, friendly service, and making a difference in people’s lives? Do you want a job that’s not just work but also a rewarding experience every day? We are looking for energetic, kind-hearted Café All-Rounders to join our team.

Your opportunity

Responsibilities

As a Café and Functions Assistant, you’ll be doing more than serving coffee – you’ll be creating an atmosphere that feels like home for our residents! Your key responsibilities include:

• Delivering top-notch customer service with warmth and a smile
• Preparing food and beverages with care, including crafting delicious espresso coffee
• Operating our POS system and managing payments effortlessly
• Ensuring the café is always tidy, welcoming, and ready for action – from setup to clean‑up
• Supporting events and activities that bring life to our villages!

What you’ll bring

Empathy to interact respectfully with elderly residents, attention to detail, and knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices. You share our organisational values of integrity, justice, compassion and excellence, and bring them to everything you do.

What’s required

• Responsible Service of Alcohol
• Working with Children Check
• 6 months experiencein food service or front of house experience, along with barista skills

What’s preferred

• Food Handling Certificate
• Hospitality and customer service experience
• Your commute is within 20mins of our locations
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• A kind, team-focused attitude and willingness to learn
• Availability across Monday to Sunday, during family friendly hours between 7:30am - 3:30pm, we also operate 3 week nights

Why Anglicare Sydney?

At Anglicare Sydney, you will belong to a community of kind,humbleand respectful people of all faiths and backgrounds - people who respect you for you and genuinely care.You’llalso be surrounded by leaders and mentors who support you to grow your career and find the balancethat’sright for you.

On top of that, here are just some of the other benefits you will enjoy in a career with us:

• Flexible work options to get the most out of work and life
• For permanent roles, pay less tax on your income and increase your take home pay. With salary packaging, up to $15,900 of your income is tax free. Spend up to $2,650 on accommodation,mealsand entertainment also tax free with salary packaging
• Ongoing training and professional development opportunities to advance your career
• Exclusive discounts to over 400 retailers
• Employee Assistance Program and Fitness Passport with discounts to over 800 gyms for you and your family

Are you ready for a career that means more?

Anglicare Sydney is as wonderfully diverse as the customers and communities we support. While we are guided by our Christian-based values, our team includes people of all faiths and backgrounds who share our commitment to serving others, and we value the diverse perspectives they bring. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, genders,abilitiesand cultural backgrounds.

Application Close Date: October 27, 2026