Lead Barista

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

Job summary

Kansas City University in Joplin is seeking a friendly Lead Barista to join our on-campus coffee shop. In this role you’ll lead the beverage team, deliver excellent service to students, faculty, and staff, and help create a welcoming environment to start the day.

Scheduled hours are 6:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Previous barista experience is preferred, but a positive attitude and reliability are valued as highly as technical skill and customer care.

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.
• Develops new and innovative ideas for making the area better.
• Ensures adequate food and supplies are on hand.
• Coordinates orders for the shop including food, beverage, and supplies, etc.
• Prepares and bakes pastry items.
• Strong time management skills.
• Complies with food/health safety regulations.
• Handles monthly inventory and turns it in to Hospitality Manager.

Skills

Barista experience

Excellent customer service

Professional personality

Job description

Lead Barista R-0002955 Joplin Campus

Job Type: Staff

Job Description

Kansas City University is seeking a friendly, energetic LeadBarista to join our on-campus coffee shop in Joplin. In this role,you'll do more than prepare beverages. You'll help create awelcoming environment where students, faculty, and staff canrecharge, connect, and start their day. If you enjoy working withpeople, thrive in a fast-paced setting, and take pride indelivering exceptional customer service, we'd love to meet you.Previous barista experience is preferred, but we value positiveattitudes, reliability, and a passion for creating great customerexperiences.

Scheduled Hours: 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Monday - Friday

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
• Develops new and innovative ideas for making the areabetter
• Ensures adequate food and supplies are on hand
• Coordinates orders for the shop including food, beverage, andsupplies, etc.
• Prepares and bakes pastry items
• Strong time management skills
• Complies with food/health safety regulations
• Handles monthly inventory and turns it in to HospitalityManager

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.