Part Time Barista Position PDX

The Human Bean; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 20,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

The Human Bean is seeking team-oriented individuals to join our fast-paced store in Portland. You will prepare drinks and food from standard recipes, engage with customers to understand their needs, and ensure accurate cash handling while maintaining a clean, welcoming environment.

You will work flexible hours including mornings, evenings, weekends and holidays, and contribute to fast, friendly service that reflects our authentic community values.

Qualifications

• Welcome our customers immediately
• Maintain a positive countenance
• Prepare all beverages and food using equipment provided
• Support training initiatives
• Manage daily, weekly, and monthly tasks assigned
• Linebusting to ensure our customers experience is speedy
• Ability to learn quickly
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and request clarification when needed
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to build authentic relationships
• Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs

Responsibilities

• Provide bean-on-top customer experience by preparing beverages and food to standard recipes
• Engage with customers to understand needs and communicate clearly
• Handle cash transactions and maintain store safety and security
• Assist with daily store tasks and maintain cleanliness and organization
• Support training initiatives and adapt to a fast-paced environment

Job description

The Human Bean was opened on the mindset of creating authentic community connections with a bean on top. The bean on top represents, a magic in the detail moment, that embodies the company’s core value of creating authentic human connections through the drive thru window. We believe that kindness matters and so do details. We take care to produce the best quality products to hand to our guests. We ensure that our relationships with our community, teams and vendors are both genuine and respectful.

Who we are

We are a speciality coffee company looking for like minded humans who strive to be part of a dynamic team. We live our core values of quality, experience, community and integrity. We are authentic, fun and engaging humans. We give and show respect to each other and our community. We strive to build genuine relationships with those around us.

The Job

We are committed to providing a bean on top customer experience while crafting exceptional food and beverages. We never take ourselves seriously, but we take what we do seriously.

Basic Qualifications

• Maintain regular and consistent attendance and punctuality, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Available to work flexible hours that may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, nights and/or holidays
• Meet store operating policies and standards, including providing quality beverages and food products, cash handling and store safety and security, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Engage with and understand our customers, including discovering and responding to customer needs through clear and pleasant communication
• Prepare food and beverages to standard recipes or customized for customers, including recipe changes such as temperature, quantity of ingredients or substituted ingredients
• Available to perform many different tasks within the store during each shift
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including early mornings, nights, weekends & holidays

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Welcome our customers immediately
• Maintain a positive countenance
• Prepare all beverages and food using equipment provided
• Support training initiatives
• Manage daily, weekly, and monthly tasks assigned
• Linebusting to ensure our customers experience is speedy
• Ability to build food and beverage based on recipes and guidelines outlined in training and continuous education
• Ability to learn quickly
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and request clarification when needed
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to build authentic relationships
• Must be able to lift up to 30 lbs

The pay range for this role is:

Local Minimum Wage - 18 USD per hour

Full Time and Part Time Positions available