Seasonal Barista/Coffee Shop Assistant

Dunelm; Kingston (OK); On-site; USD 16,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Dunelm Pausa is seeking a friendly Barista/Coffee Shop Assistant for a seasonal role in the UK. You will be at the heart of delivering great customer experiences, brewing beverages, and serving fresh foods in a fast-paced environment.

This position requires energy, teamwork, and a customer-focused approach, with a minimum 20 hours per week and seasonal duration through February 2027. Shifts will include busy periods and weekend work as part of a thriving retail setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a customer-facing role preferred.
• Friendly, approachable, and able to build rapport with customers.
• Comfortable working in a busy retail/food service environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve hot and cold beverages to customers.
• Prepare and display savoury and sweet food items.
• Ensure all cooked food is served hot.
• Keep tables and service area clean and sanitised.
• Load and unload dishwashers as needed.
• Maintain high standards of health and safety and food hygiene.

Skills

Teamwork

Customer service

Polite demeanor

Job description

18+ - £13.39 per hour.

This is a seasonal position lasting until 13 February 2027.

Barista/Coffee Shop Assistant. From the first coffee poured to the final smile shared, every moment in Pausa is a chance to brighten someone’s day - and you’ll be right at the centre of it all.

Overview

Pay -

16-17 - £8.72 per hour.

18+ - £13.39 per hour.

This is a seasonal position lasting until 13 February 2027.

Your local store is looking for a minimum 20hrs per week Barista/Coffee Shop Assistant.

From the first coffee poured to the final smile shared, every moment in Pausa is a chance to brighten someone’s day - and you’ll be right at the centre of it all.

Our coffee shops, affectionately titled Pausa, are positively thriving and it is our Coffee Shop Assistants that are at the very heart of their success. You’ll take pride in every cup you pour, build expert knowledge of our product range and meaningfully connect with our customers. Whether it’s a regular grabbing their usual or a first-time visitor, you’ll make sure every customer leaves feeling better than when they arrived. It’s a busy, hands-on role that takes energy, focus and a fair bit of graft.

What you’ll be doing

Whilst meeting high standards for Health and Safety and Food Hygiene, our Coffee Shop Assistants function as part of a tight knit team, working well under pressure and excelling in product knowledge.

• As part of this role you will be working, and in contact with a variety of different ingredients including dairy, nuts, meat products including pork.
• Serving hot and cold beverages.
• Dishing up our delicious savoury and sweet food items.
• Ensuring all cooked food is nice and hot.
• Keeping the restaurant tables clear and sanitised as promptly as possible.
• Loading and unloading the dishwashers .
• Providing an exceptional standard of cleanliness throughout the kitchen, service area and restaurant.

What we’ll look for in you

• You’ll have previous involvement working closely with a team and you’ll ideally have prior work experience in a similar environment.
• That you are a polite, hard-working individual who just loves to provide a friendly customer dining experience.
• A complete team player who never fails to contribute and loves the satisfaction of a job well done and a smile on our customers faces.

Our Dunelm colleagues work together to support and encourage each other in order to help create a fantastic work environment that feels like home. So, we would like you to feel confident and empowered in your role, be sociable and excited at the prospect of working in an ever-growing retail environment and provide memorable customer experiences.