Café Assistant

Café Assistant 

Suffolk

The Organisation

Our client is dedicated to helping people in horticulture. Together with their network of partners, they provide free support, information, advice, financial assistance and services for horticulturalists and their loved ones experiencing illness, disability, bereavement, family breakdown and financial difficulties.

They have a real focus on improving the health and wellbeing outcomes of people working in horticulture and have an ambitious preventative strategy to create better futures for people working in horticulture.

Our client is currently seeking a Café Assistant to join their team on a permanent, part-time basis. The hours of work are 1:00pm – 5:30pm on Wednesdays, and 10:00am – 5:30pm from Friday to Sunday (Including a 30 minute unpaid lunch break).

The Benefits

- Salary of £11.44 per hour

- 25 days’ holiday, plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)

- Pension (pro rata)

- DIS benefit (3x salary) (pro rata)

- Sickness pay (pro rata)

- Comprehensive benefits package (pro rata)

- Well-established family friendly policies, including the ability to have extra unpaid leave (pro rata)

- Time off for dependants (pro rata)

This is a fantastic opportunity for a customer-facing professional to join our client’s dedicated organisation.

Working with a friendly and close-knit team, you’ll play a pivotal part in ensuring that visitors feel truly welcomed and can enjoy all the beauty that the gardens have to offer.

So, if you want to help them create exceptional experiences in award-winning gardens, read on and apply today!

The Role

As a Café Assistant, you will assist with the smooth running of our client’s tearoom.

Delivering excellent customer service, you’ll welcome visitors to the site, take orders, prepare and serve refreshments, handle cash, take payments and help with organising volunteers.

You’ll ensure the food areas are of the highest possible levels of cleanliness and hygiene and that the start and end of day procedures are completed.

Additionally, you’ll promote membership services to visitors, where appropriate.

About You

To be considered as a Café Assistant, you will need:

- Experience in a public facing role

- Excellent interpersonal and motivational skills 

- Good organisational skills

- Team working skills

The closing date for applications is the 2nd June 2024.

Other organisations may call this role Waiter, Waitress, Server, Tea Room Assistant, Hospitality Assistant, Catering Assistant, Customer Service Assistant, Customer Assistant, or Shop Assistant.

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