Retail & Catering Assistant

Geek Retreat Sunderland is a gaming café located in Sunderland city we specialise in everything TCG and tabletop. We operate 7 days a week and hold regular gaming events. As well as operating as a café/food venue and retailer.

We are looking to grow our team with a retail and catering assistant to work on a part-time permanent basis.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

· Serving and assisting customers

· Preparing food and drinks

· Contributing to social media channels for the business.

· Assisting with event coordination

· General cleaning and maintenance of the store

· Handling new stock (merchandising on the shelves)

· Providing a high level of customer service to all customers.

· Catering to all customer needs

· Running Geek Retreat Academy sessions (training will be provided).

Person specification:

· A positive attitude

· Strong work ethic

· Able to build a positive professional relationship with regular customers

· A people person

· A bit of a geek or a willingness to learn and develop a knowledge of the trading card products and other products that are sold in store

· Willingness to learn how to run events within the store with help and support from owners and supervisor.

If you are interested in the role please apply. Due to the high number of applications, we may not be able to acknowledge or reply to each individual candidate but will do our best to respond to as many applications as possible.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £6.40-£11.44 per hour

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food

Day range:

• Every weekend
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Shift:

• 12 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Sunderland, SR1 1DX: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Customer service: 1 year (preferred)
• Hospitality: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: GeekRetreatSunderlandRetailAndCateringAssistant
Expected start date: 27/05/2024