Coffee Shop Assistant
Location: Winchester, Hampshire
Salary: £10.85/hour
Hours: Various Shifts Available
Shift Patterns: 1 x 34 hours; 1 x 16 hours
Are you a dynamic individual who is passionate about customer service?
Do you want to work for a Not-For-Profit organisation who gives back to the British Armed Forces?
NAAFI have a fantastic opportunity for customer focused individuals to join us as Coffee Shop Assistants on an exciting new venture.
We have launched a brand new coffee shop in Winchester and are seeking a passionate, energetic, hardworking and dedicated individuals to form part of our growing team.
Please note that the successful applicants must be flexible with days and have the availability to work some weekends.
Veterans and Dependents of the British Armed Forces are encouraged to apply.
Benefits of the Role of Coffee Shop Assistant:
- Various shifts available
- Shift Pattern: 1 x 34 hours; 1 x 16 hours
- Competitive pay of £10.85/hour
- Up to 5.6 weeks paid holiday/year (based on your average salary over 52 weeks)
- Opportunity to work as part of an expanding not-for-profit business that gives back to the British Armed Forces
- Opportunity to add value to a new coffee shop team
- Opportunities for succession
Role of Coffee Shop Assistant:
To be passionate about customer service and the NAAFI brand by ensuring NAAFI provides a first-class level of service to all our customers.
Assist your management team to achieve all outlets targets and standards and continuously deliver and maintain excellent standards through all aspects of your offer.
Protect and promote the NAAFI brand by assisting in educating our customers about our non-profit retaining status and what we do to support our British Armed Forces through on-site service or NAAFI Funding.
Ensure our customers and colleagues have an enjoyable NAAFI experience and become NAAFI advocates. Always use integrity and respect in all aspects of your daily duties.
Responsibilities of Coffee Shop Assistant:
- Responsible for delivering a positive customer experience. All customers should be greeted and served in a proactive, courteous, friendly, and helpful manner and all food and drinks should be prepared and served in line with the food safety and NAAFI quality requirements, with all brand standards are always adhered to.
- Responsible for the safe storage, preparation and serving of all food and beverage items accordance with ingredient cards and ensuring that only the highest quality product is served to our customer. Ensuring that Food Safety standards are met across all areas of the outlet in line with all the requirements of the Food Safety Act, HACCP and NAAFI Policy.
- Responsible for maintaining the highest levels of personal hygiene, appearance, and conduct.
- Responsible for ensuring your own, your customers and colleagues Health & Safety is maintained by following the controls put in place by risk assessment and following SSOW and manual handling techniques.
- Responsible for promoting NAAFI and sales activity by proactively offering advice to customers and acting on their comments and suggestions to increase sales and our brand image. Providing information on what we do and what their sales helps to achieve with the NAAFI Fund.
- Responsible for accepting and accurately processing payments using a variety of methods.
- Responsible for accepting deliveries and checking and replenishing stock levels in line with date rotation requirements and ensuring all legislation is met as well as NAAFI requirements on stock quality and presentation. Ensure any stock not reaching the required quality is disposed of in accordance with NAAFI policy.
- Responsible for proactively maintaining the cleanliness, hygiene and the health and safety of our premises and ensuring the requirements of any cleaning rotas and schedules are completed and all cleaning products are used in accordance with COSHH Assessments and Manufacturers instruction.
- Assist colleagues in the completion of outlet daily, weekly and monthly tasks as directed by the outlet schedules and line manager including supporting management with opening and closing of the outlet.
- To undertake any reasonable request within the scope and grade of the role and to carry out other duties as reasonably requested by NAAFI for the needs of the business to enable delivery of service, including taking part in activities in the wider operational part of the business as and when required.
Requirements of the role of Coffee Shop Assistant:
- Retail, hospitality or customer service experience.
- Ability to communicate effectively with people
- Ability to work on under your own initiative and as part of a team
- Energetic, passionate and dynamic
- Food handling experience (desirable)
- Cash handling/POS experience (desirable)
- Good written and numerical skills
- Please note that the successful applicant must be flexible with days and have the availability to work some weekends (essential)
Veterans and Dependents of the British Armed Forces are encouraged to apply.
Please apply today with your CV for the role of Coffee Shop Assistant
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £10.85 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Day range:
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
Physical setting:
- Café
- Coffee shop
Shift:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
Application question(s):
- Are you flexible and able to work weekends?
- Which shift pattern are you interested in?
Experience:
- Customer service: 1 year (required)
- coffee shop: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: Coffee Shop Assistant - Winchester - July
