Café Manager
The Living Rainforest
South East Closing date for applications is: 30th Apr 2025| Contact: | Robyn Daniels ([email protected]) |
| Sector: | Hospitality/Catering |
| Type: | Paid |
| Contract type: | Full-time |
| Salary: | Negotiable |
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, creative and adaptable Café Manager to join our team at The Living Rainforest.
The Trust for Sustainable Living is a registered charity based near Newbury, Berkshire. At our visitor centre, The Living Rainforest, visitors can experience the sights, sounds and smells of a lush tropical rainforest environment.
The Café Manager is a key member of our team. This is a vital role in driving the long-term success and profitability of the café, which is a key part of the visitor experience.
Key Responsibilities (full job description available on request):
- To recruit, manage, train and support all Front of House and Café staff
- Managing rotas and coordinating with part time and weekend staff
- To ensure Health and Hygiene standards are met and implemented in all front of house areas, including COSHH, Natasha’s Law and Food and Allergens Safety.
- Assist with events held at The Living Rainforest such as food preparation/presentation.
- Implement promotional strategies using sales and pricing data
- Ensure all café areas are welcoming
- Manage the development and oversee day-to-day operations of the café, including creating new menu items based on seasonality and customers’ preferences
- Ensure employees are trained on the proper use of all café equipment and ensure a high level of health and hygiene are maintained at all times, and monitor and report improvements where required
- Ensure Health and Hygiene practices are up to date with new legislation e.g. Natasha’s Law and keep update to date with new legislation
- Ensure a high standard of cleanliness is maintained at all times
Required skills and experience:
- Experience working in a café environment
- Have or willing to obtain a Food Safety and Hygiene Level 3 qualification and allergens training
- This is a very hands-on management role with the ability to lead by example.
- Have strong leadership skills and ability to manage a team
- Be commercial minded and target focused
- Fantastic communication and organisation skills
- An excellent team player and willing to collaborate with all areas of the organisation
- Must be willing to undertake an advanced DBS check and be First Aid trained
- Good computer skills excel, word and familiarity with EPOS systems.
Apply for this job:
To apply, please send your CV together with a covering letter to [email protected] explaining why you would be the best candidate for the role.
Thank you for your interest in joining our team. Due to the popularity of some vacancies, if we haven’t contacted you back within 28 days, please assume that your application was unsuccessful.
We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
The Living Rainforest is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and Adults at Risk. Therefore the successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for this role.
