We are looking for engaging motivated, and energetic baristas to join a pool of staff working across the Cardiff University Food sites from Heath to Central Campus. The job will be exciting yet challenging at times; experience as a barista is essential, alongside a real positive attitude and you will just love working in hospitality, easily connecting with our customers. If you think this sounds like you then we would love to hear from you.

To apply for this role, you must have previous Barista and Retail experience as you will be expected to start this role having already been barista trained. Please state your previous experience in your application.

Shifts are available every day in the following patterns:

08.30 – 17.30 for Barista, Retail and Hospitality staff (these may be split into AM/PM shifts, or cover lunch events)

15:30 – 19:30 for Evening Meal Service and Hospitality

You must be free for at least 3 shifts per week, including 2 weekdays (Monday-Friday). Please state your availability clearly in your application.

You must be available for the Induction Day on Saturday October 25^th @ 10am. The induction will last no more than two hours.

The duties for these roles are as follows:

Barista/ Retail Main Duties:

• Preparing the café/ restaurant, paying particular attention to product placement, stock rotation, ensuring standards and stock levels are maintained.
• Maintaining a very high level of customer service and working with colleagues towards improving the level of standards and service ensuring merchandising and customer service practices are adhered to.
• Placing daily food orders and checking and singing for all deliveries from suppliers and undertaking stock rotation.
• Preparation of food and beverages, this includes serving and clearing tables, following set portion controls, making barista style drinks, and food preparation. 
• Cash handling, to ensure the safe keeping of cash floats and operating the cash register throughout the service. Recording all transactions and balancing the float and takings at the end of service, in line with cash handling Policy and Procedures. 
• Meeting the necessary requirements of hygiene and food safety by monitoring cleaning standards, taking temperatures and recording findings and reporting any variations, in like with Cardiff University Food Safety Policy.
• Participating in training appropriate to the position, if required. 
• Undertake stock takes and ensuring control of waste and costs.
• Assisting in the identification of equipment for repair and/or replacement, and reporting.
• Collection and return of outlet keys as required, maintaining a safe and secure working environment. 

Hospitality

These are ad hoc shifts from 1-2 hours over lunch periods to whole day events or evening dinners. We regularly have events across the weekends as well.

Most shifts for this role require meeting the hiring manager for instruction, then to lay out a buffet, and help customers as they have their event, and afterwards tidy/clear after ready for a driver to come back and take away anything as required.

For the fork buffets, you would be required to serve the customers the food, partake in clearing up, washing up, and restocking of food, and then tidying the event space and/or work area at the end of a shift (making sure the University space and your work area is clean, clear and tidy).

For dinner events, the role would include laying up the event, and then silver service during the event and the necessary clear down at the end of an evening.

Evening Meal service (Trevithick & Julian Hodge)

Service includes serving the students their evening meal from the counter, clearing/cleaning tables and seating area, cleaning down at the end of the evening, emptying bins and washing dishes, and other duties as required. This role will also require being able to converse with the customers to explain menu options and any allergen requirements.