Community Café Supervisor
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,375 to £25,311 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2024 |
| Location: | TN35 4AD |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Groundwork South |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | BHCS24 |
Summary
The Bale House Cafe is a small, but very busy destination café located within Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve known for its outstanding views, beauty and rare flora and fauna. The Bale House is the first public straw bale building constructed in Hastings and provides an exciting facility for visitors to the park to find out about this special landscape. Whether for eating, meeting, walking or learning The Bale House is a place for everyone, with things to discover every day.
This post will work closely with the Café Manager to manage and develop a vibrant community café within the The Bale House Visitor Centre at Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve providing a comfortable, welcoming and inclusive meeting place for residents and visitors to enjoy good quality refreshments. You will supervise and lead the team of Café Assistants to ensure the smooth running of the café including managing rotas, absence and providing feedback.
You will ensure that the café provides quality food and beverages relevant to the requirements and backgrounds of the café users and local community while also developing a welcoming and efficient environment for all those using the café.
For key requirements of the role please see the personal specification attached to the Job Description on our website.
We are a creative, committed and enthusiastic organisation with a great track record of project development, fundraising and delivery, so there are always opportunities to grow and develop your role within our friendly team.
In return we offer you:
A competitive salary
Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum plus public holidays
Health Cash Plan including PERKS – such as discounted gym membership and shopping discounts
Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
Salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work and pension contributions
Family friendly policies to support work/life balance with time off in lieu for out of hours activities
Business travel expenses
Groundwork South works with communities across the south of England to transform their lives and the places where they live. We have been at the forefront of social and environmental regeneration for over 25 years, and today we have a simple mission: to create better places, improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working.
We are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. This vision drives the work that we do. Each year we deliver over 100 innovative projects, tackling the biggest issues facing our communities and creating real and lasting, positive change.
This post will work closely with the Café Manager to manage and develop a vibrant community café within the The Bale House Visitor Centre at Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve providing a comfortable, welcoming and inclusive meeting place for residents and visitors to enjoy good quality refreshments. You will supervise and lead the team of Café Assistants to ensure the smooth running of the café including managing rotas, absence and providing feedback.
You will ensure that the café provides quality food and beverages relevant to the requirements and backgrounds of the café users and local community while also developing a welcoming and efficient environment for all those using the café.
For key requirements of the role please see the personal specification attached to the Job Description on our website.
We are a creative, committed and enthusiastic organisation with a great track record of project development, fundraising and delivery, so there are always opportunities to grow and develop your role within our friendly team.
In return we offer you:
A competitive salary
Generous holiday entitlement of 25 days per annum plus public holidays
Health Cash Plan including PERKS – such as discounted gym membership and shopping discounts
Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
Salary sacrifice schemes including cycle to work and pension contributions
Family friendly policies to support work/life balance with time off in lieu for out of hours activities
Business travel expenses
Groundwork South works with communities across the south of England to transform their lives and the places where they live. We have been at the forefront of social and environmental regeneration for over 25 years, and today we have a simple mission: to create better places, improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working.
We are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. This vision drives the work that we do. Each year we deliver over 100 innovative projects, tackling the biggest issues facing our communities and creating real and lasting, positive change.
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