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Coffee Shop Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 05 September 2025
Salary: £12.21 per hour
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 05 October 2025
Location: RG20 5ND
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Honesty Group Ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: CSA002

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Summary

Description:

Our Coffee Shop Assistants are the face of our Coffee Shops, and we are looking for bright, passionate and confident people to join our team. As a Coffee Shop Assistant with Honesty Group you will be serving our customers delicious coffee, freshly-baked bread, cake and pastries, and ensuring a clean and welcoming environment. We are an age-inclusive and disability-confident employer, and welcome applications from across every community.


Shifts and Hours:

Part - time:

( 7.5 hours only required every two weeks)

That is a total of 15 hours per month only, this role is to cover for one shift every two weeks


This small coffee shop is situated on Swan Street in the Hampshire Village of Kingsclere. It is the perfect place to catch up with friends and enjoy a bite to eat or a refreshing cup of tea or coffee. The shop sells the Honesty range of breads, pastries, cakes, tarts and biscuits, jams and pickles. Light snacks and lunches such as soups, paninis, pasties, sausage rolls, sandwiches and pork pies are available all day.

Why work with us, not them?

Our strong community-led values, and people-first approach separate us from our competitors. We are committed to holding ourselves to the highest standards with regards to the environment and sustainability, with all our food made by hand by our incredible team of chefs and bakers utilising fresh, seasonal, local ingredients (where possible) and served to our customers by dedicated, healthy and happy staff.


In return for your hard work, we offer:

- Secure employment contracts
- Full training and opportunity to develop within the business
- Free meal on duty
- 20% off all products
- Discounted Cookery School Courses



Future opportunities

There are many opportunities within Honesty Group, and we want to help you reach your dream role. Once you’re working for us, we will work with you to progress your career in hospitality in whichever way you want to. We are very proud that all of our current supervisors and managers once started with us as Coffee Shop Assistants.

Managers
Supervisors
Area Managers
Chefs
Administration
And many more!

Duties and responsibilities

Deliver excellent customer service whilst:

Waiting on tables
Supporting with any events as required
Answering telephone enquiries and taking orders over the telephone
Preparing food and drinks (check temperatures in line with company Food Safety guidelines)
Clearing tables and washing up
Engaging with customers
Support the manager/supervisor in dealing with customer complaints and handle them professionally and appropriately.
Use the work laptop as appropriate
Check slack and emails regularly for all communications
Open up coffee shop for service:

Take delivery of goods from the wholesale unit and display / put away. Report any shortages
Stock rotation and check dates on products
Display products and price
Amend menu board with specials / remove any out of stock items
Do fridge checks and temperature checks on delivery
Check coffee shop is clean and tidy and ready for service (sugar bowls, clean tables etc)
General Duties:

Ensuring entire shop is clean and tidy, items are replenished for the next day
Sweep / mop floors
Clean toilets, mop floor (in relevant shops)
Tidy and clean outdoor areas
Tidy stockroom
Check all equipment is cleaned and switched off
Place orders with Head Office for stock items / products
Log waste
Cash up and place cash in safe place
Lock up
Support the manager/supervisor with creating inspirational social media content
To join our team you will need to:

work with initiative as part of a team
have a calm, cheerful and helpful disposition
work within our Honesty Shop standards, respecting food safety and health and safety requirements


Honesty Group is an independent business operating pubs, restaurants, coffeeshops, and farm shops as well as serving our online and wholesale customers. Opened in 2014, Honesty Group now runs 14 sites across Berkshire and Hampshire, with our strong community-led values, and people-first approach separating us from our competitors. We are committed to holding ourselves to the highest standards with regards to the environment and sustainability, with all our food made by hand by our incredible team of chefs and bakers utilising fresh, seasonal, local ingredients (where possible) and served to our customers by dedicated, healthy and happy staff.

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