Cafe Assistant
| Posting date: | 30 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.71 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 16 February 2026 |
| Location: | Ilminster, Somerset |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Ilminster Arts Centre |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
JOB TITLE: Café Assistant
HOURS: 15hrs over Three Days plus additional hours to cover sickness and holidays. There may also be the opportunity to help with some evening events, which usually fall on a Friday, plus other out of hours events.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Ilminster Arts Centre Café Supervisor
WORKING WITH: Ilminster Arts centre staff/volunteers
SALARY: £12.71hr
Job Description
To support the supervisor in the running, organisation, and delivery of the onsite café at Ilminster Arts Centre. To help assist the café volunteers to ensure standards including food hygiene, customer service and health and safety are maintained.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Help the cafe operation including assisting with food preparation, making drinks and serving food to customers.
Ensure the highest standard of food quality and presentation.
Processing customer orders. Cash handling and supporting café volunteers to take orders and process payments.
To help train and supervise café volunteers ensuring compliance with food hygiene standards, allergen awareness and health and safety.
To maintain a clean and tidy environment at all times in the café and preparation areas including washing up.
To cover the Café Supervisor’s duties in the event of illness or holidays. This will include food preparation, cashing up, routine cleaning and compliance with environmental health regulations.
Any other duties that may reasonably be required as part of this job role
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL
• Experience of working in a team in catering environment.
• Experience of processing payments and cash transactions.
• Excellent communication and customer care skills.
• Good numeracy and writing skills
• Ability to work calmly under pressure
• Neat and tidy personal appearance
• Maintains and expects high standards of honesty and integrity.
• Willingness to be flexible
• Prior completion of Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2 (up to date training can be provided)
Desirable
• First Aid Certificate
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Food safety and hygiene certificate Level 3 (training can be provided)
• Barista experience
Circumstances to consider
This is a fixed-term contract but may be extendable.
The Arts Centre is currently open 9.30 am – 3pm on Tuesdays to Saturdays.
Standing for long periods necessary and working outside in summer months
Work entails reasonable lifting of heavy / bulky objects within published health and safety guidelines on manual handling.
The Ilminster Arts Centre is a registered charity (1117698)
APPLICATIONS
Please send your CV and a letter with details of:
Your previous experience
What you can bring to the Arts Centre café
Your availability in terms of a possible start date
Please email your application to jobs@ilminsterarts.org.uk by no later than midday on Monday 16th February.
HOURS: 15hrs over Three Days plus additional hours to cover sickness and holidays. There may also be the opportunity to help with some evening events, which usually fall on a Friday, plus other out of hours events.
RESPONSIBLE TO: Ilminster Arts Centre Café Supervisor
WORKING WITH: Ilminster Arts centre staff/volunteers
SALARY: £12.71hr
Job Description
To support the supervisor in the running, organisation, and delivery of the onsite café at Ilminster Arts Centre. To help assist the café volunteers to ensure standards including food hygiene, customer service and health and safety are maintained.
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Help the cafe operation including assisting with food preparation, making drinks and serving food to customers.
Ensure the highest standard of food quality and presentation.
Processing customer orders. Cash handling and supporting café volunteers to take orders and process payments.
To help train and supervise café volunteers ensuring compliance with food hygiene standards, allergen awareness and health and safety.
To maintain a clean and tidy environment at all times in the café and preparation areas including washing up.
To cover the Café Supervisor’s duties in the event of illness or holidays. This will include food preparation, cashing up, routine cleaning and compliance with environmental health regulations.
Any other duties that may reasonably be required as part of this job role
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL
• Experience of working in a team in catering environment.
• Experience of processing payments and cash transactions.
• Excellent communication and customer care skills.
• Good numeracy and writing skills
• Ability to work calmly under pressure
• Neat and tidy personal appearance
• Maintains and expects high standards of honesty and integrity.
• Willingness to be flexible
• Prior completion of Food Hygiene Certificate Level 2 (up to date training can be provided)
Desirable
• First Aid Certificate
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Food safety and hygiene certificate Level 3 (training can be provided)
• Barista experience
Circumstances to consider
This is a fixed-term contract but may be extendable.
The Arts Centre is currently open 9.30 am – 3pm on Tuesdays to Saturdays.
Standing for long periods necessary and working outside in summer months
Work entails reasonable lifting of heavy / bulky objects within published health and safety guidelines on manual handling.
The Ilminster Arts Centre is a registered charity (1117698)
APPLICATIONS
Please send your CV and a letter with details of:
Your previous experience
What you can bring to the Arts Centre café
Your availability in terms of a possible start date
Please email your application to jobs@ilminsterarts.org.uk by no later than midday on Monday 16th February.