Community Cafe Assistant

£25877.80

Westwood Peterborough

Permanent

Full-Time

Join Our Community Café Team!

Hours: 37 hours per week

Monday to Thursday: 7:30am to 3:30pm, Friday: 8:00am to 3:30pm

Are you passionate about food, great customer service, and making a positive difference in your local community?

We're looking for a friendly, enthusiastic and reliable Community Café Assistant to join our welcoming team at WestRaven Community Café & Garden. Working alongside our Café Manager and Assistant Chef, you'll help create a warm and inclusive environment where customers, volunteers and community members feel valued and supported.

This is more than just a café role. You'll play an important part in supporting a community space that brings people together and promotes wellbeing, inclusion and social connection.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting the day-to-day operation of the café.
• Carrying out food preparation, baking, cooking, and buffet production.
• Providing excellent customer service to all visitors.
• Maintaining high standards of food hygiene, cleanliness and safety.
• Supporting café opening and closing procedures and cash handling when required.
• Working with and supporting volunteers.
• Building positive relationships with people from all backgrounds, including children, older people and vulnerable individuals.
• Assisting with community events and activities.
• Helping us maintain an environmentally sustainable café.
• Running front of house and being a welcoming presence.
• Assisting or leading small community/work experience cooking sessions.

What We're Looking For

You will have:

• Experience working with food preparation, cooking, and handling food safely.
• A confident, positive, understanding, and helpful personality.
• An understanding of food hygiene standards.
• Previous experience in a customer-facing role.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• The ability to work well under pressure.
• Strong relationship-building and communication skills.
• Be willing to undertake an Enhanced DBS check

It Would Be Great If You Also Have:

• Level 3 Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Level 2 Culinary Skills or Professional Cookery qualification (or equivalent).

If you enjoy working with people, have a passion for food and customer service, and want to be part of a café that makes a real difference in the community, we'd love to hear from you.

Help us create a welcoming community space where everyone feels they belong.