Weekend Barista/Coffee Shop Assistant

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Overview

 
Pay -
16-17 - £8.28 per hour.
18+ - £12.86 per hour.
 

Your local store is looking for a minimum 8hrs per week Weekend Barista/Coffee Shop. This is for a Saturday AND Sunday shift.

 

Dunelm’s coffee shops, affectionately titled Pausa, are positively thriving and it is our Coffee Shop Assistants that are at the very heart of their success. They contribute to a wide range of expectations, including the preparation of our delicious range of food and beverages, providing excellent customer service and continuously developing and upholding customer relationships.

What you'll be doing

Whilst meeting high standards for Health and Safety and Food Hygiene, our Coffee Shop Assistants function as part of a tight knit team, working well under pressure and excelling in product knowledge.


  • As part of this role you will be working, and in contact with a variety of different ingredients including dairy, nuts, meat products including pork.

  • Serving hot and cold beverages.


  • Dishing up our delicious savoury and sweet food items.


  • Ensuring all cooked food is nice and hot.

     

  • Keeping the restaurant tables clear and sanitised as promptly as possible.


  • Loading and unloading the dishwashers .


  • Providing an exceptional standard of cleanliness throughout the kitchen, service area and restaurant.

What we'll look for in you

  • You’ll have previous involvement working closely with a team and you’ll ideally have prior work experience in a similar environment.

  • That you are a polite, hard-working individual who just loves to provide a friendly customer dining experience.


  • A complete team player who never fails to contribute and loves the satisfaction of a job well done and a smile on our customers faces.


Our Dunelm colleagues work together to support and encourage each other in order to help create a fantastic work environment that feels like home. So, we would like you to feel confident and empowered in your role, be sociable and excited at the prospect of working in an ever-growing retail environment and provide memorable customer experiences.

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