Barista & Events Assistant

About the role

The N Cafe is right at the heart of our Club, serving up fresh & nutritious food for our nursery children in the week and a Family Club & birthday party service at weekends. We want to create an uplifting, one-of-a-kind experience for all our customers – both big and small – and our Kitchen Porter is key in delivering this.

At N, our brand-new, design led Cafe is fitted with all-new facilities and a sizable commercial kitchen.

You’ll be working closely with our Chef & Front of House to see that we deliver the highest quality service to our customers. We’re looking for an enthusiastic & well-organised individual who is keen to be part of a talented team and is available to work weekdays (and some weekends to help run our weekend family club events.)

What you will be doing

- Making coffee for parents and the team

- Working alongside the Chef to deliver meals to our 90 nursery children (helping to cook, cleaning the kitchen and pot washing)

- Delivering best-in-class customer service, building relationships with children, parents & team.

- Helping to ensure the space is inviting and welcoming for parents and children at all times (including tidying & emptying bins)

- Helping run weekend events

- Being a key holder and opening/closing when required

- Supervising the weekend team and providing guidance and direction where needed

-Supporting the room teams by helping assemble new toys and furniture, and delivering food to rooms where required

About you

- Passionate and positive (always see the glass half full)

- Efficient, clean & able to multi-task

- Driven by a ‘make it happen’ attitude and happy to get 'stuck in' to any task

- A love for customer service (making people happy)

- High energy brought to every task you take on, and solution driven approach to problems

- Able to work quickly & effectively during busy service times.

- Relevant experience in a cafe environment

- Responsible and organised

- Barista trained or willing to learn

Benefits

We have a fantastic work environment that enthusiastically encourages creativity, growth and autonomy. As a member of our team you will receive our full benefits

- Market leading salary £9.13 per hour

- Pro rata of 28 days holiday (including bank holidays) increasing to 33 with length of service

- Your birthday off work

- Real career progression, lots of opportunities for development as we expand

- Round the world ticket and 2 weeks paid leave after five years

- Great team spirit, events and socials

- Free lunch, smoothie and coffee each day

Shortlisted for:

Nursery World Awards 2018 – Early Years Launch of the Year

Nursery Management Today Awards 2018 – Recruitment Initiative of the Year Business Development

We set out to redesign the nursery experience for families in the city – offering a fresh outlook on Early Years education, while also solving some of the key problems that most frustrate parents. 

We opened our first site in Stoke Newington in 2017 and now we're building progressive and design-led nurseries across London – creating exciting settings for children and providing real value for families.

Stoke Newington received Ofsted Outstanding in April 2019.

Please include a cover letter explaining why you're the best person for the role and why you are the best fit for N Family.

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