We’re looking for an experienced, friendly and reliable Café All-Rounder / Café Assistant to join our team at The Raspberry Café in Tai Tapu.
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys working across different areas of a busy café. You’ll be making coffees, looking after customers, taking orders, running food and helping the wider team keep service running smoothly.
Key tasks and responsibilities:
- Preparing espresso coffees and other beverages
- Greeting customers and providing friendly, attentive service
- Taking orders at tables and entering orders through the POS system
- Handling cash, EFTPOS and customer payments
- Running food and drinks to tables
- Clearing, cleaning and resetting tables
- Keeping front-of-house and service areas clean and well presented
- Restocking supplies and maintaining service areas
- Assisting with dishes and general cleaning as required
- Providing general support to the kitchen when required
- Working closely with the wider team to keep service running smoothly during busy periods
Candidate Requirements:
To be considered for this role, you will need:
- A minimum of 2 years' relevant café or hospitality experience, or a relevant hospitality qualification.
- Previous hands-on barista experience and confidence preparing espresso coffee.
- Experience with table service and taking customer orders.
- Confidence using POS systems and handling payments.
- Good communication and customer service skills.
- The ability to work efficiently in a busy café environment.
- A reliable, positive and team-focused approach.
- Must be clean and tidy
- Flexibility to assist across different areas of the café when required.
- Availability to work weekends and during our busy Christmas and New Year period, including public holidays as required.
- Clean Criminal history.
- Ability to commute to work with reliable travel as the business operates 7 days a week.
Hours and Position:
- This is permanent, full-time position with minimum 30 hours per week.
Pay Rate:
- $25.00–$30.00 per hour, depending on skills and experience.
If you have solid café experience, enjoy making great coffee and like working as part of a team where everyone helps each other out, we’d love to hear from you.
Please apply with your CV and a brief introduction outlining your relevant café/hospitality experience.