Barista - Full Time

Edyn; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A vibrant hospitality group is seeking a Barista for their Coffee Club in Manchester. The ideal candidate should be confident, warm, and capable of crafting exceptional coffee experiences. Responsibilities include ensuring a welcoming atmosphere, supporting daily café operations, and embodying the community spirit. This position offers flexible work arrangements and generous benefits including a bonus scheme and well-being programs. Join us to contribute to a unique coffee experience in a creatively designed environment.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Wellbeing benefits

Flexible working hours

Free nights in properties

Pension plan

Sick pay

Recognition schemes

Qualifications

• Ability to craft excellent espresso-based drinks and pour-overs.
• Experience in a hospitality or café setting is a plus.
• Willingness to engage with customers and create a warm atmosphere.

Responsibilities

• Curate a great customer experience from arrival to departure.
• Support café operations including opening/closing duties.
• Act as an ambassador for Coffee Club and its community.

Skills

Confident and warm interpersonal skills

Coffee preparation

Curiosity and adaptability

Job description

Introducing Coffee Club @Whitworth Locke – a fresh, curated coffee experience designed for locals, guests, creatives, and collaborators. Set within the vibrant social hub of Whitworth Locke, our new concept brings together specialty coffee, community spirit, and a laid-back vibe.

We’re not your typical coffee shop. Coffee Club is a space to meet, create, linger, and connect with great music, local partnerships, and the best coffee in town.

Our desire to inspire soulful hospitality is taking us on a journey of evolution and growth, making our presence felt in major cities across the UK and Europe. We entrust our vision, purpose and brand to the hands of our teams. It’s a big responsibility and this is why we seek and develop unique individuals to lead the charge.

In an (overly simplistic) nutshell our Baristas are:

• Confident, warm and bubbly individuals, focussed on curating an experience that each one of our guests desires from the moment they step over our threshold
• Craft consistently excellent espresso-based drinks and pour-overs using top-quality beans and equipment
• Support with daily opening/closing duties, stock rotation, and café upkeep
• Act as an ambassador for Coffee Club and the wider Whitworth Locke community
• Endlessly curious – reading our guests and adapting approaches to suit the individual and not the masses

But most importantly they are humans like us. We don’t believe in a work persona, we avoid hierarchy and we connect with empathy and honesty.

Our team don’t shy away from the fundamentals either; they embrace our systems and tech and they are eager to learn and evolve.

When guests return home inspired, with stories to tell and discoveries to share, you will have been successful. They will come back more often and tell others. This will be the tale of Locke.

In return we offer you a bonus scheme, holidays (including the option to buy more if you want them), a host of wellbeing benefits (Cash Plan, Life Assurance, Long Term Income Protection, an Employee Assistance Programme…), free nights in our properties, awesome recognition schemes, pension (the tax efficient way), company sick pay and further benefits tailored to your individual needs.

But most importantly, we offer you a role in our story and the chance to write your own chapter.

When and Where?

We believe in working flexibly – this includes flexibility in work location, working days (including weekends and bank holidays in operations) and working hours. This may be ad hoc or permanent flexibility. Ask your recruiting manager or see our careers page for more information.

Set in a 19th Century cotton factory, every area – from the beautiful Conservatory Bar to the spacious co-working lounge – celebrates the building’s quirks and features. There’s also a packed calendar of events, pop-ups and fitness classes for you to join in with, if you fancy. And if you’re heading out, you’re just minutes from the city’s best bars, shops and nightlife. Settle in, and see Manchester differently.

About edyn

Our vision is to create sanctuaries across European cities, which provide a sense of belonging to the free-thinking urbanite in all of us. Each of our brands – Locke, SACO and Cove– is firmly rooted in the local neighbourhood, offering vibrant experiences and connections which nourish and enliven the soul. To find out more about what it’s like to work at edyn, visit https://www.findingedyn.com/start-here-go-anywhere

About Locke Beautifully designed, one-of-a-kind, locally inspired aparthotels. Made to be lived in, not just slept in. Where home meets lifestyle hotel. Work meets life. People connect with themselves, and the community. Another way to stay. To find out more about Locke, visit http://lockeliving.com/.