Cafe Supervisor

Ashteadpark; Ashtead; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run garden centre café in Ashtead is seeking an experienced supervisor to support café operations. You will manage day-to-day activities, supervise staff, and enhance customer service. The ideal candidate has strong leadership skills and relevant catering experience. This full-time position includes alternate weekends but no evening shifts, ensuring a good work-life balance. Apply with your CV and cover letter.

Benefits

Free staff parking

Discount in the café and garden centre

28 days annual leave including bank holidays

Qualifications

• Proven capability as a successful team leader; able to motivate staff.
• Professional, organised, and good time-keeper, able to work well under pressure.
• Previous catering and front of house experience essential.
• Health & safety and food hygiene knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Support the manager in running the café.
• Supervise the day-to-day running of the café.
• Manage the weekend or weekday staff team.
• Assist in food preparation and serving customers.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team leadership

Customer service

Organisational skills

Hands-on approach

Job description

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and flexible supervisor to support the manager in running our popular, busy garden centre café, to start asap. You must have excellent communication skills and provide first-rate customer service, be highly organised and proactive and a great team player, people manager and be willing to help out in all areas in the café. Barista training would be an advantage.

You will work full-time, including alternate weekends (with a weekday day off in lieu) and no evening shifts, giving a good work-life balance. On your weekend on (and on the manager’s days off), you will supervise the day-to-day running of the café and manage the weekend or weekday staff team.

The café is part of our popular, independent, family-run garden centre in Ashtead.

The café:

Serving breakfast, speciality tea and coffee, cakes, pizza, light lunches and ice cream, the café has space for around 300 customers including outdoor seating. Afternoon Tea is served in our function room, which can also be booked for larger parties and events.

You:

Proven capability as a successful team leader, able to motivate staff and boost morale

Professional, organised, good time-keeper, able to work well under pressure

Hands-on flexible approach

Previous catering and front of house experience essential

Health & safety; food hygiene knowledge

Till operation and system management

Food preparation

Serving customers and clearing tables

Cashing up

Help out in all areas as necessary

Days:

Free staff parking

Discount in the café and garden centre

28 days annual leave including bank holidays

Daytime hours.

To apply, please send your CV and covering letter to [e-mail]