Weekend Cafe Manager Edinburgh in Livingston

This role is being advertised by Brightwork Ltd and we require a Weekend Cafe Manager for our client's busy cafe in the EH5 area of Edinburgh.

Your Time at Work

Hours of work are Saturday and Sunday.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To maintain effective day to day organisation of goods by restocking from kitchen stores or gift shop supplies, flagging up when re-ordering is required.
• This may include checking off deliveries, price-labelling of stock, warehousing stock and ordering food stock.
• Keeping stock levels appropriate and managing stock turn-over.
• Liaising with the kitchen and Café manager as required.
• Preparing the rota for the shop to provide necessary cover and dealing with any changes to ensure there are always enough staff.
• Liaising with other Hospice teams as required to provide effective running, e.g. Finance, Stewards, Fundraising, Domestics.
• Serving customers and helping to keep the café clean and tidy.
• Organising the monthly rota, filling and keeping it updated when call-offs occur.
• Training and motivating volunteers to carry out the relevant role of café volunteer, ensuring good food hygiene practices are adhered to.
• Minimising controllable costs and shrinkage at all times.
• Ensuring operational systems and procedures are adhered to and carried out effectively and efficiently.
• Ensuring health and safety standards are maintained within the area at all times.
• Ensuring all areas of the premises are kept clean and tidy at all times.
• General administration using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Ordering of food goods as required to support sales of all products in Café and shop.

Other:

This job description does not contain an exhaustive list of duties, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties that are within the post holder's skills and abilities whenever reasonably instructed. The job description will be reviewed from time to time in order to adapt and develop the role according to service needs and client policies.

Our Perfect Worker

• Educated to Standard Grade (or equivalent) in English and Maths or able to demonstrate competence in these areas.
• Food handling experience.
• Experience in using software packages such as Microsoft Word, Excel and databases.
• Retail background with a minimum of 1 year's experience.
• Ability to manage and plan rotas.
• Some experience working in an office-based support role dealing with a variety of tasks.
• Flexibility in working pattern to ensure café is always staffed.
• Experience of working with distressed customers.
• Good organisation and prioritising skills.
• Good interpersonal customer service skills.
• Accuracy and attention to detail.
• Skills/experience in stock management and pricing of stock and food.
• Experience of merchandising or displaying stock and food.
• Experience dealing with cash and card payments.
• Ability to solve problems and deal with queries.