At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver excellent customer service and prepare delicious food in a vibrant café environment.
- Company: Join our inclusive university team at the Falmer campus café.
- Benefits: Enjoy a competitive salary, generous leave, and great staff discounts.
- Other info: Flexible hours with opportunities for job-sharing and career growth.
- Why this job: Be the friendly face that enhances the student experience every day.
- Qualifications: Previous customer service experience and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 24522 - 24522 £ per year.
Join Our Campus Café Team – Where Great Service Meets Great Coffee! Can you deliver top‑notch customer service in a fast‑paced, team‑oriented environment? Bring your energy, communication skills, and love for great food and coffee to our innovative campus cafés, where every shift helps enhance the student experience.
As a key member of our food outlet team, you’ll take on a variety of kitchen and front‑of‑house responsibilities—from preparing simple, tasty food items to confidently operating barista coffee machines and handling transactions at the till. You’ll be the friendly face that makes our cafés a welcoming space for students and staff alike.
We’re Looking For Someone Who Has:
- Previous experience in a similar customer-facing role
- Communicates clearly and warmly with customers
- Can stay cool and efficient during busy service times
- Enjoys working collaboratively with a supportive team
This post is for 30 hours per week on a fixed‑term contract for 12 months based at one of our fast‑paced cafés on our Falmer campus. Hours of work are 8.30 am – 3.00 pm Monday to Friday but you may be asked to work between the hours of 7.30 am – 6.30 pm and we welcome applications from candidates looking to job‑share.
We offer a wide range of benefits and facilities including generous pension contributions, additional leave over the Christmas period and a great staff discount scheme that can be used on hundreds of different goods and service providers.
The University is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment for all staff regardless of age, disability, family or caring responsibilities, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief (including non‑belief), sex and sexual orientation. We embrace equality and diversity in our working, learning, research and teaching environment and are committed to maintaining a supportive and inclusive community. We particularly encourage applicants from Minority Ethnic backgrounds because the University is under‑represented by Minority Ethnic staff.
For the vast majority of our roles we operate an agile working system, with time split between working on campus and at the employee's home. It is the University's expectation that home working will take place within the UK. Further information about working for us, as well as the wide range of benefits we offer, can be found in the working with us section of our vacancies page.
