Salary:                  Between £25,850.10 – £28,041.91 p.a. (depending on experience plus an enhancement for hours working in excess of 37.5 hours per week) plus benefits.  The salary range per hour will be between £12.67 – £13.74 (plus the enhancement).

Job type:             Permanent

Hours:                 39.25 hours per week

St John’s College, one of the largest Colleges within the University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Head Barista to join and lead the new Café team.  The refurbishment of the Buttery and Bar and the opening of the new Café is part of a masterplan developed between 2015 and 2016 by St John’s College.  The new spaces will provide a central, comfortable, social space where members can meet, eat, drink, chat and work.

The Café is a brand new outlet within the College and will serve breakfast, morning coffee, lunch, afternoon cakes and takeaway throughout the day and will be ideal for those looking for a relaxing place to meet or work.  This is a fabulous opportunity to establish this new concept as a vibrant and exciting venue that will be renowned for great coffee and fresh, quality foods. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on, passionate leader, with a commitment to great barista coffee, food and hospitality.

The post-holder must have the ability to lead and manage a small team whilst having excellent communication and customer service skills.  The post-holder will also have strong attention to detail, be qualified in Food Safety Level 2 and be able to demonstrate barista experience and/or barista training.

The College offers a competitive benefits package including membership of a defined contributory pension scheme, 36 days’ annual leave (inclusive of Bank Holidays), access to a ‘cash plan’ healthcare scheme currently provided by Simplyhealth, free lunch (up to a specified monetary limit), free use of an on-site Gym and free parking close to the College site.

For further particulars and an application form, please click on the links below, email recruitment@joh.cam.ac.uk or telephone 01223 338794.

The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9.00am on Monday 21 November 2022.  Interviews are expected to take place week commencing 21 November 2022.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we find a suitable candidate.

In applying for this role, you will provide personal data which the College will process in accordance with its data protection obligations and its Data Protection Policy. Please see attached for a copy of our Data Protection Statement for further information about how we process your personal data.