CAFE MANAGER

We are looking for an enthusiastic manager to run the day-to-day operations of our popular café restaurant.
We’d love to hear from those experienced in hospitality, CAFÉ BAR, Restaurant management.
Especially if you are looking to grow your leadership skills and are keen to develop new offerings from TOAST.
We are a vibrant, independent café, offering exceptional coffee and breakfast, brunch and lunch. Although a casual diner we deliver fast-paced at high volume, to high professional standards.
We have a great kitchen team in place, so your focus would be on leading our front of house staff and operations. However, the ideal candidate would be comfortable in the kitchen as our lunch offer is prepared by the front of house staff. In addition, we will require our manager to be cross trained and be comfortable to cover the breakfast kitchen as and when needed.
We presently open 9-5pm everyday but are looking to extend our opening times until 9pm when we bring a new manager on board. We will be serving awesome Burgers, Hot Dogs, Loaded Fries and Nachos along with an extended drinks menu with good quality but basic beers, wines, spirits and cocktails.

CASH HANDLING, TILL AND CASHING UP RESPONSIBILITIES

Food handling and food preparation – Ideally some back ground in the kitchen and to be able to cross train in the kitchen to cover as and when needed
Food Hygiene – Experience in food hygiene and being able to maintain our 5 star standards
Staff Training – To really get behind our staff and get them trained up in all areas of the business to help us drive our standards forward
Staff Rotas – Staffing both the FOH and Kitchen rotas
Strong customer service skills – This is an absolute MUST. We love our customers and they love us. You need to be all action but at the same time pleasant, friendly and efficient with our customers to keep them coming back.
Experience of takeaway service delivery platforms – Deliveroo etc. We are high volume with online delivery orders and we need to efficient, highly prepared and ultra-organised to cope with the demands.
Reliability – A good work ethic and attendance is an absolute MUST
Energy, dedication and a good sense of humour - We need positive, energetic, motivated and vibrant staff here to keep us pushing forward and help pull us through the busy times (of which there are plenty)
In return we offer a secure, full time position, a vibrant workplace and plenty of opportunity to succeed in your job and increase the role and your responsibilities over time.
This is a great opportunity for someone with strong experience who is a bit tired of working towards a dead end. We’re really looking for someone who wants to push themselves forward in a progressive work environment, someone who could work into a director position and get more and more involved with the responsibilities of running a business and gradually take ownership of more and more of the business. This will be rewarded financially as and when the running and profitability of the business is in good hands.
5 DAYS OVER 7 (Usually Wednesday to Sunday but will be adaptable to the business needs)