Status: Permanent
Salary: £19,127.68 - £20,003.00 depending on experience (WTE: £23,910.00 - £25,004.00)
Closing Date: 22/05/2024
Hours: 30 hours per week, including occasional Saturdays. Additional hours may be required to cover for holiday and unplanned absences.
We are looking for a passionate and experienced Café Assistant Manager to play a vital part in our team and vision of offering an excellent customer experience based in our Moments Café in Stowmarket.
This is a hands on operational role and would suit someone who is adventurous, passionate about fantastic coffee and with amazing social skills who can work with the brilliant team we already have, and support new team members and volunteers too.
You will be supporting the Café Manager in management of the day to day running of the Café. Supporting the team to ensure that the highest standards in food preparation, quality, safety, cleanliness, hygiene and service are maintained at all times throughout the whole café. Contracted hours are 30 hours per week, additional hours may be required to cover for holiday and unplanned absences.
With all funds raised going towards the independent charity, St Elizabeth hospice, which improves life for people in the East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney areas living with a progressive or life-limiting illness.
Established in 1989, the hospice has built a reputation for delivering high-level care to patients and the community it serves. Through medicine and therapy, they ease pain; give life purpose and make life liveable. Last year the charity supported over 4,000 patients and their families.
The hospice’s work is centred on the individual’s needs and they provide specialist support wherever it is needed; whether that is in the home, another setting in the community, in hospital or in the hospice itself. Support is provided to patients and their families via the Inpatient Unit, the Community Care Unit including outpatient’s clinics, home visits from the community nursing, medical or therapy team, the OneCall 24/7 telephone helpline and bereavement support.
In 2023, St Elizabeth Hospice merged with East Coast Hospice to form a collaborative approach to developing achievable and sustainable specialist palliative care services for people living in the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.
The hospice offers a generous holiday allowance, pension (NHS pension transferrable) and other staff benefits.
For more information about the role please use the link below to view the job description and person specification.
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