Full-Time Barista or Senior Barista
Job Description
WatchHouse is a specialty coffee group and roastery with 14 locations across London and now launching our first location in Manhattan, New York.
With new sites on the horizon, we continue to grow at pace with exciting opportunities for those wishing to build a career in hospitality
We are passionate about people, products and places and every day we share our vision of the Modern Coffee Experience.
We are looking for skilled and experienced Baristas to join our team at our new location – WatchHouse Manhattan.
Situated at the heartbeat of New York City, this House will become a hub of specialty coffee, beautiful pastries and much more.
The ideal candidate for this role will have good specialty coffee experience, capable of producing beautifully presented coffee with latte art as standard – as well as a good understanding of beans and types of filer coffee/V60.
Key Aspects of the role:
• You’ll work as part of your House team, encourage, and create a vibrant, exciting, and sociable place of work. You will be expected to work with coffee and food reflecting the diverse offering of our business and supporting your House team when required.
• Demonstrate unparalleled hospitality by delivering regular customers with a warm, positive, and welcoming atmosphere in the house.
• All our houses are unique, as a Barista you’ll be based at one of the specific sites and work anytime from 6am to 6pm. Training will be provided for this role. You’ll be an integral member of a highly skilled and high-performing team that can cope with the pressures and demands of a busy city centre coffee house.
• Duties include the opening and closing of the site. Helping to keep the house looking sharp, clean, tidy, and organized. Attention to detail is key.
• Of course, you will be serving the best quality coffee in New York City a high skill level, attention to detail and speed of service is a must.
• Maintaining brand standards at high volume production by following and adapting recipes to ensure consistency of high-quality beverages. You will be dialling in and producing the best product we possibly can.
We are looking for someone with:
• Previous coffee experience within a fast-paced specialty coffee environment.
• Proven track records in hospitality, punctual, adaptable and a hard worker.
• A great team player and someone who can work alongside a brilliant barista team.
This role also gives the successful candidates the opportunity to join WatchHouse at a time in which we are gearing towards exciting expansion, giving everyone unique career opportunities over the coming months and years, the perfect role for someone looking to pursue a career in specialty coffee and hospitality.
You’ll have access to a range of in-House learning and development programmes and the opportunity for promotion and transfer across the sites as the company develops.
In short, at WatchHouse you can expect:
• A truly wonderful bunch of people that you’ll get to work with.
• $18-$20 starting pay as a minimum, plus great potential tips!
• A variety of full-time or part-time hours.
• Great shift times to be flexible.
• Free coffee & WatchHouse drinks (even on days off).
• Free lunch on every shift!
• 30% off food when you aren’t working.
• 30% off our WatchHouse retail range.
• Full training available and opportunities for career growth and development across the business.
WatchHouse is an equal opportunity employer. We pride ourselves in creating an environment where diversity is celebrated, equality is insisted, and inclusion expected.
A company where we believe in having the right person in the role; and personality, individuality and uniqueness top the list of what we are looking for in applications and throughout our hiring process.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Salary: $18.00 – $20.00 per hour
Expected hours: 20 – 40 per week
Restaurant type:
• Bakery
• Café
• Coffee shop
Shift:
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Morning shift
Weekly day range:
• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends
Work Location: In person
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