Job Description

About you

You take coffee seriously – you are proud to pull delicious espresso shots every day, sometimes you watch latte art competition videos on insta for fun and you are keen to run an amazing coffee program.

You have had at least two years’ experience in specialty coffee and you are comfortable with all things specialty coffee – dialing in espresso, milk steaming, working a manual coffee machine (we’re using a La Marzocco Linea PB), managing coffee inventory and working in a high volume environment.

You should be excited to source interesting guest roasters for our customers and comfortable with supporting coffee education for the team (e.g. conducting cuppings, ongoing training for team members as required). You are also experienced and interested in designing and prepping other drinks e.g. ice tea, seasonal specialty drinks. You are professional, friendly and excited to get to know and serve the neighbourhood. You are available for morning shifts and afternoon shifts.

Shift times are:
-6.30am to 1.30pm (opening shift);
-8am to 4pm and
-12pm to 6pm (closing shift).
If this sounds like you, please reach out – we would love to hear from you!

About us

gertrude is an Australian specialty coffee and all day breakfast spot on the upper west side (not to boast but…. highest rated on UWS on both google and yelp :D, and recently named #3 in Eater’s top coffee shops in NYC list 😀 ). We are a small family run, female led business, and our priority is to look after our little team, serve our community and have a lot of fun.

We work with parlor coffee and rotating regional guest roasters. Aside our amazing in-house baking and kitchen program, we source from local small businesses like silver moon bakery and the local 97th st farmers’ market. We are passionate about sourcing and serving the highest quality locally roasted coffee while also offering a fresh menu that evolves with the seasons.

gertrude takes it’s name from Gertrude Street in Melbourne, Australia, and brings the warmth, character and neighbourhood vibe of this little part of Melbourne to the heart of the Upper West Side.

About the role

• Competitive hourly compensation based on experience, paid sick leave
• Working to DOH standards essential; food handler’s certification preferred
• Awesome coffee and food perks including training through parlor’s coffee training program and weekly cuppings of regional roasters
• Accessibility – this job requires being able to comfortably, frequently take stairs and carry 25+ lb weights. Reasonable accommodations will be made for suitable candidates to enable them to perform essential job functions
• Pay is hourly, dependent on experience and NY food handlers’ certificate

gertrude is an equal opportunity employer. We afford equal opportunity to all team members and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, disability, military status or veteran of the Vietnam era, sexual orientation, sex, age, or any category protected by law. We value diversity among our team members and the unique perspective this brings to gertrude.

Submit your resume (summarising your background and experience) to shweta@gertrudenyc.com – we look forward to hearing from you!

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Job Categories: Barista. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: Hourly.

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