Cafe Assistant - #309706

Mō Tēnei Tūranga Mahi | About the Role

To support the Kitchen Manager in establishing The EIT Hub Cafe as the premier food service provider by ensuring there is a primary focus on a passion for food and an excellence in service.

The Café Assistant is based at our EIT | Te Pūkenga Tairāwhiti campus reporting to the Tourism & Hospitality School and Campus Café Team Leader and will be responsible for:

• Maintaining and participating in stock control
• Assisting Team Leader with records of food sales for staff and students
• Preparing and cooking fresh food items for the campus café including on and off-site catering and function events
• Customer service
• Barista duties
• Conducting schedule maintenance and ensuring high standards of cleanliness in kitchen, restaurant, preparation area and barista area
• Undertaking additional responsibilities and tasks relevant to this position as requested by the position manager

He kōrero mōu| About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Experience in hospitality stock control
• Expertise in and current knowledge of food hygiene regulations and food safety plans
• Good interpersonal and customer facing skills, able to empathise, maintain professionalism, display patience and politeness, within a sometimes-pressurised environment
• Enjoy prepping food, developing recipes and taking pride in presentation
• Love coffee, developing skills, relationship with customer orders and taking pride in presentation

As an inclusive and supportive employer, we value diversity and want to encourage anyone interested to apply, regardless of whether you tick all the boxes or not.

We know that people from underrepresented groups and women in particular don't apply for roles if they're not a 100% match, but we're not looking for perfection, we're looking for potential.

We want to see the real you in your application, and welcome the real you on board if you come and work with us. Skills are gained across many areas of life, not just in formal employment. If you can demonstrate the skills listed in the ad, but the experience was gained through whānau life, community or mahi aroha (volunteering) we encourage you to apply and share your story with us in your Cover Letter.

For more information please view the Position Description below.

Mō Mātou | About us

EIT a business division of Te Pūkenga, is a vibrant and progressive tertiary institute with campus locations in Tairāwhiti (Gisborne), Hawkes Bay and Auckland with learning centres located throughout the region.

EIT | Te Pūkenga is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and delivering services in a manner that responds to the needs of Māori learners and their whānau, as well as the aspirations of iwi and Māori communities throughout our region (including Māori employers). To deliver effectively on this commitment, we recognise the need for a culturally competent and confident workforce vertically and horizontally across our organisation.

Me pēhea te tono | How to apply

As a responsible employer and education provider, EIT | Te Pūkenga is committed to the protection of children and vulnerable persons and applies relevant policy and practice to meet this commitment. Applicants for this position should have NZ residency or a valid NZ work visa and will be required to undergo pre-employment checks; Successful candidates will be required to undergo relevant vetting and employment checks.

If this exciting and rewarding role sounds like your next career move then we encourage you to apply prior to 20 May 2024. We will be assessing all applications as we receive them and if we find that your application is one we wish to discuss further with you, we may contact you before the closing date of this advertisement.

To apply please submit your CV and Cover Letter alongside your online application.

For a copy of the Job Description visit Cafe-Assistant---Position-Description---0524.pdf