Cafe Assistant | Unsworth Heights

About the role

We are looking for a fabulous Café Assistant to work at our in our lovely Greenwich Gardens Village based in Unsworth Heights, North Auckland. You will provide Barista and Café services in our established café. Reporting to the Kitchen Manager, you will be providing exceptional service to our Residents and their friends, while also helping provide a great dining experience!

Shifts are 5 days on and 2 days off rotating so some weekend work will be required. Start times vary 7 : 30am / 8am / 9am with corresponding finish times. 8.5 hours shifts.

Some of the great things you will be doing :

• Taking food and beverage orders from our residents, visitors and staff
• Making amazing cups of coffee (semi-automatic machine)
• Serving and collecting meals in our café
• Assisting the Cook with food prep in the Kitchen
• Operating the cash register
• General cleaning including café equipment and washing up in the kitchen
• Additional Kitchen duties as and when required

About you

You will have exceptional customer service skills, a vibrant and welcoming personality, enjoy giving service with a smile and you can effortlessly juggle several tasks at once. With some barista experience, some things that will support your application include :

• A warm and friendly nature and a 'Can do attitude'
• Mature and reliable with exceptional communication skills
• A good command of spoken and written English
• A Hygiene & Food Handling Certificate (not essential) as well as and / or commercial kitchen experience

About us

Established in 1984, Metlifecare is a leading owner and operator of retirement villages, providing rewarding lifestyles and care to more than 6,500 New Zealanders. We pride ourselves on providing retirement communities in which people are empowered to be the very best version of themselves.

Check out some of our Benefits!

• 3 Paid wellness days per annum & 1 paid day of leave to celebrate your birthday each year
• Health & Life Insurance - automatic cover free to all permanent staff
• 26 weeks of parental leave on full pay and 5 days paid leave for partners.
• Kiwisaver payments continued for those opted in over the age of 65 years
• Education, Development and Training Support

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