Location: South East London

Weekly Hours: Zero Hours Contract

Your typical day could start with completing open checks for the café to include checking perishables use by dates. Turning on all kitchen equipment and Cooking pastries, setting the front counter and till readiness. Then you might be serving customers food from the menu and preparing drinks from our espresso machine , before completing daily and or weekly/monthly cleaning jobs.

As a Barista you’ll be at the heart of your Peabody community, playing a crucial role supporting the practical needs and wellbeing of residents, Centre users and ensuring centre safety. With a particular focus on providing a high quality and responsive coffee bar retail service, ensuring the effective delivery of this service to all centre users, visitors and employees. you’ll actively work with residents and centre users under the supervision of management in the Café area although autonomous working will be required with support from other Centre staff if needed.

You’re a people person who likes to get things done. You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with other teams and you’re first rate at building meaningful relationships across the various departments here at Darwin Court to enable you to find creative solutions to issues. The role is solely based here at Darwin Court but occasional travel for training purposes will be required.

Your role covers but is not limited to Describing menu items to customers or suggest products that might appeal to them. Order, receive, or stock supplies or retail products. Receive and process customer payments. Serve prepared foods, such as muffins, Panini’s, or bagels. Stock customer service stations with paper products or beverage preparation items. Take customer orders and convey them to other employees for preparation. Wrap, label, or date food items for sale. To lead and promote a positive health and safety culture, ensuring, as far as practicable, that activities are carried out under your control and in accordance with Peabody Health and Safety policies and procedures. You may be required to undertake specific Health and Safety roles such as Fire Warden or First Aider as part of your duties

If you’re creative in your problem-solving, energised by supporting your customers and, like us, committed to helping people flourish, we want to hear from you.

To be successful in this role, you’re:

Able to understand Service Level Agreements and can ensure these are always met.
Experienced or have knowledge of what fantastic customer service looks like.
Able to prepare nutritious meals, that reflect the users’ choices in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Knowledgeable of food hygiene standards and able to meet these and other statutory requirements when serving food and drink.
Hands-on and able to ensure a well organised coffee bar area is maintained.

Here are just a few of the benefits of working at Peabody and our Darwin Court Coffee Bar:

Meals and drinks on duty
Uniform
Flexible working
Up to 20 days annual leave (dependant on hours worked)
Access to a discount portal
Family friendly policies
The opportunity to broaden your skills and enhance your professional development by undertaking a level 2 or 3 qualification in food hygiene or supervision.

Are you ready to apply?

If you have any questions about this role, please email Talent Specialist, Chloe Singleton at chloe.singleton@peabody.org.uk

We may close this advert before the advertised closing date, depending on the number of applications received.

Interviews will be taking place week commencing 16th June

PLEASE NOTE: As an employer, Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licenced UK employer.

Vacancy details:

Discipline:
Customer Service

Weekly Hours:
Zero Hours Contract

Contract type:
Part Time

Closing Date:
12/06/2025 17:00:00

1 Jobs in South East London, ENG, United Kingdom (UK)

Barista (Zero Hours)

Peabody