Barista Birkdale

**Family friendly work/life balance workplace**:

- **Rewarding and meaningful work**:

- ** Save on tax with generous salary packaging benefits -**Novated leasing, general living expenses, regional area benefits, meal entertainment, Holiday Accommodation and Venue hire
- **Paid training & we support Career Progression -** Scholarship programs, student placement and internal promotion opportunities
- ** Access our Employee Assistance program - **Confidential free counselling (personal, work, financial or legal).
- ** Employee wellness portal** - discounts
- ** Eligible staff receive benefits like income protection from our default Superannuation provider**

**We are looking for an enthusiastic Barista to prepare and serve** hot and cold beverages and food in our Cafe**

**Entry level role**

**No previous experience required**

**Casual position**

**Must be available Tuesday to Saturday**

**8.30am to 1.00pm**

**$29.0776 p/hr casual rate +**

**10.5% Superannuation + Not for profit packaging**

**The position is based in Birkdale**

**Applicants must already have the right to work in Australia**

**About us...**

**MiCare** is proud to be a culturally and linguistically diverse organisation. A large part of our work is assisting people from a non-Australian background and we respect their culture, their history, their language and tastes, and their stories.

We are here for everyone believing that all people have the right to be respected and their differences celebrated.

**About the role...**

The Barista will work at our Café preparing and serving hot and cold beverages, including varieties of coffee and tea. The position will warmly welcome customers and create as well as serve hot and cold beverages, tailored to customer preferences. The Barista is responsible for taking customer orders and payments. Also, cleaning and sanitizing their work areas, seating areas and equipment/tools.

Barista responsibilities include educating customers on our drinks menu, making recommendations based on their preferences, up-selling special items and taking orders. To be successful in this role, you should have customer service skills and knowledge of how brewing equipment operates. You should also be able to work various shifts. Some of the key responsibilities of the role include:

- Greet customers as they enter
- Take orders while paying attention to details (e.g preferences of coffee blend, dairy and sugar ratios)
- Serve beverages and prepared food, like cookies, pastries and muffins
- Receive and process payments (cash and credit cards)
- Maintain stock of clean mugs and plates
- Be aware of Work Health and Safety requirements and report hazards or issues of concern
- Assistance in the maintenance of a clean, hazard free work environment


**About you...**

You will have a flexible, caring, patient attitude. You will have a preparedness to work to the 10 principles of the Eden Alternative philosophy.

**Qualifications**
- Certificate in Food handling/ Food Safety

**Skills**:

- Ability to work in accordance with Health regulations and the Food Safety Act
- The ability to work systematically and hygienically
- Good communication skills
- Previous work experience as a Barista or Waiter/Waitress preferred
- Hands on experience with brewing equipment desirable
- The ability to work in a culturally sensitive manner within an ethno-specific environment
- The ability and willingness to speak or learn Dutch and an understanding of the Dutch culture and history

**A police check with no disclosable outcome, medicare evidence of current flu vaccination and a COVID-19 vaccination, including dose 3 is required by MiCare for this position.**

**A commitment to work exclusively with MiCare Residential Aged Care facility as your only employer during COVID-19 will be highly regarded.**

**How to apply...**

**For Enquiries...**

**If you meet the above criteria and you’re interested in contributing to an organisation that values the highest level of quality in everything it sets out to achieve, we want to hear from you**

MiCare is a Child Safe organisation and is committed in everyday practice to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children.

MiCare says “NO” to Family Violence. We believe that everyone deserves to feel safe, respected, valued and treated as equals.

MiCare is committed to equal opportunity and ensuring the workplace is reflective of the community. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.

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