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Cafe Assistant

Do you enjoy meeting new people or would like to gain catering experience? We are looking for volunteers to help run the popular and friendly cafés within two of our Herefordshire-based shops. You can choose to volunteer at our cafe in Whitestone Hereford, or in Leominster.

What we’re looking for

  • Willing, friendly and able to work as part of a team
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Willing to be flexible and take on different tasks as and when needed.

What you’ll be doing

  • As part of our café team you will help to ensure that visitors have an enjoyable and safe visit. When people visit our cafes, we want them to have a warm welcome, get served quickly and enjoy their food and drinks in relaxing and clean surroundings.
  • You will be serving customers hot and cold drinks and food, clearing tables, talking to customers about our food and drink options, maintaining cleanliness standards and health and safety codes of practice. You will be helping visitors find seating and answering questions.

What’s in it for you

  • Lots of fun working alongside a great team of volunteers staff
  • See the difference you’ll make to someone’s day
  • Get involved in your local community
  • Volunteer discount of 20% in our stores (on donated items).
  • Annual outings
  • Social events
  • Winter Party

Café team volunteers volunteer on a rota to cover the needs of the site, this could be from a few hours a week.

As part of your role you will learn new skills and gain experience working in the hospitality industry, including great transferable skills, such as customer service, diplomacy, people engagement, following health and safety protocols. The money raised through our retail and catering contributes to the essential care we offer to the local community.

How to apply

If this sounds like you then we’d love you to get in touch! Complete the short form below and our Volunteering Team will be in touch shortly.

Got any questions?

To find out more call us on: 01432 852090 or email: volunteer@smhospicehereford.org

Job Details
Department:
Retail
Location:
Two locations to choose from

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