"Cafe Manager"

The Role:

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Café Manager to lead our dynamic team within the University of Cambridge Catering Service. This is a hands-on role, ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about delivering exceptional service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and motivate the café team to ensure smooth, efficient, and high-quality daily operations.
• Deliver outstanding catering services to a diverse customer base, including students, staff, visitors, and the general public.
• Drive sales performance while maintaining strict control over costs and resources.
• Manage the procurement of all consumable and non-consumable items, ensuring purchases remain within agreed budgetary limits.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a prestigious institution and play a key role in enhancing the University Catering Service.

This role operates a Monday to Friday working pattern with occasional weekend working required.

About you:

In order to succeed in this role, you will join us with

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Hospitality Supervision and Leadership
• Food Hygiene certificate at level 3 / intermediate level
• BIIAB Level 2 National Certificate for Personal Licence Holders.
• Health and Safety Qualification e.g. IOSH Managing Safety.
• Have substantial experience in a large commercial restaurant environment or fast casual dining outlet.
• Experience of all aspects of staff management
• Experience of training staff
• Experience of dealing with customers

Please be aware that a Full UK Driving Licence is essential for this role (a full EU Driving Licence is acceptable on appointment, but the successful applicant must transfer to a UK Licence prior to confirming a start date).

Benefits of working at the University of Cambridge include:

• Competitive rates of pay with automatic service related pay progression and annual cost of living increases;
• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries)
• An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;
• Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores;
• Schemes to support with relocation