The Bale House Cafe is a small, but very busy destination café located within Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve known for its outstanding views, beauty and rare flora and fauna. The Bale House is the first public straw bale building constructed in Hastings and provides an exciting facility for visitors to the park to find out about this special landscape. Whether for eating, meeting, walking or learning The Bale House is a place for everyone, with things to discover every day.
Closing Date: June 13, 2024
Salary: £10.20 - £12.40 per hour (depending on experience)
Contract Type: Paid
Region: Groundwork South, Sussex & Surrey
Location: The Bale House, Hastings Country Park, TN35 4AD.
Contract: Zero hours and P/T roles available
Salary: £10.20 – £12.40 per hour (depending on experience)
Hours: Various shifts available, you will be required to work some weekends and bank holidays.
This post will contribute towards developing a vibrant community café providing a comfortable, welcoming and inclusive meeting place for residents and visitors to enjoy good quality, healthy and affordable refreshments and shared activities throughout the year.
You will provide a welcoming front of house service, providing excellent customer service and quality food and beverages to local community and visitors from around the country and world. In addition, to welcome visitors to the nature reserve you may be required to answer questions about the local area and support them in finding the information they need when visitor centre volunteers and staff are unavailable. Full training will be provided.
As we are located in the country park, please consider how you’d be able to get here for work, before applying for the job.
For key requirements of the role please see the personal specification attached to the Job Description on our website.
We are a creative, committed and enthusiastic organisation with a great track record of project development, fundraising and delivery, so there are always opportunities to grow and develop your role within our friendly team.
Groundwork South works with communities across the south of England to transform their lives and the places where they live. We have been at the forefront of social and environmental regeneration for over 25 years, and today we have a simple mission: to create better places, improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working.
We are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. This vision drives the work that we do. Each year we deliver over 100 innovative projects, tackling the biggest issues facing our communities and creating real and lasting, positive change.
For more info and to apply head to: https://www.groundwork.org.uk/jobs/bale-house-cafe-assistant/
