Café Assistant

**Company Description**:
Summerset is one of New Zealand's fastest growing companies and the third largest retirement village operator in the country. We design, build and operate retirement village's right across New Zealand. We are proud of our dynamic work environment and an equally diverse workforce.
**An opportunity has arisen for an energetic and friendly person to join our team at Summerset, to assist with the day to day operation of our on-site café. At Summerset, we're passionate about providing quality service to our clients and we are growing quickly, with 30+ villages from Warkworth to Dunedin.

We value your customer service ethic as much as the technical skills you bring to the team - our culture is what sets us apart Our Café Assistant is in many ways the face of our business and as such you need to be able to relate to a wide range of people, especially the elderly and their families.

This is a **6-month fixed-term contract starting late October (Tues-Sat, 7:30 am-4 pm)** to cover maternity leave at Summerset Manukau.

**Qualifications**:

- be outgoing, friendly and have a can-do attitude
- enjoy providing top class customer service to ensure a great café experience to our residents and their guests
- have the ability to provide high quality and timely support for the Chef
- have prior experience with making great coffee, food preparation and presentation is preferable
- enjoy working autonomously as well as part of a team.

**Additional Information**:
What's in it for you? This is an excellent time to be joining Summerset - not only are we growing and investing, we're the fastest builder of new retirement villages in New Zealand, so for the right person this company is brimming with opportunity. The work activity that you will be exposed to in this role will be diverse and interesting as well as working with a passionate team that is fun to be part of. To recognise the important work that you do for our residents, we offer social sporting teams, sick leave from Day 1, discounts at a range of suppliers and more.

The safety of our residents and staff is important to us. For this reason, we require all our employees to be fully vaccinated and boosted against Covid-19 before commencing work at Summerset.

Please note, only suitable applicants will be contacted.