Cafe Assistant

**Mō Tēnei Tūranga Mahi | About the Role**

To support the Kitchen Manager in establishing The EIT Hub Cafe as the premier food service provider by ensuring there is a primary focus on a passion for food and an excellence in service.

The Café Assistant is based at our EIT | Te Pūkenga Tairāwhiti campus reporting to the Tourism & Hospitality School and Campus Café Team Leader and will be responsible for:

- Maintaining and participating in stock control
- Assisting Team Leader with records of food sales for staff and students
- Preparing and cooking fresh food items for the campus café including on and off-site catering and function events
- Customer service
- Barista duties
- Conducting schedule maintenance and ensuring high standards of cleanliness in kitchen, restaurant, preparation area and barista area
- Undertaking additional responsibilities and tasks relevant to this position as requested by the position manager

**He kōrero mōu| About you**

**To be successful in this role you will have**:

- Experience in hospitality stock control
- Expertise in and current knowledge of food hygiene regulations and food safety plans
- Good interpersonal and customer facing skills, able to empathise, maintain professionalism, display patience and politeness, within a sometimes-pressurised environment
- Enjoy prepping food, developing recipes and taking pride in presentation
- Love coffee, developing skills, relationship with customer orders and taking pride in presentation

As an inclusive and supportive employer, we value diversity and want to encourage anyone interested to apply, regardless of whether you tick all the boxes or not.

We know that people from underrepresented groups and women in particular don't

For more information please view the Position Description below.

**Mō Mātou | About us**

EIT a business division of Te Pūkenga, is a vibrant and progressive tertiary institute with campus locations in Tairāwhiti (Gisborne), Hawkes Bay and Auckland with learning centres located throughout the region.

EIT | Te Pūkenga is committed to giving effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and delivering services in a manner that responds to the needs of Māori learners and their whānau, as well as the aspirations of iwi and Māori communities throughout our region (including Māori employers). To deliver effectively on this commitment, we recognise the need for a culturally competent and confident workforce vertically and horizontally across our organisation.

**Me pēhea te tono | How to apply