Cafe Attendant / Barista

Tēnā koe. Nau mai ki te Kuratini Tuwhera.

Mō te tūnga | About the role

Our Lower Hutt campus has an on site staff cafe, providing everything from amazing coffee, the best cinnamon scrolls, catering for meetings, and a daily hot lunch menu. We need another experienced person to join the team - you'll need to have FOH experience and ideally kitchen management - as well as being able to make an amazing coffee! 

Ngā pūkenga mo te tūnga | What you will bring to the role

You're great with people and have excellent customer service and want to be part of an organisation that cares about its people.  Our onsite café is small, but busy.  This is a full-time role, Monday to Friday 7.30am to 4pm - enjoy your weekends and public holidays!

The role will include all tasks typical of a café and retail environment including customer service; cash handling and Eftpos transactions.  

Skills & Experience

• Barista trained
• Food Safety & Hygiene Certificate
• Excellent customer service
• Cash handling and Eftpos transactions
• Enjoy working in a fast paced environment and the variety of tasks a café environment brings.

Mō mātou | About us

The Kuratini Tuwhera is Aotearoa New Zealand's leading distance and online learning provider. We are also a subsidiary of Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology, together with all other Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics in Aotearoa New Zealand. Set up as part of the Government's Reform of Vocational Education , Te Pūkenga is creating a national network of online, on-campus and on-job learning. Under this exciting new direction, Open Polytechnic will be fully incorporated within the new organisation from 2023.   

We specialise in taking the learning to our students, focusing on enabling the success of approximately 30,000 students each year. We're a place where you can make a difference. 

We offer a wide range of learning disciplines from Real Estate to Social Work, Construction and Education. From our Academic Staff Members to our Student Journey Centre, we ensure our students are at the heart of everything we do, every step of the way. 

Ngā hua o tō tomo mai ki a mātou - Why you should join our team

We offer our people free education (50% off for whanau), free car parking on campus, a modernised working environment, subsidised school holiday programmes for your children, free fitness classes, and an on-site café.

We are proud of our kaimahi and value every contribution from all our people.

Tono mai | Apply now

If this role sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Applications must be submitted online via our career's website. Contact Nerida Radley: [email protected]  with any questions about the role. Applications close Thursday 7 July 2022.