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Barista at Tills & Company, Portobello

Position: Barista

Location: Tills & Company, 167 Portobello High Street, EH15 1EU .

Start: Tuesday 6 August 2024, for 1/1.5 months.

Hours: 36 hours per week, working Tuesday-Friday. Shifts start at 7:30 and end

Pay: £12-£13/hour, depending on experience.

Perks: 20% staff discount at our bookshops in Newington and Portobello.

About Us:

We run Tills Bookshop, our wee secondhand bookshop in Newington, Edinburgh, and Tills & Company, our book and speciality coffee shop in Portobello. We also have a little Police Box cafe in Newington that we are running through the Fringe. Tills has been a vibrant literary community hub in Newington for nearly 40 years. Our new Portobello shop is a community focused space for people to meet, sit, chat and drink delicious speciality coffee and tea, all while surrounded by a huge library of beautifully curated second-hand books.

The Role:

We are looking for a competent and enthusiastic Barista to cover us for the August shifts of a Barista who has recently left us. The role involves working alongside booksellers to run our bookshop/cafe.

This is a short-term position, to cover shifts while we adjust to new management structure at the business. However, there will be further work available beyond August, including the possibility of management responsibilities and managerial promotion for the right candidate.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

  • Preparing and serving speciality coffee.

  • Serving sweet treats, and prepping, heating-up and serving cheese toasties.

  • Offering a kind, friendly approach to dealing with customers.

  • Dialling-in the espresso.

  • Handling the cafe independently during quiet shifts, while the bookseller is busy with book trade.

  • Working with the team to keep the shop spaces clean and tidy, and performing fridge temperature checks.

Requirements:

  • Experience as a barista.

  • Ability to work independently.

  • Friendly and personable.

  • Knowledge of and passion for books is a plus!!!

To Apply:

Please send your CV and a brief cover letter to jobs@tillsbookshop.co.uk.

Application Deadline: 1st August 2024.

Thanks!

The Tills Team.