Cafe coordinator volunteer roles in needham market, suffolk
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We are recruiting new volunteers to join our Front of House Café Team!
The Bank Arts Centre (Eyes Open CIC) is a volunteer-led, not-for-profit Community Arts Centre providing a programme of creative and social activities including exhibitions, live events and workshops. At the heart of our offerings is our family-friendly café which continues to grow. To meet demand, we are looking for new volunteers to join our friendly team to assist with the day-to-day running of food and drink service.
As a Front of House Cafe Volunteer you will contribute to daily service including - greeting visitors, taking and preparing drinks orders, serving tables, maintaining clean and safe environment. This rewarding opportunity will allow you to develop new skills, gain confidence, become an active member in the community, and make a positive impact on our customers’ experience. If you're passionate about creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere, love interacting with people, and enjoy the aroma of fresh coffee, this is the perfect opportunity for you!
Previous experience in a similar role is preferred but full training will be given. It is essential volunteers are willing to follow instructions, policies and procedures.
What You'll Do:
· Provide a warm welcome and assist customers and visitors
· Take and process customer orders efficiently
· Operating barista coffee machine
· Serve a variety of food and drink orders
· Keep the cafe area clean and tidy
· Take payments through till and card reader
· Provide customers with information about our events, exhibitions, and workshops
· Occasionally help set up for workshops and events
· Additional with additional front of house Ad-hoc tasks
Why Volunteer with Us?
As a Café volunteer, you will be helping us to build a fresh team of vibrant and creative people and create a welcoming, fun, and dynamic environment. This rewarding opportunity will allow you to - be part of a dynamic team contributing to the local arts and cultural scene; Enhance your customer service and communication skills in a welcoming environment; Connect with like-minded individuals and be a valued member of our growing community; Tailor your volunteer hours to fit your schedule.
What We're Looking For:
We are seeking enthusiastic individuals with a passion for delivering exceptional customer service and keen to learn new skills. Our ideal candidates possess friendly and approachable personalities, thriving in collaborative team environments. While the ability to work well within a team is essential, an interest in arts and culture is preferred. Join us in creating a welcoming atmosphere where your positive energy and passion can make a meaningful impact on our community and cultural initiatives.
Essential skills: Good communication, excellent listening, collaborative and works well in a team, friendly and welcoming, proactive and demonstrate good initiative, and able to provide good customer service.
How to get involved:
If you're ready to make a difference and have fun doing it, we'd love to have you on our team! To express your interest or learn more about becoming a Front of House Cafe Volunteer at The Bank Arts Centre, please contact:
Jon Betts (General Manager)
Applicants must be based in the UK and able to travel to and from the venue. Please do not apply if not.
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
***Please note that this is an opportunity based in Nottingham (shire) in the United Kingdom and we don’t offer sponsorship or accept overseas applicants***
Age UK Notts are seeking individuals who would like to be considered as a volunteer for our Companion Service.
Volunteers will be supporting people remotely, in their own homes and in the community within Nottingham and Nottinghamshire and ideally, we ask all applicants to provide a minimum of 1 hour volunteering a week.
The companion service volunteer can choose to be:
• A companion telephone/video caller
• A companion within the person’s home
• A companion outside the person’s home
• Or a combination of all three.
Examples of the type of support the service offers include:
• Telephone / video calls for an older person/s on a regular basis at a mutually agreed time for a friendly chat.
• Supporting an older person/s hobbies and interests or simply chatting with them in their own home on a regular basis.
• Supporting with digital access & building confidence skills & motivation to access the opportunities of the internet.
• Supporting the person outside of their home e.g., by accompanying them on a walk, to the shops, to a café, garden centre, theatre or cinema or other social activities / community groups.
• Where appropriate, supporting the older person to access other services through information and signposting or referring to the Companion Service Coordinator for support.
We are looking for the following skills/interests:
• Individuals with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of older people who are committed to volunteering on a regular basis.
• Commitment to complete our Volunteer Report Form accurately and regularly.
• Ability to travel for visits in the local community either by car or public transport for those volunteers who choose to participate in this type of activity.
• Digital literacy for those volunteers who choose to participate in this type of activity.
Please do note, however, that at the moment we are not looking for Volunteer Telephone Companions.
We are looking for volunteers with good daytime availability in specific areas of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Please contact the volunteering team for further information on where specifically in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
101 - 500
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