Café Manager

Location: On site / Dunboyne, Co. Meath, Ireland
job type: Permanent / Full-time
Sector and subsector: Hospitality Food and Beverage / Restaurant
Salary: Competitive salary

Avoca operates in 13 stores across the country. After all this time, the ethos of Avoca remains the same. We cherish our time-honoured traditions, which have been lovingly passed down through several generations. Our skills might be steeped in a long and rich tradition, but our attitude is to look to the future. We are now heralded as one of Ireland's most exciting retail stores, with a host of award winning cafes, restaurants and food markets crammed with artisanal ingredients from near and far.

We are searching for an experienced Cafe Manager to support the front of house team in our Avoca Dunboyne store.

Your day to day.

• Being hands on in supporting the team serving during busy service
• Leading a shift, ensuring our guests receive the highest standards of service.
• Supporting, motivating and developing the team.
• Rota management, to ensure staffing needs are met in line with budget requirements
• Host and run events, conferences, brand led tastings.
• Face of the café, being the first point of call for customer relations.
• Drive innovation, embrace change and support the team in the delivery of new concepts
• Staff training and development - ensuring all employees are adequately trained in areas such as tills, coffee training, merchandising, HACCP/Food safety
• Full compliance with health & safety and Food Safety requirements throughout our operations

Who are we looking for?

As Cafe Manager, you will need to be proactive and ensure the smooth running of the day to day operations within your department.

This is a hands on role so you will need to be comfortable with rolling up your sleeves and getting involved with service.

We need someone with previous experience of working within a busy, food led operation - exposure to supervisory or management duties is essential.

Our business is open all day every day so you will need to be flexible with the times you can work. However, enjoy the benefit of a great work life balance within a hospitality environment.

In return, we are offering a rewarding role with scope for career progression along with.

• A fun and engaging & supportive working environment
• Competitive salary, dependent on experience
• 20 days annual leave
• Access to discounts on everyday purchases and amazing Avoca products
• Life assurance and Pension Scheme
• Bespoke training programmes accessible to all
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Cycle To Work Scheme

Avoca is an equal opportunities employer.