Cafe and Kitchen Garden Intern

Job information Cafe and Kitchen Garden Intern from the Company Feedback, this latest Cafe and Kitchen Garden Intern job vacancy is located in the city Beaconsfield HP. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Hospitality field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Expected July start, exact date yet to be confirmed. Please follow the below link to apply and press the 'Apply Here' button.

Purpose of the position

The Green Futures Intern will be part of The Dove Café team, reporting to the café manager and over-seen by supervisors. You will ensure good customer service in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, creating a safe place for all at the heart of the community. You will be working with volunteers and ultimately supporting the smooth running of the café with continued customer and volunteer engagement.

The role also involves working in the new kitchen garden, assisting with the new initiative and supporting the café to become more sustainable. This includes developing ideas around reducing food waste and local education.

You will support and work within the aims and purposes of St Thomas' Church; in accordance with it's ethos and values.

Scope of job

You will be involved in various stages of delivery including:

General/Café

• Display a confident and enthusiastic attitude at all times, with a great work ethic.
• Bring new ideas and take ownership of them.
• Produce food and drink orders to a high standard.
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene
• Complete routine tasks such as cleaning, tidying, and preparing the café for opening and closing.

Garden/Food Waste

• Assist with kitchen garden initiative on-site.
• Oversee stock levels and rotation efficiently to support food waste reduction.
• Create meals (e.g. baking) from donated produce to reduce food wastage.
• Develop new ideas to support local education on waste reduction and the environment.

Time with Feedback

In addition to working with your host organisation, you will spend a proportion of your time working with other young people, receiving additional training and development with Feedback and external facilitators. This time will be spent learning more about the environmental and ecological crisis and how it relates to the food system; it will also include elements of activism training, employability skills workshops, leadership & project management training and bespoke support based on your professional and personal development. You will also access 1:1 additional support and mentoring to guide you through the process.

Who we are looking for:

• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Numeracy skills.
• Confident, creative, enthusiastic, and self-motivated with a great work ethic.
• Excellent customer service skills, demonstrating a confidence with members of the public.
• Team player with a demonstrable positive, ‘can do' attitude and ability to work in a team.
• Passionate about reducing waste food and environmental sustainability.
• Interest in food growing and horticulture.
• Ability to work with all generations, including schools groups and community members.
• Working collaboratively with manager and supervisors developing menus, food service and future planning.
• Able to work in a loud busy environment.
• Be enthusiastic, hardworking and keen to learn!

Eligibility:

In order for your application to be considered, you need to fulfil the following eligibility criteria:

• You must be legally entitled to work in the UK
• You must not currently be enrolled on a higher education degree (undergraduate or postgraduate).

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PLEASE NOTE: Green Futures placements are designed to assist those who have experienced barriers to entry in to the environmental and community food sectors. As such, we will prioritise candidates who do not have undergraduate or postgraduate qualifications. We still encourage you to apply If you have an undergraduate or postgraduate degree.

TRAVEL TO WORK: We recognise that travelling to your placement via public transport may present challenges. We are committed to ensuring that travelling to placements will not be a barrier for people, and are happy to discuss ways to make this work. You may be able to access a bursary scheme to support the purchase of a bicycle or other low carbon methods of travel to work. This placement is able to be accessed by bus from High Wycombe/ Beaconsfield.

Inclusivity

These placements are open to everyone, regardless of experience or background. We acknowledge that the environmental sector is less open to young people from under-represented backgrounds and we're committed to doing what we can to correct this. We especially want to hear from you if you feel that opportunities like this are less available to you, or if you feel overlooked by mainstream institutions.

No previous experience in the environmental sector is necessary. We encourage applications from:

• People who are passionate about affecting positive change and want to take action to tackle climate change but have not had relevant work or education experience, such as studying a relevant subject at college or university.
• People who want to try their hand at something new, but don't know where to start, or haven't had the opportunity to do so
• People who have studied a relevant subject at university but have not been able to secure paid employment in that sector within a year of graduating.
• People who are interested in training in practical food delivery (cooking, growing or distribution) with a sustainable, community or ecological focus but have little or no previous professional experience.

Host Organisation - About us

The Dove Café was set up by St Thomas' Church as a community outreach opportunity on behalf of and with the support of the Beaconsfield Team. Without the strong vision, drive and hard work from the members of St Thomas' Church the Café would not have been born. The Café opened in February supported by the local community.

The Dove Café is a Limited company with a board of directors with a smaller committee team. The project is not for profit and aims to break even at the end of each financial year.

The Dove Café is a community outreach project who also aim to make environmentally aware choices. We aim to have as little food waste as possible by planning our menu carefully and coming up with creative ways to use what we have, such as making bread pudding and croutons with the ends of the loaf of bread. We also take donations of produce that is no longer able to be sold and turn it into amazing salads, soups and bakes, one week this could be two box's of bananas then the next could 5 crates of broccoli.

We have a huge garden with a lot of possibilities and space to grow vegetables or a “wild garden”. The Dove Café is a community hub and so the possibilities when it comes to setting up new groups are endless. Alfriston School attend the café every Thursday evening and host a hobby club that could easily support gardening projects.

Position in organisation

The successful applicant will work alongside other team members, volunteers and report to the Café Manager.

Please read through all of the information on the Feedback website and apply through the 'apply here' button from this link:

Job Types: Part-time, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract, InternshipContract length: 16 weeks

Pay: £12.00 per hour

Expected hours: 21 per week

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 21/06Reference ID: Cafe and Kitchen Garden Intern Expected start date: 08/07