If you're looking for a part-time job, come work with us at the Hotel Grand Pacific! We’re looking for a Barista to work in the popular Courtyard Café at our luxury property on Victoria’s beautiful inner harbour. If you have experience and enjoy interacting with people to provide deli-style service, we encourage you to apply.
This is a casual position to start, working when required.
Shifts are 6:30am-3pm or 11am-6:30pm.
Description of Duties:
- Take, prepare and deliver food & beverage orders in a timely, accurate and professional manner
- Make product recommendations to customers and answer questions
- Accurately handle cash and process card payments
- Maintain a clean and tidy work area, counter area, and seating areas
- Participate in the daily stock control, ordering and re-stocking from the Main Kitchen
- Adhere to and maintain established department standards, to ensure that the service and products used by the guest are of the highest quality
Qualifications & Abilities:
- 2 years’ recent serving experience in a café or deli environment
- Experience preparing café-style food
- Experience as a Barista
- Food Safe and Serving it Right certification required
- Cash handling experience
- Friendly manner and excellent verbal communication skills
- Ability to multi task, remain organized and prioritize
- Ability to maintain constant concentration and attention to detail despite interruptions
- Squirrel experience an asset
Why Choose Us?
- Professional and supportive work environment with a high regard for employee safety
- Discounted employee parking
- Discounted gym membership
- Excellent employee meal program
- Food discounts in both our Café and Pacific Restaurant
- Friends and family hotel rate (Employee rate also available at other Preferred Hotels)
- Other industry discounts
- Excellent extended benefits (Life and AD&D, Health, Dental, Vision, and an Employee and Family Assistance program. A matching Defined Contribution Pension Plan & an RRSP program available when eligible)
- Employee recognition & referral program
- Treat days, employee events and an annual employee party
- We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity and inclusion in our team
- We support the professional growth of our employees through internal job postings.
*We thank applicants for their interest but are only able to consider candidates with valid authorization to work in Canada.*
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent, Casual
Salary: $18.99 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Store discount
- Vision care
- Wellness program
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
- All employees are required to be double vaccinated at this time.
Ability to commute/relocate:
Victoria, BC: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Experience:
- Barista: 2 years (preferred)
- Squirrel: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- FoodSafe (preferred)
- Serving It Right (preferred)