Team leader - Coffee Shop/Café (Part time) (NHE

The University of Nottingham has been providing an outstanding student experience for over 140 years and is a leading university of worldwide significance with established campuses in UK, China and Malaysia.

Your role as Team Leader

We are looking for an experienced Team Leader to work within one of our busy Cafés on University Park. You will be responsible for the operation, organisation and supervision of a unit, ensuring a high quality and consistent service is provided. Main duties will include preparing and serving a wide range of food and beverages, cash handling and banking, supervising staff and maintaining the care of equipment within the unit. You will also order stock, liaise with suppliers and ensure excellent customer service is provided at all times.

As a Team Leader, you will lead by example, be inclusive, fair, respectful, be resilient and able to adapt to change quickly.   

Supervisory experience gained within a similar environment, excellent customer service skills, experience of stock control and proven planning, organisational and administration skills are essential for this role.

Further details regarding the duties for the post can be found on the attached job role profile.

What’s in it for you 

Ongoing support to develop your skills and gain industry recognised qualifications to further your career ambitions that may lead to different career paths and career progression. An excellent holiday allowance of 27 days pro rata, plus additional university closure days and bank holidaysEmployee Assistance Programme and Counselling Service- 24/7 support. Supplier discounts, travel, and reward schemes.Staff Networks, events and activities and state of the art sports facilities. Uniform provided plus all the tools you need to do a great job.

Hours of work are part time, 26.5 per week, 5 days out of 7 to be arranged worked mainly Monday to Friday to include occasional weekends between 1.00pm and 7.30pm during the student term time and between 8.00am and 4.00pm in the vacation periods. The post will be offered on a permanent basis for 52 weeks of the year. Flexibility will be required. 

The successful candidate for this position will be expected to attend statutory training courses within six months of commencement of employment as well as any refresher training requested by the department throughout your employment. We do have several different options to attend training either during a typical week, Monday to Friday or on a set weekend dates within the year. Further details will be given at the interview. The interviews for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 30 minutes.

All our vacancies are available to view at:

https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/home.aspx 

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Estates Recruitment email at: bw-estatesrecruit@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk. Please note applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus. Learn more about the university commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. 

We want you to succeed in our recruitment process and have published Candidate Guidance for you to access information and support on application and interview process. 

We offer a range of benefits, visit Your Benefits website to learn what we can offer you.

We welcome applications from UK, Europe and from across the globe and we want to make your transition to living in the UK as smooth as possible. Visit the Moving to Nottingham page to find out more.

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in UK.

Closing Date: 11 Jun 2025 Category: Operations and Facilities