Spicer+Cole are all about great coffee, fresh delicious food and proper, heartfelt hospitality. Our café at the RWA sits inside one of Bristol’s most loved cultural spaces — a place for art, conversation and really good cake!
We’re looking for a warm, confident and hands-on Front of House Café Manager to lead our team here and help make the café a place people love to return to — whether they’ve just seen an exhibition or are popping in for their daily flat white.
This is a role for someone who enjoys being on the floor, knows how to look after their team, and takes pride in running a beautiful, well-loved café.
The Role:
- Leading and supporting your front of house team
- Creating a welcoming, relaxed and professional atmosphere; setting the tone and leading by example
- Training and developing your team with care and clarity, keeping Spicer+Cole standards consistently high
- Managing rotas and labour, achieving good service on budget
- Supporting stock control and smooth daily operations
- Working closely with the kitchen and wider Spicer+Cole family
About you:
- Solid experience running or supervising a quality café or hospitality team
- A natural host who enjoys people and building a positive team culture
- Organised, calm and practical
- Someone who loves hospitality, good food and good coffee
- Proud to run a café that feels warm, welcoming and well looked after
What we offer:
- A leadership role in an independent Bristol café group with strong values
- A unique workplace inside the RWA
- A supportive, friendly team culture
- Competitive salary (DOE)
- Opportunities to grow with Spicer+Cole
If you love hospitality, enjoy leading a team, and want to run a café that’s full of great art, coffee and lovely people — we’d really like to hear from you.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
