Garage Coffee Roasters is a speciality coffee business with stores across East Kent. We source and roast high grade, speciality coffee and serve through our shops and wholesale partners. We are looking for a reliable, adaptable, and experienced person to lead the charge of our new Ramsgate store- we are mega excited to be coming to another East Kent seaside town and to be joining the community in the vibrant town of Ramsgate! More details to follow soon about the exact details and location of the project but take a look at the role below for a run down on what we need from the person who will be at the helm of our brand new store.
Hours: 40 hours per week
Days of work: Weekday and weekend availability
Location: Ramsgate, Kent (exact location TBC)
Salary: £14.00 per hour
Start Date: October 2026 (exact date TBC)
What you’ll do:
- Manage the day-to-day running of the café, leading by example on customer service and workflow, delegating tasks to your team to enable efficient working.
- Train and support the team to deliver consistently great service and coffee, building strong relationships with regular customers
- Take ownership of stock levels, ordering, and organisation in the cafe.
- Monitor and maintain food safety, hygiene and cleaning standards throughout the cafe
- Manage rotas and absences for your team, communicating clearly about expectations.
- Be a visible, supportive leader- identifying skills gaps and training needs within your team and clearly communicating with relevant people
- Foster a positive, collaborative, and motivating team culture
- Take responsibility for weekly reporting and meeting coffee shop targets
- Take an active role in the local community, building connections and growing business opportunities through events and initiatives
- Act as a role model for team members in attitude, performance, and professionalism
- Share Garage Coffee’s mission & vision with customers and staff
- At Garage we are one team, one dream so from time-to-time you may be asked to pitch in with other duties that are not directly related to your job description
What we’re looking for:
- Experience managing a coffee shop or similar hospitality business
- Good understanding of specialty coffee and a desire to keep learning
- Highly organised, proactive, and able to manage your own workload
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- Good attention to detail and a practical, problem-solving mindset
- Comfortable working in a hands-on, physical environment
What you’ll be getting- the benefits:
- As much coffee as you can drink
- Free staff lunch when on shift, discounted food off shift
- A fun and friendly working environment
- Investment in your coffee career, with an opportunity to learn about different parts of the business
- A real opportunity to be part of the growth of Garage Coffee Roasters and help us on our journey to be a well-respected player in the speciality coffee industry.
Garage Coffee is committed to creating a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, sex, religion or belief.
Pay: £14.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Why do you want to work for Garage Coffee Roasters?
Work Location: In person
