Job title: Café assistant/Barista
Salary: From £12.74 - £13.18 per hour, depending on experience
Hours:
We are looking to recruit either:
1 x Full time position (40 hours per week) - working in Oxford or Witney
or
2 x Part time positions (24 hours per week) - working in Oxford or Witney
Locations:
Yellow Submarine Cafe, 12 Park End Street, Oxford, OX1 1HH
Yellow Submarine Cafe, Windrush Leisure Centre, Witney, OX28 4YA
Yellow Submarine is an award-winning charity, supporting people with additional needs and their families. We run two social enterprise cafes, within which we support and train adults with learning disabilities and autism, to prepare them for employment and independence moving into adulthood. Search ‘Yellow Submarine Cafes’ to learn more.
We have the opportunity for an energetic, café assistant/barista to join our social enterprise café team. Helping with the day-to-day running of the café, working within the staff team and supporting the trainees enrolled on the café traineeship programme.
If you want the opportunity to join a small, supportive and friendly team, where you’ll get to see the impact of the charity’s work first-hand, this is the job for you.
We are looking for someone to join the existing team to help run all day-to-day operations of our busy café, whilst also providing support with on-site supervision to our trainees. This role will involve customer service, food and drink preparation, general café tasks, and additionally supporting and mentoring our trainees with learning disabilities and autism, within the café. The successful applicant is proactive, can work flexibly and efficiently, as well as having a calm and compassionate nature.
A sense of fun is a must!
KEY DUTIES
STANDARDS
-We pride ourselves on serving ‘Life Changing Coffee’ – it will be your job to make this! (barista training can be provided for those with little to no experience in coffee)
-Food preparation
-Cash handling
-Customer Service
-Opening + closing the café
SAFETY + HEALTH
-Maintain 5* food hygiene standards
-Complete necessary records
-Complete level 2 food safety training
TRAINING
-Deliver training activities one-to-one to our trainees during their café shifts
Monitor, guide and support our trainees to achieve independence at multiple areas of café work
To carry out any other duties with the general scope of the post, as directed by your line manager or the charity’s Co-Directors.
This is an outline job description and should not be regarded as an inflexible specification. Responsibilities will be reviewed periodically in line with organisational priorities and duties may change or new duties be introduced after consultation with the post holder.
Every Yellow Submarine employee is required to uphold equal opportunities and anti-oppressive practice; whilst upholding safeguarding policies and procedures as set out by the organisation.
BENEFITS
-Staff Centred Training - Regular supervision and appraisal
-Social Events - Activities organised by staff, for staff
-Career Progression - Opportunities for staff to work towards their own personal goals
-Shape Strategy - Be a part of organisational team meetings across the whole charity
-Job Satisfaction - Be a part of something amazing, help to change people’s lives
-Work-Life Balance - Sociable working hours, closed on all bank holidays and during the Christmas period
-Cafe ‘perks’ - Food and drink provided during shifts, paid lunch break, and 25% discount across sites when visiting
To apply, you must complete an application form, head to our website https://www.yellowsubmarineshop.org/jobs , along with a covering letter explaining why you are interested in this role, and send to [email protected]
Recruitment process
Following a successful initial interview, candidates will be invited to a hands-on ‘trial shift’ and second interview. We must then seek two references and complete a DBS check in order to be able to make a formal job offer.
Application deadline: 24th July 2026
Initial interviews will be scheduled upon receipt of completed application forms, applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as the vacancy may be closed before the deadline should the role be filled
Start date: on or after 3rd August 2026
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Pay: £12.74-£13.18 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
Application question(s):
- Why have you chosen to apply for this role at Yellow Submarine?
Work Location: In person
