An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Coffee Buying Team as a Coffee Tasting Room Assistant. Our Coffee Buying Team is renowned for sourcing high quality coffee and building long-standing partnerships with coffee producers. We are looking for someone who can support the successful delivery of activities in our tasting room, helping to ensure we meet the quality standards of our green and roasted coffee. As a Coffee Tasting Room Assistant, you will ensure consistent and accurate preparation and clean down of tasting sessions. You will also ensure data on internal systems is accurate and up to date and that the tasting room is kept clean and tidy. Other key responsibilities include: Preparing and roasting dozens of coffee samples every day. Ensuring all coffee samples are dealt with in a timely fashion and prioritised accordingly. Managing and filing green and roasted samples. Completing daily, weekly and monthly cleaning of tasting room equipment. Helping manage the tasting room diary and emails using Outlook. This is a permanent position working either: Part-time 4 days a week (30 hours) on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (8am to 4pm). Or full-time 5 days a week (37.5 hours) from Monday to Friday (8am to 4pm). The Coffee Tasting Room Assistant role is based on site in our coffee tasting room at our offices in Harrogate, where we blend and manufacture our premium range of teas and coffees. Working from home is not available in this role. About you Our ideal candidate will be well-organised and self-motivated with good attention to detail. You must be able to work comfortably both independently and as part of a team. You will have good IT skills (Excel and Outlook) and strong verbal communication skills. We’re looking for someone who will be flexible and adaptable to a variety of tasks – from updating data on our systems to maintaining a clean, tidy and efficient tasting room. Due to the unique nature of some of the responsibilities, full training will be given. What we offer you As a minimum, all our employees receive free meals, drinks and snacks while at work, a discretionary quarterly profit-share bonus, holiday allowance with the option to buy and (in some cases) sell additional days, company-wide employee discounts, access to our health cash plan, wellbeing support, company funded counselling, and enrolment in the company pension. We also offer a range of development opportunities no matter your role and ambitions. We encourage everyone to explore what makes them the best version of themselves, and we do this through external training programmes, apprenticeships and internal 1:1 coaching schemes. Great People, Great Culture We are Bettys & Taylors Group. Our family business is home to three iconic Yorkshire brands – Yorkshire Tea, Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate. Together we share a passion for quality, service and doing things properly. We are driven by our purpose and our values, and we believe our people are what set us apart. We welcome applications from all cultures, backgrounds, and experiences and we are committed to offering an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive. Click here to learn more about life at Bettys & Taylors Group. To apply for this role, please submit a CV and a covering letter. In your cover letter please include what interests you about working with us, and any examples of previous work, study or volunteering you have done that may make you suited to this job, along with reference to the skills and knowledge mentioned in the “About You” section above. Please note that applications without a covering letter will not be considered. In your application, please state your preferred working pattern in line with the two options detailed above. The role may close earlier than the date stated above if a suitable number of applications are received.