This is a great opportunity to join our management team at Vauxhall City Farm, with a role combining overseeing daily café operations, events and bookings, and opportunities to develop catering and events, support income generation, and embed sustainable practices.
The role will take ownership of service standards, team development, and commercial performance, ensuring the café operates efficiently while delivering a consistently high-quality visitor experience. This role combines day to day operational leadership with longer term planning and performance management.
Core working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm with some evening and weekend work.
We are looking for the following attributes in candidates:
Essential:
Minimum level 3 food hygiene and safety certification
Personal License holder
2-3 years experience managing or supervising cafes or restaurants
Good numeracy, literacy, and IT skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage and motivate a team
Ability to work independently and use initiative.
Flexible and adaptable approach to work.
Strong understanding of compliance requirements e.g. COSHH, HACCP, allergens etc
Experience managing supplier relations and ordering schedules
Commercial awareness regarding costs and performance
Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage workloads and maintain accurate records.
Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role.
Desirable:
Experience operating Square POS
Qualified first aider
Experience working with SEN or vulnerable communities
Experience of working in a community/ urban farm
Please apply by uploading your CV and a covering letter of more than 2-sides of A4 explaining how you meet the essential criteria on this application, and answering the following 3 questions:
1. What are your three favourite things about working in hospitality and why?
2. What things do you think distinguish a good manager from a great manager?
3. What would working at The Farm mean to you?
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday 8th May at 12pm (we reserve the right to close to applications early).
INTERVIEW DATE: Tuesday 19th May 2026
DESIRED START DATE: On or before Monday 15th June 2026
This role is recruited under our safer recruitment policy, and will require two satisfactory references and the succesful candidate will have to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
Vauxhall City Farm is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply.