Team Leader
Location: Hawick
Hours: This role is permanent part time position. Working hours are 30 per week on a fully flexible basis.
Salary: Starting from £13.08 per hour.
About the Role
Supporting Front of House and Kitchen to efficiently run our Coffee Shop and ensuring the highest level of service is delivered to all guests.
Key Responsibilities:
Delivery
* Be attentive even during busy periods to ensure the team is assisted if needed and service is running smoothly, always keeping our impeccable quality of service
Health & Safety
* Maintain impeccable cleanliness, food quality and service standards
People
* Lead the front-of-house team and kitchen team by managing floor operations
* Provide training, support and development to staff
* Being the face of the restaurant – being friendly, approachable and energetic toward customers, staff and other stakeholders
This is what we're looking for in our ideal candidate:
* Have previous experience working in hospitality, preferably in a similar role
* Have strong interpersonal skills with people at all levels with experience leading and developing a team
* Be able to plan and prioritise your own and your teams workload and deal with conflicting deadlines
* Be proactive and self-motivated with a positive attitude
* Have a passion for food & customer service
* Demonstrate ability of delivering high levels of service in a quality, ideally 5-star, fast-paced restaurant environment.
* Have the ability to excel under pressure in a busy, dynamic environment
About Us
Founded in 1797, Johnstons of Elgin is an innovative, luxury clothing brand celebrating 225 years of experience in working with the world's finest fibres. Across three centuries, our family-owned company has carefully sources cashmere and fine woollen fibres from around the world, applying the latest technology and highest quality craft expertise in our very own vertical Scottish mills. Employing over 1,000 staff, our valued employees and communities are at the heart of everything we do, producing unique, high-quality designs that are made to last. Our brand is focused on sustainability, working with natural, renewable, and biodegradable fibres and we are committed to maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.
Johnstons of Elgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer wholeheartedly supporting the principles of equality and diversity to build an inclusive workforce. Our aim is to embed diversity and inclusion in everything we do to create an environment where our employees feel safe to be their whole authentic self without having to downplay or change parts of their identity. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, which goes beyond those characteristics protected by law to include everything that makes us unique, from our backgrounds and experiences to our personalities and ways of thinking.
We endeavour to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and encourage any candidate who requires assistance to contact us at
Don't meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement or qualification. At Johnstons of Elgin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but think your experience doesn't align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Please note all applicants must be able to provide evidence of their right to remain and take up paid employment in country job is based.
Closing date – 24 February 2026