Are you a leader who thrives on creating unforgettable experiences? Do you have a passion for exceptional coffee, artisan baking, and fostering a vibrant team spirit?

Pembroke Patisserie, Wanaka's award-winning destination for exquisite pastries and coffee, is searching for a dynamic and experienced Café Manager to lead our front-of-house team. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a beloved local brand and play a pivotal role in driving our business forward.

Based in Albert Town, just a 5-minute drive from central Wānaka, we are a bustling hub of activity, open 7 days a week. As our Café Manager, you will be the heart of our customer experience, working collaboratively with the senior management team to cultivate a culture where our team loves to work, and our customers love to visit.

The operation of various machines including chip spreaders, rollers, and bitumen sprayers, and performing manual labour such as hand spreading, shovelling, and site preparation, to create durable, roadworthy surfaces.

·        The role requires physical fitness, a focus on safety, and teamwork.

·        You will need to undertake other duties as may reasonably be required

• Conduct oneself in a professional manner

• Follow the Central Chip Seal Values of

  • Teamwork

  • Quality

  • Humour

  • Respect

Take all reasonable and practical steps to ensure a safe and healthy workplace. This means health and safety are minimised, isolated, or eliminated and all hazards, accidents and/or potential serious near misses are reported to ensure the safety of themselves, other staff and visitors.

Ideal skills:

• Well-honed administrative skills and experience

• Strong organisational & interpersonal skills

• Ability to both take instruction and show initiative

• Flexibility to meet evolving and changing needs of the job

• A desire to contribute to community wellbeing

Ideal skills:

• Well-honed administrative skills and experience

• Strong organisational & interpersonal skills

• Ability to both take instruction and show initiative

• Flexibility to meet evolving and changing needs of the job

• A desire to contribute to community wellbeing

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