Application details

• Permanent full-time | 37.5 hours per week
• Brunswick East
• Opportunity to work at an iconic park landmark
• Well-respected NFP, environmental organisation
• Application posted: 30 January 2025
• Applications close: 23 February 2025

ABOUT CERES MERRI CAFE

The Merri Cafe links growing, cooking, eating and learning – to put food back at the centre of our lives in a way that benefits the community and enriches lives. 

Serving a changing menu of local, organic, seasonal and plant-based wholefoods in a welcoming and casual space, The Merri Café is a 150 seater licensed restaurant open 7 days a week (9am – 3pm) providing food service to CERES visitors and community. Our breakfast, lunch and catering menus showcase the best products from our Victorian producers and farmers. 

We are committed to sustainability and utilise the latest technology along with informed decisions on food waste, energy and water to reduce our environmental impact. 

We’re seeking a passionate and detail-oriented Merri Cafe Assistant Manager to join our team – bring your creativity and organisation skills to CERES!

YOU’LL MAKE AN IMPACT BY:

• Supervising all related front-of-house activities including staff management, coffee and beverage service, customer service, ordering, food delivery, and cleaning.
• Supervising all front-of-house staff ensuring quality standard of service, productivity in line with staff roster system, and regulatory compliance.
• Managing daily financial operations including invoicing, cash reconciliation and costings and provided to the Merri Café Manager or Accounts in a timely manner.
• Ensuring event safety, regulatory compliance, and exceptional customer service.
• Contributing to the growth and success of CERES events and the broader community.

DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?

• Proven hospitality and customer service experience, with an interest in and commitment to local, seasonal, and organic foods. 
• Minimum of three years’ industry management experience in a similar fast-paced restaurant environment. 
• Appropriate hospitality qualifications such as current RSA and food safety certificate. 
• Financial management skills including invoicing, cash reconciliation, costings and working within budget. 
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work weekends.

For a detailed overview of the position’s requirements, please see the full Position Description below.

OUR PERKS AND BENEFITS

• Partial salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
• Intentional togetherness gatherings – human connection is at the heart of our culture. We have an established set of programs, both small and large scale to bring people together and to nurture relationships
• Mental wellbeing – we offer free and confidential tools and supports to help you navigate your mental wellbeing
• Generous staff discounts including café, grocery, nursery
• Low-cost access to all CERES workshops
• Free staff car parking
• Brand new purpose-built, fantastic office. We endorse sustainably sourced timber and high-quality fit outs built with love. (Not your typical office building).

SOUND INTERESTING?

We’d love to hear from you! Please submit your cover letter addressing the Person Specifications in the Position Description and resume as one document.

Please see the attached Position Description below.

At CERES we seek a workforce that is as diverse as our society – in ethnicity, gender, age, sexuality, disability, culture and beliefs – and reflects the communities we work in. We believe diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our culture and core values and we demonstrate this commitment through all our employment practices. Our inclusive workplace culture contributes to making CERES a great place to work. We actively encourage people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander backgrounds, people from CALD backgrounds, LGBTIQA+ people, people with a disability and others to apply.

CERES Child Safe standards;

• In line with the Child Wellbeing and Safety Amendment (Child Safety Standards) Act 2015, CERES is committed to upholding the Victorian Child Safe Standards, to the best of its abilities and resources.
• CERES Upholds itself as an organisation committed to the right to survival, protection, development, participation and empowerment of all children and young people.
• Is committed to the cultural safety of Aboriginal children, young people and children and young people from culturally diverse and/or linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds and to providing a safe environment for children and young people with a disability