The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) is the only charity working to safeguard wildlife and natural landscapes across the three counties. Founded in 1959 by a small group of volunteers, we now have more than 27,000 memberships and 1,700 volunteers. We own or manage more than 80 nature reserves and work in partnership on conservation projects with local communities, businesses, landowners and local authorities. Each year around 12,000 schoolchildren visit our four education centres. We have strong finances, with an annual turnover of £6 million and we’re proud of our highly effective and dedicated team of 150 staff.

BBOWT is part of a national network of 46 Wildlife Trusts, which means our work has a bigger impact, making a difference for wildlife beyond our three counties.

Our ‘Wilder’ plan for 2021-2026 sets one simple overarching aim: to create more nature everywhere. To do this, we need to inspire people to take action and do all we can to restore wilder landscapes.

Our three main goals are to:

• Put nature into recovery
• Empower people to act for nature
• Secure our future

An exciting opportunity to join one of our most popular Visitor Centres!

We are recruiting for a Café Supervisor to join our friendly visitor centre team. Our lake side café offers a seasonal range of drinks, homemade cakes, light meals, and ice creams.

This Cafe Supervisor position will oversee Food Hygiene and manage the Cafe Assistants. You will work with our other Cafe Supervisor who leads on Stock Management. The Visitor Centre Manager will support you in playing a key role in our Café Steering Group meetings.

The role includes:

• supervising the café team;
• managing administrative aspects, including the monthly rota;
• ensuring that café safety and hygiene standards are upheld.

Successful applicants will have:

• strong interpersonal and communication skills
• ability to work well under pressure during busy periods
• good organisational skills
• excellent customer service skills

We are looking for candidates with café experience who are ready to step into a management role. We can provide full training.

In return BBOWT offers

• a friendly and attractive work environment

• generous annual leave entitlement (28 days if full time)

• 3x life assurance

• YuLife rewards package & employee assistance programme

• cycle scheme

• pension with generous employer contribution

Salary: £13.50 per hour (FTE £24,583 per annum)

Contract: Permanent - 35 hours per week (negotiable to 30 hours). One weekend in two and occasional bank holidays

Based: College Lake Visitor Centre, Tring

For full details on how to apply for the post, please visit our website www.bbowt.org.uk/jobs. To find out more about BBOWT please visit our website.

Closing date: 15 August 2022

Applications will be considered for interview on a rolling basis, so we would advise applying as early as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Interviews will be held in person on a rolling basis at the Nature Discovery Centre.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all members of the community.