We’re hiring: Part-time Front of House

Maternity Leave Cover : April - October 2026

A part-time opportunity for a sociable person in a great team and lots of lovely regulars.

Working days & hours:

Start date: 30th March 2026
Working days & hours: 12-15 hrs/week; 1 day of the weekend, Mon, Tue; 10am - 2:30/3pm

If further working hours are wanted we can keep this in mind and aim to accommodate. There is often holiday cover required to more shifts can often be picked up.

Pay & other details:

Pay rate : £13.45/h + tips (We are committed to paying in line with the Real Living Wage)
5.6 weeks holiday (pro rata)
50% off food and drink in the cafe, 20% off retail, 10% off for friends and family; weekly bag of coffee to drink at home

Key responsibilities:

  • Welcoming customers as they walk through the door and navigating any newcomers as to how things work (ordering, service, menu etc.)

  • Understanding menu and ability make recommendations

  • Taking orders and delivering them to tables efficiently

  • Having a good chat with people and checking-in throughout their visit, many of our customers are regulars and fostering good relationships and a friendly atmosphere is just as important as providing great quality products

  • Clearing tables and maintaining a tidy and clean shop and counter

  • Helping with front-of-house washing up & restocking of crockery, cutlery, disposables

  • Providing friendly and genuine welcome and experience to all our customers

Interest in coffee is very welcome and when shown we will strive to provide support in learning and development.

Who we’re looking for:

Someone with an outgoing personality, passion for genuine hospitality and tasty food and drink. Can-do attitude, a keen eye for detail and common sense will go a long way, basic barista skills would be a plus but not required. This is a predominantly a front of house role so you won’t be making coffee on the regular but having the skills to jump on shots when busy or cover some breaks would be handy. We will provide training where needed. Must have your head screwed on and be a team player.

If you think this is for you, please email us your CV and a bit about yourself to tereza@curveroasters.co.uk

 

A bit about us:

Based in Margate, Kent we’re a quality-driven coffee roastery with the simple mission to bring delicious coffees to our costumers and create positive impact in the process - within our industry and community.

What we do is centred just as much around providing great service and flavour experience to our customers as it is in improving value for the people that make coffee happen - from first and foremost growers and producers and also baristas and members of our team.

We are proud to work with a small number of exporting and importing partners with strong ethics who share our core values of transparency, quality and improving value for growers within the supply streams. We build longterm supply partners, always work to deepen out knowledge of our supply chains and prioritise buying from the same people season after season.

Our cafe, is a place where we get to share our passion for delicious coffees and great food. Sourced and prepared with care and intention. We’re all about relaxed, friendly service and have awesome base of local regulars as well as frequent out of town visitors, many of whom are regular drinkers of our coffees. It is a flagship store representing our brand as well as a neighbourhood cafe and a brunch spot. A place we nurture for and with our community here in Margate. Not gonna lie, it’s hard work but it’s also super fun, we have a really great team as well as customers and you get to eat some real tasty foods and drink all the coffee!