MELBA Victoria Street Looking for Cafe & Catering Sandwich Lead at Auckland CBD, Auckland Full Time

Looking for a new challenge? or simply want to work with a positive and friendly team? Apply for a role at Melba Victoria Street today. 

We are looking for a Sandwich superstar to join our experienced and friendly team. We pride ourselves on excellent quality contemporary  food, topped off with  professional service and excellent coffee. 

This is not just your typical cafe role, as their is a vast variety of quality work for our sandwich team to do. The work environment is also great as you are working in a bustling cafe, with your own section.

At Melba the growth and well being of our team members is paramount, we value the development of every individual and support them to achieve their career goals. 

Orientation into the Melba Victoria Street team involves setting goals and standards from the beginning, this ensures the new team members knows exactly what long term and short term success for them looks like.  

We consistently check-in with our employees to ensure they are being challenged and support is provided on a timely manner. This way regular career progression is maintained for every employee. 

At Melba we have a positivity based approach to staff development, this means we focus and plan around the individual’s strengths rather than being fixated on their weaknesses. 

Our management and kitchen leaders have over 25 years experience in the industry. The pandemic presented many challenges, but the entire team worked together collectively to innovate and thrive in this climate. 

Our Business: 

Our cafe and catering business have now been operating for over 10 years, and has experienced sizeable growth over the past few years.

Our catering business is found under the banner of MELBACATERING.NZ

We are considered as one of the busiest cafes in Auckland CBD, and our focus is to continue to grow our corporate clientele.

We are open only from Monday – Friday, and our operating hours are 7am – 4pm. Therefore providing great flexibility and a balanced lifestyle for our team members.

We are also closed during the Christmas/New Year holiday period, as well as all public holidays.

Role Description:

• The sandwich team usually starts at 7am depending on the daily workload, and finishes around 2pm most days.
• The team solely focuses on creating artisan sandwiches for both our cafe cabinet as well as the daily catering orders.
• Daily sandwich requirements range from 80 – 100+
• The sandwich team has 2 individuals, and you will be expected to play the lead role.
• On-going support is provided by the management team, and a 2 week training period will be provided to every applicant.

Role Requirements: 

Previous experience in a role that focused in creating sandwiches will be advantageous for candidates. We are also interested in new chefs that want to try something different.

A background in catering will also be advantageous to the individual.

To be a successful candidate you will need to present the following qualities 

– Work efficiently and calmly under pressure 

– Give and receive courteous and knowledgeable direction 

– Professional and career orientated work ethic 

– Work well in the cafe team as well as unsupervised 

– Be enthusiastic about customer service and delivering excellent quality 

– Maintain positive working relationship with BOH & Dining Room leaders and line staff throughout service periods 

– Have excellent technical skills 

Knowledge of the cafe culture and New Zealand  cafe cuisine is  essential as well as  the ability to communicate well both written and oral. 

This is an opportunity not to be missed, please send your CV through today.