Cafe Assistant

Cafe Assistant

Closing date: Monday 9 March 2026

Salary: £12.60 per hour (if 18 or over), £22,932 FTE per annum

Contract type: Fixed term / Working hours: Part time

Location: College Lake Visitor Centre, Upper Icknield Way, Bulbourne, Tring, Buckinghamshire, HP23 5QG

The Café Assistant will help nature recover by assisting in the daily running of the busy café at our visitor centre, providing an exceptional level of customer service.

What you'll be doing

• Food and drink preparation, including cooking a basic menu and baking
• Ensuring the café and visitor seating area is kept clean
• Providing an excellent level of customer service
• Assisting with stock rotation and reducing waste
• Cash handling and using a till

What we're looking for

• Welcoming, approachable and self assured in dealing with people
• Ability to work under pressure
• Effective team player

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement with paid birthday leave, wellbeing days and generous occupational sick pay
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and family friendly policies
• Flexible working to achieve work life balance
• Pension (salary exchange) with generous employer contribution
• Learning & Development Programme for all (SEED)
• Wellbeing initiatives including qualified Mental Health First Aiders across BBOWT, access to our Employee Assistance Programme, providing you with immediate and confidential help for any work, health or life matters; 3x life assurance, online GP access and a YuLife benefit package with free will writing, a variety of discounts and ability to claim vouchers to use in a wide range of stores when you redeem YuPoints earned by being active or meditation sessions.
• Salary sacrifice Cycle scheme & Electric Vehicle scheme
• Membership to BBOWT's, and The Wildlife Trusts', Staff Network Groups for social interaction, peer support and personal development

How to apply

For full details, please read the job description and T&Cs below. To apply, please follow the application link.

This role is accepting applications on a rolling basis and the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy once a suitable applicant is found.

Interviews will take place face to face at College Lake Visitor Centre, on a rolling basis, as applicants are shortlisted for interview.

Diversity and inclusion

BBOWT values diversity and inclusion and the benefits this brings. We want every candidate to have the best chance of success as part of this process. In order to do this, we know that some candidates will need reasonable adjustments. Adjustments could include us providing the questions in an alternative format, providing extra time for assessments. We are also very happy to make adjustments for interview, which could include aspects such as lighting, physical access or simply making us aware when you arrive where it would be best for you to sit.

Contact us on if there are any reasonable adjustments we can provide during the selection stages, including completing your application form.

When applying for the role you can expect to answer a few questions online relating to the skills required and what you would be doing in the role. Your responses will be anonymised, randomised and scored by a panel of reviewers.

You'll also be asked for information about your background, anything you feel comfortable sharing will be anonymised and will not be shared as part of the selection process, it will only be used to help us understand how we are performing against our equal opportunities metrics. All candidates will receive feedback on their application.

We want our people to be as diverse as nature, so we particularly encourage applications from people who are underserved within the communities in which we operate. This includes people from visible ethnic minority backgrounds, people with disabilities (including those who are neurodivergent), the LGBTQ+ community, those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, and younger people. We are committed to creating an organisation that recognises and truly values individual differences and identities.

Contact

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust, The Lodge, 1 Armstrong Road, Littlemore, Oxford Oxon OX4 4XT