Café All Rounder

Reference number: 11302

Closing date: 11:00pm, Friday 2 October 2026

- Part-Time permanent position working 22.8 hours a week.
- Salary of $36.48 per hour plus 12% superannuation, commensurate with skills and experience.
- Band 3.

The Opportunity Moonee Valley City Council’s Arts and Culture department is seeking an enthusiastic and customer-focused Café All-Rounder to join the team at the Clocktower Centre, a vibrant performing arts and function centre.

As a Café All-Rounder, you will be responsible for running the café’s daily operations, making high-quality espresso coffee, ensuring food and beverage stock is attractively displayed, and maintaining a clean and organised café space. You’ll work closely with other staff to ensure a seamless and positive experience for all patrons, from coffee lovers to event guests.

The role also provides opportunities to contribute across the broader hospitality operation, including bar shifts, event delivery and catering, supporting the team to deliver high-quality food and beverage experiences across the Centre. You will also have the opportunity to contribute to the café’s social media content, helping promote the café, its offerings and upcoming events to the local community.

Responsibilities

- Provide welcoming and friendly service as the front-line staff at the Clocktower Centre, ensuring a positive and professional customer experience.
- Prepare and serve high-quality espresso coffee, manage food and beverage displays, and ensure café areas are always clean and presentable.
- Monitor deliveries from suppliers, ensuring goods are as ordered
- Ensure that Point of Sale systems are operational and advise supervisor of any issues.
- Adhere to food safety procedures,



maintain daily documentation, and ensure the café runs smoothly according to opening and closing procedures.
- Work with the wider catering and operations team to maintain a professional and efficient environment.
- Ensure responsible service of alcohol to patrons as required.
- On occasions, supervise casual staff or agency staff as needed during shifts.

Skills & Experience The ideal candidate will have previous experience in customer service, particularly within a café, catering or events environment, and proven expertise in espresso coffee-making, ensuring consistent high-quality service. Experience in food preparation for café service, catering and events, including preparing, plating and presenting food to a high standard, is highly desirable. A strong understanding of café operations, including food and beverage ordering, stock management, inventory control, safe food handling and day-to-day café service, is essential.

The role requires a current Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) certification and experience working in a licensed venue. Experience with POS systems and cash handling is key, as is the ability to work independently and under pressure while maintaining a friendly and professional demeanour. Safe Food Handling certification is essential, along with a demonstrated understanding of food safety and hygienic food preparation practices.

Next Steps

Applications must be submitted through our online system and should be in line with the Moonee Valley City Council Application Guide. Applications that do not meet these requirements may not be considered.

For further information, please view the Position Description and or contact Emily Burke, Team Leader Hospitality and Venue Services (03) 9243 9191 to seek further insights to the role.

📌 Cafe All Rounder (Melbourne)
🏢 City Of Moonee Valley
📍 Melbourne