Neighbourhood Services are seeking an enthusiastic, motivated and customer focused Café Supervisor to join our team at the Pavilion Café, located within Preston’s Avenham Park.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the day-to-day operation of a busy and popular café in one of Preston’s most iconic locations. Working alongside the Café Manager, you will help deliver an excellent customer experience whilst supporting the continued development, promotion and success of the Café.

As Café Supervisor, you will be responsible for supervising the daily operation of the café, supporting and motivating a small team of staff, assisting with staff rotas, and ensuring high standards of food hygiene, customer service and health and safety are maintained at all times. You will also help develop and implement café procedures, monitor compliance with operational processes, and contribute to initiatives that promote the café and maximise income.

The role is varied and hands-on. Duties will include food and beverage preparation, serving customers, operating the till, cash handling and daily cashing up, stock monitoring and purchasing, setting up and closing the café, and maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the premises. You will be confident communicating with customers, able to work calmly under pressure and committed to providing a welcoming and positive experience for all visitors.

We are looking for someone who has experience working in a café, hospitality or other customer-facing environment, together with previous supervisory experience. You will be self-motivated, energetic and adaptable, with excellent customer service and communication skills and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

This role requires flexibility, including working a shift pattern that covers weekends and occasional additional hours to support business needs, holiday cover and sickness absence. 

If you are passionate about customer service, enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and would like to help shape the future success of the Pavilion Café, we would love to hear from you.

As an employer we like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of employee benefits including flexi time, hybrid working, a minimum of 25 days’ annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) pro rata, family friendly policies, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, Local Government Pension Scheme, AVC’s, life assurance scheme, payment of professional fees, discounted parking, bus and rail fares, a cycle to work scheme and access to a healthcare insurance scheme.

International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship.

Closing Date: 15 Nov 2026

Section: Jobs

Salary: £26,847 to £27,709 per annum

**As the Council is a Foundation Living Wage Employer, you will be paid at Foundation Living Wage as a minimum, currently £25,948.89 per annum pro rata ( £13.45 per hour)*

Neighbourhood Services are seeking an enthusiastic and committed person to carry out Café assistant duties within the Avenham Park Pavilion Café.

This is an exciting opportunity for a person to join our small team working at the Café in the Pavilion on Preston’s Grade 2* listed Avenham Park. The location is fabulous, and we strive to provide a Café service to match. 

We are looking for someone who is able to provide a welcoming atmosphere to Café customers and offer them the highest standards of customer service and care. You will need to serve customers efficiently with food and drink orders and take payments, preparing basic hot and cold foods and assist in preparation of Café and counters before, during and at the end of service.

You will be required to work a shift pattern that will include working weekends.

Ultimately, your aim will be to make the Café a successful and pleasant place for customers to visit.

As an employer we like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of employee benefits including a minimum of 25 days’ annual leave (plus Bank Holidays) pro rata, family friendly policies, access to an Employee Assistance Programme, Local Government Pension Scheme, AVC’s, life assurance scheme and a cycle to work scheme.

International Sponsorship - this role is not open to International Sponsorship. 

Closing Date: 22 Nov 2026

Section: Jobs

Salary: £25,614 to £26,016 per annum

**As the Council is a Foundation Living Wage Employer, you will be paid at Foundation Living Wage as a minimum, currently £13.45 per hour**

Preston’s busy Pavilion Café are looking for a number of enthusiastic, energetic and committed people to join their small team on a casual basis.

The Pavilion Café, in Avenham Park, is a very busy café which conducts a number of events during the year. 

The main duties will include: providing good customer service, a quality Barista and café experience for visitors, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness in the kitchen and café area and using the computerised till.

Previous experience of dealing with the public and having a Food Hygiene Certificate is desirable as this role will be both front of house and kitchen.

If we receive sufficient applications, we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date. 

Previous applicants need not apply

International Sponsorship - this role is not open to International Sponsorship. 

Closing Date: 22 Nov 2026

Section: Casual