Find your place in the field of good food

Our goal is to connect good people with good food. We advertise sustainable food jobs and training opportunities to help jobseekers and employers find each other.

Roots to Work is a project of Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming.

Job description

This is a great opportunity to join our management team at Vauxhall City Farm, with a role combining overseeing daily café operations, events and bookings, and opportunities to develop catering and events, support income generation, and embed sustainable practices.

The role will take ownership of service standards, team development, and commercial performance, ensuring the café operates efficiently while delivering a consistently high-quality visitor experience. This role combines day to day operational leadership with longer term planning and performance management. 

Core working hours are Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm with some evening and weekend work.

We are looking for the following attributes in candidates:

Essential:

●      Minimum level 3 food hygiene and safety certification

●      Personal License holder

●      2-3 years’ experience managing or supervising cafes or restaurants

●      Good numeracy, literacy, and IT skills

●      Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

●      Strong leadership skills with the ability to manage and motivate a team

●      Ability to work independently and use initiative.

●      Flexible and adaptable approach to work.

●      Strong understanding of compliance requirements e.g. COSHH, HACCP, allergens etc

●      Experience managing supplier relations and ordering schedules

●      Commercial awareness regarding costs and performance

●      Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage workloads and maintain accurate records.

●      Ability to meet the physical requirements of the role.

Desirable:

●      Experience operating Square POS

●      Qualified first aider

●      Experience working with SEN or vulnerable communities

●      Experience of working in a community/ urban farm

Application information

Please apply by uploading your CV and a covering letter of more than 2-sides of A4 here, explaining how you meet the essential criteria on this application, and answering the following 3 questions:

1. What are your three favourite things about working in hospitality and why?
2. What things do you think distinguish a good manager from a great manager?
3. What would working at The Farm mean to you?

CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday 8th May at 12pm (we reserve the right to close to applications early).

INTERVIEW DATE: Tuesday 19th May 2026

DESIRED START DATE: On or before Monday 15th June 2026

This role is recruited under our safer recruitment policy, and will require two satisfactory references and the succesful candidate will have to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Vauxhall City Farm is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

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