Café Assistant


Company:	Groundwork South
Salary:	£8 - £13.45
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Hastings, TN35 4AD
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Contract
Posting date:	8 Jul 2026
Closing date:	7 Aug 2026

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Summary

Type of Contract: Casual

Full time/Part time: Zero hours, weekends and school holidays

Location: The Bale House, Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve, Hastings, TN35 4AD

We are looking to recruit a friendly and reliable casual Café Assistant to join our team at the Bale House, a small, but very busy destination café located within Hastings Country Park known for its outstanding views, beauty and rare flora and fauna.

You will provide a welcoming front of house service, providing excellent customer service and quality food and beverages to local community and visitors from around the country and world. In addition, to welcome visitors to the nature reserve you may be required to answer questions about the local area and support them in finding the information they need when visitor centre volunteers and staff are unavailable.

Groundwork South works with communities across the south of England to transform their lives and the places where they live. We have been at the forefront of social and environmental regeneration for over 25 years, and today we have a simple mission: to create better places, improve people’s prospects, and promote greener living and working.

We are passionate about creating a future where every neighbourhood is vibrant and green, every community is strong and able to shape its own destiny, and no-one is held back by their background or circumstances. This vision drives the work that we do. Each year we deliver over 100 innovative projects, tackling the biggest issues facing our communities and creating real and lasting, positive change

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