Head Barista
16 minutes ago
Nine Elms, London
Head Barista - Alma Nine Elms Alma Café is launching its first full all-day dining restaurant in Nine Elms, and we’re looking for a professional Head Barista to join the opening team and lead the daytime coffee offer from day one. Founded in Barnes in 2016, Alma has grown into a recognised London brunch brand, known across London for great coffee, vibrant food and warm hospitality. At Nine Elms, coffee remains a big part of the identity, with great kit in place, a setup built around Assembly Coffee, and a real focus on quality, consistency and service. This is a role for a capable barista with high standards, strong pace, and real pride in consistency. You’ll be expected to uphold and help evolve the coffee standards for the site, while onboarding and developing the wider barista team. What you’ll be doing • Leading coffee service with consistency and pace, • Maintaining high standards across espresso, milk, latte art, matcha and house specials, • Supporting dial-ins, workflow and day-to-day quality control, • Helping onboard and develop baristas on site, • Upholding the coffee standards Alma is known for in a high-volume environment What we’re looking for • Strong experience in quality-led, high-volume coffee shops in London, • Confidence dialling in and maintaining standards under pressure, • A barista who cares about detail, consistency and speed, • Someone who can lead by example and raise standards around them, • The kind of person who takes pride in getting every cup right What we offer • Competitive pay plus strong TRONC, • Staff food and coffee provided on shift, • Enrolment into the company pension scheme, • Real opportunity for professional progression as Alma grows, • The chance to shape the coffee offer in an important new opening If you want to be part of launching Alma Nine Elms and lead a coffee offer built on real quality, we’d like to hear from you.