Make great coffee with purpose – work in a social enterprise café supporting meaningful global impact
Welcoming, community vibe – connect with customers and be part of a supportive small team
We're looking for a reliable and hands-on Café All-Rounder with strong Barista skills to join World Vision Australia's social enterprise cafés on a casual basis. This role is ideal for someone who is passionate about delivering outstanding customer service, crafting consistently excellent coffee, and creating a warm, welcoming environment for every customer.
You'll also be supporting an organisation committed to empowering Australians to create meaningful change for the world's most vulnerable children and adults.
About the role
Casual Café All-Rounder / Barista role based at our East Burwood location – shifts are offered across Monday to Thursday, typically 4 shifts per week and 4–7 hours per shift, with opportunities to pick up additional cover shifts on Fridays and Saturdays between our East Burwood and Blackburn café locations as needed.
Ideally, we are seeking individuals who are flexible to support additional shifts, changes to hours or days, and occasional fill-in shifts as required.
What you’ll do
- Prepare and serve quality coffee and café beverages, with solid barista skills required for the role
- Deliver warm, attentive customer service, including table service
- Use the POS system to take orders and process payments
- Assist with food preparation, including sandwiches, simple kitchen prep and other all-rounder duties
- Support kitchen operations including dishwashing, cleaning and restocking
- Help with end-of-day closing, pack-down and maintaining a clean, organised café
About you
- Strong barista skills and experience preparing consistently high-quality coffee, with the ability to assist with basic kitchen preparation and food service
- Confident in customer service and creating a welcoming environment
- Reliable, organised and comfortable in a fast-paced setting
- Willing to be hands-on across coffee making, service, kitchen prep, cleaning and occasional shifts at either café when needed
- Positive attitude and enjoys working as part of a team
Working for World Vision means you are making the world better
It’s not every day that a job comes along that lets you change the world. Working for World Vision means looking forward to turning up at work because you know you’re about to do something meaningful. It means working alongside a global community of staff and supporters who will stop at nothing to help children live better lives. Join a team that is bold and courageous, and where job satisfaction goes beyond financial reward.
The Selection Process
For your information, interviews will start immediately and the role may be filled before the closing date.
We embrace diversity, employing people from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds. We are committed to all children and adults being safe, well and empowered through our programs, activities, management and governance. All successful candidates will undergo all required pre-employment checks, including a criminal record check.
Who we are
World Vision is a Christian organisation that empowers everyday Australians to create meaningful change for children through relief, development and advocacy work.
Apply now
If you’re a friendly café all-rounder who loves great service, good coffee and being part of a purpose-led organisation, we’d love to hear from you.
World Vision Australia is a Christian relief, development and advocacy organisation that is dedicated to transforming the lives of children and communities by tackling the causes of poverty. We are dedicated to increasing opportunities for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in line with our Reconciliation Action Plan
