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Barista/ Front Of House All Rounder

Payment: Paid Position ($25-$27)
Location: Arrowtown,
Region: Otago/Queenstown/Wanaka
Experience: Experience Necessary
Listing Added: 19/08/2026
Company: Postmasters Kitchen + Bar

Postmasters Kitchen + Bar

Barista/Front of House All-Rounder with a passion for giving guests a great experience! 

Enjoy a great work/life balance!

Born out of a love of quality produce and a desire to do better. Owners Sam Laycock and Maria Kealy are passionate about creating a rewarding and nurturing environment, ‘we not only strive to give our guests the best experience, but also offer our team the best place to work’. Our aim is to be better today than we were yesterday. This is something we instil in our team and we achieve this by holding ourselves accountable to our values in our everyday work.

Smart work - We aim to make better decisions everyday. Constantly evaluating what we do and how we do it means we can continually develop.

Honesty - Mistakes are a fact of life, what matters to us is how we process them. We always take the time to learn.

Giving back - Postmasters is greater than the sum of its parts. Our community and environment are key to our success and giving back makes our business much more rewarding.

Sustainability is so important to us. All of our actions add up so we are always looking for new ways to reduce our impact. 

 

Front of House Superstar

Minimum of 20 hours per week (*increasing to full time) - $25 - $27 per hour

  • Valid NZ General Manager Certificate an advantage
  • 2 years experience in a similar role
  • setting and arranging tables
  • greeting customers and presenting them with menus and beverage lists
  • taking orders and relaying them to kitchen and bar staff
  • clearing tables and returning dishes and cutlery to kitchen/bar
  • collecting payments for sales and operating point of sales machines and cash registers
  • may recommend wines to complement food
  • may take reservations
  • preparing, serving and selling cocktails, mixed drinks, bottled, canned and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages including a very high standard of espresso coffee
  • cleaning and maintaining bar service areas, coffee-making areas and espresso machine
  • washing glassware and arranging bottles and glasses
  • tapping kegs and attaching supply lines
  • replenishing drink dispensers, shelves and refrigerators
  • Adhering to opening/closing procedures

We are a team, everyone is important and has a role to play.

Having a positive attitude is vital to being a team player. You will also exude calmness, honesty and understand what we mean when we say "we don't have customers, we have guests". 

 

We require applicants to:

-Have the legal right to work in NZ (no sponsorship on offer at this time). 

-Be available to meet in person for our interview process. 

-Commitment until May 2027

Please only apply if able to do so. 


 

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