Barista Lead

Before we get any further into information about this role, if your plan is to send a resume without any accompanying message or cover letter - don’t waste your time - as we won’t look any further at it.

Spoke & Bird is a WBE owned and operated farm-to-table business. We're working hard to creating a culture that supports a friendly work environment with reliable flexible employment.

We are a small team looking for someone with a strong work ethic and sense of teamwork. There are many opportunities for growth within the company as we expand and grow our brand & business. Currently hiring for Pilsen location and our soon to open Bridgeport.

We began our locally owned WBE hospitality group with three objectives in mind:

1. Source locally, sustainably and support the urban farming community
2. Transparent - share information with staff, guests and suppliers... along with building - literally and figuratively, open work environments
3. Value Staff - treat staff as adults and have expectations that they will act to support our objectives - and us theirs, in and outside of work. Pay above market wages and works towards sharing equity and thus ownership for those who invest

We are an  expanding restaurant group with locations in Chicagoland. We are looking for an experienced Barista Lead. 

• Supervise barista team on a daily basis to ensure standards are met and consistency is maintained, be able to give constructive feedback if our standards are not met or if a behavior becomes unacceptable. 
• Work with managers to implement barista training for new team members
• Keep Barista reference information up to date - adding new recipes or processes when necessary. 
• Take ownership of inventory, product ordering, and receiving/ checking in product
• Comply with all safety, health and beverage regulations in order to protect against all legal liability
• Enforce sanitary practices for food handling and general cleanliness
• Ensuring the cleaning and maintenance of the cafe and equipment is up to standards