Food Cabin and Cafe Assistant

Join Us as a New Leaf Café & Cabin Assistant – Make a Difference in Charlton!

Are you passionate about community, kindness, and making people feel welcome? We’re looking for someone special to join our team at Blaker Court, Charlton SE7, where our Community Café and Food Cabin provide more than just food and drinks, they offer vital support to our residents, much like a food bank, in a warm and welcoming space.

As a New Leaf Café & Cabin Assistant, you’ll work alongside our dedicated managers and volunteers to keep our café and shop clean, inviting, and full of life. Every day, you’ll help ensure that everyone who walks through our doors feels valued, respected, and part of something bigger.

What you’ll do:

• Support our café and food cabin, preparing light snacks, meals, and drinks.
• Organise stock, check donations, and keep everything running smoothly.
• Welcome customers, serve with a smile, and help promote our community services.
• Maintain hygiene and safety standards, because care starts with cleanliness.

What we’re looking for:

• Someone respectful, reliable, and committed to treating everyone with dignity.
• Physically able to carry out moderately strenuous tasks.
• Self-motivated, flexible, and great at working independently and as part of a team.
• A person who loves new ideas, celebrates diversity, and pulls together with others.

Why join us?
You’ll be part of the wider Peabody Charlton team, working with partners like the Felix Project and RB Greenwich Public Health, all united by the same values:
Be kind. Do the right thing. Love new ideas. Celebrate diversity. Keep our promises. Pull together.

Here’s what you’ll get when you join us:

• Flexible and hybrid working
• 30 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Up to 10% pension contribution, matched 1:1
• Two additional paid volunteering days each year
• Flexible benefits scheme, including options for healthcare, dental care, and more

What to expect from our recruitment process

We’re committed to a fair, inclusive, and transparent recruitment process.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to take part in an in-person interview on either the 10 or 11 December.

Please read before you apply

• You must have the right to work in the UK; we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.
• We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
• You need to be able to work Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 930AM to 130PM.
• You’ll need to be comfortable carrying out tasks that involve some light to moderate lifting and moving of stock.

If you’re a friendly, community-minded person who loves helping others, keeping things organised, and creating a welcoming space, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now by submitting an anonymised CV and a short statement telling us why you’d be a great fit for the New Leaf Café & Cabin Assistant role and how you can help make a difference in Charlton.

If you need to ask us anything else at all, feel free to drop an email to Talent Specialist Julie-Ann.O'Malley@peabody.org.uk

Colleagues who are at risk of redundancy need to state this on their application as they will be given priority consideration above other applicants.

Please note, if you are currently on legacy Aldwyck or legacy Catalyst Terms & Conditions, and are successful in your application, you will automatically be transferred to the new Peabody Terms & Conditions. Additionally, if you move to a Peabody role on a secondment basis, your Terms & Conditions will not change.