What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Cafe Manager position at Claudine Kitchen & Bakeshop?
Assistant Cafe Manager – Join the Leadership Team at Claudine Kitchen & Bakeshop!
Be a Part of Something Special!
Claudine Kitchen & Bakeshop is growing! We are looking for an exceptional Assistant Cafe Manager to help lead our current location. If you thrive in a hospitality-driven environment, love building strong teams, and have a passion for great food and service, we want to meet you!
Why Claudine?
At Claudine Kitchen & Bakeshop, we believe in creating more than just a place to eat—we build community. We foster a culture of teamwork, gratitude, and excellence, where every team member has an opportunity to grow and make an impact. Our Assistant Cafe Manager will be an essential part of our leadership team, helping shape the guest experience, team culture, and operational success of our original location.
What We’re Looking For:
✅ A Natural Leader – You love coaching teams, setting high standards, and leading by example.
✅ Passionate About Hospitality – You thrive in a fast-paced, guest-first environment.
✅ Creative Problem Solver – You think quickly, adapt to challenges, and find solutions that make an impact.
✅ Growth-Oriented – You’re excited about growing a brand and being a key part of our future success.
What You’ll Do:
- Assist leading and develop the Front-of-House team to provide exceptional guest experiences.
- Assist overseeing daily operations, including staffing, service flow, and quality control.
- Collaborate with General Manager to drive the success of our location.
- Assist with schedules, ordering, and overall organization of the café.
- Be hands-on, working alongside your team, and setting the standard for service excellence.
What We Offer:
✨ A strong, supportive team and a culture of respect and collaboration.
✨ Competitive compensation based on experience.
✨ Growth opportunities as we continue to expand.
✨ A chance to make a real impact in a company that values its people.
Location: Encino
Ready to take the next step? Apply now and be part of a passionate, growing team that’s redefining what hospitality should be.
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We are a Chef Owned and operated busy restaurant, cafe & bakeshop. We offer thoughtful, seasonal, and chef driven, made from scratch food at a reasonable price. We are a mainstay in our community and continue to grow as we are currently seeking our next location. We change our menu seasonally, we bake fresh every morning, and our menu is made from scratch. We have strong core values and encourage our staff to have fun while at work. We are driven by hospitality, family, gratitude and integrity.
Qualifications:
-Possess management skills and leadership experience.
-3 years of previous restaurant management experience in a quality, contemporary, full service/fast casual environment
-Must follow direction, self-motivate, work clean and stay organized
-Communicate clearly which requires listening and speaking
-Focus on the details, especially food quality, food safety and sanitation, restaurant cleanliness, team member appearance and productivity
-Experience with inventory and purchasing a plus, but not neccessary. We will teach you.
-Fix problems quickly and be able to turn a bad situation into a great one
-Understand our technologies and care about accuracy - (POS, Excel, Word, Toast, 7shifts)
-Have an active ServSafe Food Safety Certificate
-A flexible schedule is required. Mornings, weekends and holidays are required.
We offer:
-Competitive pay with tips
-Life Balance
-Never have to work nights
-closed major holidays - July 4th (observed), Thanksgiving, Christmas Day
-Growing Concept
-Career Growth Opportunities
Job Summary
- Plans, directs, or coordinates all aspects of the chain of service in restaurant and assumes lead role in any special events.
General Accountabilities
- Works with chain of service staff improving customer service skills, order taking, serving, bussing, beverage making
- Able to work any and all chain of service positions
- Reviews customer service data to measure productivity and to identify areas needing program improvement.
- Assists closing cash responsibilities.
- Assists and coordinates activities concerned with the level of service, production of beverage components, customer service activity of staff, and sales of catered events.
- Assists staff in all aspects of chain of service including cleaning, uniform policy, customer interactions, quality control.
- Assists staff in all aspects of cleanliness and general organization of restaurant floor and storage areas
- Prepares and assigns specific duties.
- Implements departmental policies, goals, objectives, and procedures as directed by General Manager. Collaborates on those subjects as well.
- *The company reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.
Job Qualifications
- Education: High School Diploma
- Experience: 3 years' experience in restaurant operations leadership
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Active listening
- Coordination
- Monitoring
- Social perceptiveness
- Critical thinking
- Judgment and decision making
- Management of material resources
- POS proficiency
- Computer and associated software proficiency
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: From $25.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Employee discount
- Paid training
Shift:
- Morning shift
Work Location: In person
Salary : $25