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Café Manager 

Full time

Salary: £28,125

Amberley Museum is looking for an experienced Café Manager to run our popular and friendly café at our fantastic open-air Museum site.  The successful candidate will have a pro-active, can-do approach and take pride in ensuring high standards of food presentation and customer service.

This full-time role (8.30am-5pm) offers a great opportunity to bring your own expertise and flair to our catering offer, with responsibility for overseeing purchasing and menu choices, and the opportunity to support and develop our dedicated and enthusiastic team of Café Assistants.

The café is open Wednesdays-Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays between February and October, 10am-4.30pm.  Over the winter months we are open Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, 10am-4pm.  The café is also open for occasional evening and closed day bookings.  This role requires regular weekend working and cover for the Chef on Wednesdays and Thursdays during the summer season.

With easy access by rail and free parking on site, Amberley Museum is a great place to work.  This 41-acre, open air museum is set in the heart of the beautiful South Downs countryside, with vintage buses, traditional crafts, special events and displays, and a narrow-gauge railway running on site, there is always something new to see! Staff benefits include free food and drinks, support with training, discounts in the shop, and on admission tickets and more.

Full details can be found in the attached job description.

Amberley Museum is an equal opportunities employer and committed to reflecting and representing the diversity of the UK.

Application deadline: Sunday 13th July 2025 – please submit your CV and a covering letter to katrina.burton@amberleymuseum.co.uk saying why you would like to be considered for the role.