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Coffee Bar Manager, King's Cross
£34,000 - £36,000 p/a
Ideal start date: July 2026
Apply with your CV by 19th June.
Email jobs@gramoscoffee.com
Please include a short message in the email explaining why you'd like to work with us and why you love coffee.
We're on the look-out for a really great manager to come and run our boutique coffee bar in King's Cross and manage our small team of coffee lovers.
This role is perfect for someone looking to take ownership of a speciality coffee shop, flex their professional muscles and try out new ideas that improve sales and customer experience. With consistent 5-star google reviews, we're one of the highest rated coffee shops in King's Cross. We keep our focus on quality coffee and great service, and offer a high-end coffee experience, despite being inside one of London's busiest stations. We're about to update our brand with a new visual identity, so it's a great time to join our team as the company enters its next stage of growth.
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The role
Oversee all coffee bar operations – You'll be making coffee and serving customers during the rush, then focused on daily tasks, maintaining processes and improving systems. This isn't about you doing everything, but delegating tasks and managing our lovely team to help deliver the vision and standards set by the directors.
Help shape our coffee programme – Suggesting origins and profiles, joining cuppings and roasting sessions, and working with head barista to manage stock levels and oversee quality of the coffee we serve.
Drive growth and improvements – as part of the management team, we'll value your fresh ideas around customer experience, product development and revenue growth to help our coffee bar reach its full potential.
Staff management – training, monitoring performance, scheduling, delegating tasks, and ensuring staff are clear on company values, operations and culture.
Health and safety – food hygiene, allergens, equipment maintenance, landlord compliance
Equipment maintenance – pre-empt issues and deal with problems as they arise.
Profit and loss – Review shop’s KPIs in relation to cost of sales, staff and other expenses, and make adjustments to ensure healthy P&L.
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About you
You have a genuine interested in coffee and love for hospitality.
You are kind, full of good energy and great with people.
You are responsible, organised, punctual, clean and tidy, with great attention to detail and you lead by example.
You've worked in speciality coffee for at least three years.
You can commit to 40 hours a week, including some weekends each month, and mornings are not an issue for you; you bring positive energy, even at 6am!
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Experienced barista,
King's Cross
£13.85 - 14.80 per hour
Ideal start date: July 2026
Apply with your CV by 17th June.
Email jobs@gramoscoffee.com
Please include a short message in the email explaining why you'd like to join our team and why you love coffee.
We're looking for an enthusiastic, engaged and reliable individual to join our small and friendly team of coffee lovers. This is a full-time role, 30 - 40 hours a week.
This role is ideal for someone who loves speciality coffee, takes pride in delivering quality to customers, and enjoys connecting with people around the world. If you value learning new things about the coffee industry, thrive on hard work, pay attention to detail, and bring a natural positive energy, then read-on.​​​
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The Role
Making impressive coffee and other drinks - We typically receive 5-star reviews for our coffee and service, so a high standard is our normal practice.
Being nice with customers - This requires positive energy, decent amount of coffee knowledge and a keenness to engage with customers.
Preparing food – making light bites for breakfast, baking pastries, maintaining and restocking the baked goods and fridge display.
Quality control – As a team, we regularly taste and assess coffee throughout the day; making adjustments to grind, yield and/or dose as needed.
Health and safety – having good personal hygiene and following essential food & drink H&S standards.
Coffee shop operations – Attention to detail and a good habit of organisation and tidiness is a must.
Being a team player – Supporting our team with good barista habits and a ‘can-do’ attitude, and bringing positive energy – even at 6am. Come with lots of ideas, all will be appreciated.
Independent working– some shifts include working alone, including opening up and closing the shop ensuring the team is set-up for success, so you should be self-motivated and comfortable with some lone-working time.
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About you
You have a genuine interest in coffee and hospitality, and keen to build your skills and knowledge.
You are punctual, reliable, clean and tidy, and a great team player.
You would have at least 2 years’ experience in speciality coffee, or as a barista with home-brewing knowledge of speciality coffee.
You can commit 30 - 40-hours a week, including some weekends each month, and are comfortable opening and closing the coffee shop by yourself.
Mornings are not an issue for you, and you bring positive energy, even at 6am!
Here's why we think we're a great company to work for...
Gramos is a young and growing business, full of discovery, learning and innovation. We're incredibly proud of the reputation we're building; one of consistently excellent-tasting coffee, and warm and friendly vibes. We're driven by discovery, joy and connection, because we enjoy tasting coffees from new origins and sharing that with our customers. We love how coffee brings people together, and more than anything, we're a hospitality brand, and the social atmosphere and professional service that our customers experience with us is an essential part of our business. Staff are the heartbeat of our operations, and we aim to be a great employer by providing our staff with the space and opportunities to learn and grow, transparency and openness in how we work, fair pay and benefits, and the flexibility and respect for different staff member’s lifestyle needs.
And if that isn't enough, think of this; you'll have amazing espressos and filters to taste every day.
Perks of working with us
- Excellent location – King’s Cross is easy to get to and brings customers from around the world.
- Coffee on tap all day – plus some food items where available.
- Allowance on coffee beans for brewing at home
- Be part of a small but growing coffee company with regular five-star reviews.
- A company that values diversity and welcomes all ideas and constructive feedback.
- Invitation to join coffee-related events, such as London Coffee Festival, Caffe Culture, etc.
- Opportunity to join roasting sessions and participate in cupping
- Access to all our gadgets, accessories and high-end equipment when we prepare our top-notch espressos and filter coffees.