Barista/tearista

**Who are we?**

Perchance is a tea and coffee concept located in Dunbar. We offer 20+ types of small batch, single origin, rare teas from China, run a focused coffee program serving beans from Phil and Sebastian and offer our own innovative specialty drinks (including bubble tea).

We aim to provide exceptional service that is warm, attentive and actually going above and beyond what people expect; our operating principle is “never just good enough” when it comes to both our products and service.

Our small team consists of driven and enthusiastic do-ers who enjoy the processes of reflection and improvement. Our name Perchance represents the vision for our tea shop, i.e., a place where ideas and people meet, collide, and coincide by chance, perhaps in just the right way and possibly changing the lives of the parties involved for the better. In case you are interested, you can read the descriptors of Perchance’s feel, look, and values below:
**FEEL**: wholesome/comfortable, cozy, literary, romantic, whimsical

**LOOK**: simple, unpretentious, warm, friendly

**VALUES**: quality, growth (personal, professional, operational, knowledge, teamwork), experience

**Why Work With Us?**

We offer a respectful and supportive work environment that fosters the learning and growth of the team, community, and business. We believe that a business is better when it treats and compensates its employees well.

**Duties included**:

- Prep work for bar stations
- Serving customers: from taking orders to checking in
- Create drinks and food items from the menu accurately and quickly according to the recipes
- Keep work space and store space well cleaned and organized
- Learn and internalize Perchance service standards to always provide excellent experiences for customers
- Assist with management in developing, launching and executing new projects such as merchandise, new menu items, marketing campaigns and etc.
- Learn about Perchance products comprehensively to be able to educate and soft-sell to customers

**Job Qualifications**:

- Must have at least one year of relevant barista experience
- Specialty coffee/bubble tea experience is expected

**Coffee Machine knowledge and Latte Art is an asset**
- Excellent English communication skills, Mandarin is an asset
- Able to work flexible hours as required, weekend if preferred
- Able to work under pressure and multi-task in a busy environment
- Must have legal status to work in Canada
- Foodsafe level 1&2 certificate is an asset

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time

**Salary**: From $16.75 per hour

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

- Tips

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Vancouver, BC V6S 2B9: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person