Relief Café Supervisor

Reference code: HLH/2605/26
  • Museum
  • Newtonmore
  • Closing on 3rd June 2026
  • Work location: Highland Folk Museum
  • Contract type: Relief (£14.68 per hour)
  • Salary: £14,68 per hour
  • Homeworking: This post is not suitable for homeworking
  • Responsible to: Assistant Operations Manager
  • Contact: Joann Hopkins 01349 781650 / Joann.Hopkins@highlifehighland.com

Key duties and responsibilities

  • Actively promote a positive and collaborative workplace culture that supports the Charity’s purpose of Making Life Better and i-care values to increase morale, productivity and performance.
  • Provide excellent customer care to all visitors and staff with an enthusiastic and customer focused attitude, both individually and through the whole café team.
  • Supervise catering for private tours, events and café team (when required) to ensure that all produce is correctly stored, cooked and served at a high standard.
  • Monitor menu and supervise ordering of produce for the café/events to ensure good profit margins.
  • Ensure that all training and record keeping is up to date and adhered to by the café team, using the “Cooksafe” system.
  • Ensure excellent stock rotation is adhered to, and food is correctly labelled with “use by” dates.
  • Ensure that all work activities are carried out safely in accordance with health and safety procedures and Food Hygiene stipulations.
  • Act as the public face of Highlife Highland.
  • Support the immediate and wider teams within the museum.
  • Be solution focused and respond to feedback professionally.
  • Ensure the museum environment is cared for and that the buildings and facilities are always kept clean and tidy.
  • Assist with the activities and events programme.
  • Pursue continuous professional development and contribute to the continuous improvement of High Life Highland as a whole.
  • Attend and undertake any training online or in person.
  • Aim to reduce wastage and uphold our environmental values of being as sustainable as possible in all tasks.
  • Assist and support other areas of High Life Highland with particular projects, training or in the event of holidays or sickness working cross-functionally across the team.
  • Maintain an awareness and knowledge of the risk management responsibilities appropriate to their role, as identified within the HLH Risk Policy and associated guidance documentation.

     

*** A Disclosure Scotland PVG check is not required for this post ***

Date posted: 20th May 2026

About us

High Life Highland is charity and our purpose is Making Life Better. We are a fun, friendly, caring, supportive, inclusive and proud organisation with strong people values based around integrity, community, accountability, respect and example. We believe if all our of employees strive to embrace our people values then, collectively, we give ourselves the best chance of fulfilling our purpose of Making Life Better.
High Life Highland (HLH) is committed to the protection and safeguarding of vulnerable groups, including children and protected adults and believes that they should never experience any kind of abuse. It has a responsibility to promote the welfare of those in vulnerable groups and to keep them safe and to practice in a way that protects them. HLH expects all those with whom the Charity engages to share this position. Where applicable, new positions will be subject to the appropriate level of Disclosure Scotland checking; identity checks (address, date of birth), employment/experience history, two references (one of which must be most recent employer, where appropriate), qualifications, Right to Work in the UK (where applicable). The above will apply to anyone working on behalf of HLH (paid or unpaid) including all board directors, staff, workers, volunteers, agency staff and students.