Job title: Café Supervisor
Role summary: This role is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a friendly and supportive team, helping to run Yellow Submarine’s cafés while making a real difference in people’s lives.
Alongside day-to-day café duties such as customer service, food preparation, and serving great coffee, you’ll support and encourage young adults with learning disabilities and autism to build confidence, develop new skills, and work towards greater independence and employment opportunities. It’s a rewarding role for someone who is positive, compassionate, and enjoys helping others reach their potential.
Job location: Yellow Submarine Café, Oxford, OX1 1HH
Pay rate: £13.20-£15.00
Hours: Full time 32 – 40 hours per week. Weekday shifts during café open hours: Monday – Friday, 07:00 – 17:00. Occasional work at weekends, for events and training may be required. Permanent contract.
Job description: Yellow Submarine is an award-winning charity, supporting people with additional needs and their families. We run two social enterprise cafes, within which we support and train adults with learning disabilities and autism, to prepare them for employment and independence moving into adulthood.
We have the opportunity for an energetic, supervisor to join our social enterprise café team. Helping with the day-to-day running of the café, working within the staff team and supporting the trainees enrolled on the café traineeship programme.
If you want the opportunity to join a small, supportive and friendly team, where you’ll get to see the impact of the charity’s work first-hand, this is the job for you.
We are looking for someone to join the existing team to help run all day-to-day operations of our busy café, whilst also providing support with on-site supervision to our trainees. This role will involve customer service, food and drink preparation, general café tasks, and additionally supporting and mentoring our trainees with learning disabilities and autism, within the café. The successful applicant is proactive, can work flexibly and efficiently, as well as having a calm and compassionate nature. A sense of fun is a must.
How to apply: You must complete an application form, available on the ‘Join our Team’ page of our website, along with a covering letter explaining why you are interested in this role.
Email: Lauren@yellowsubmarine.org.uk
Closing date: July 24th July 2026. Initial interviews will l be scheduled upon receipt of completed application forms, applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as the vacancy may be closed before the deadline should the role be filled.