Experienced Baker, Proof Bakehouse
We are looking for an experienced baker to work alongside our Head Baker and baking team, producing bread, pastries, savoury goods, cakes and buns, doughnuts and more.
Desired experience: at least one year in a commercial bakery.
Main responsibilities and required skills:
Experience of production baking, including lamination and sourdough
Assisting with day to day bakery production and supervising junior baking team
Working as part of a team, learning and sharing skills and contributing to a positive and exciting environment for the team to work and develop
Running a shift and training others
Flexibility and resilience with determination to consistently make products to a high standard
Carry out all baking duties with care and diligence to help guarantee the production of consistently high standard of product, along with minimal levels of wastage
What we offer:
We aim to build a fun, creative and value-driven team working to achieve excellence, be it in the brewery, the bakery or kitchen. In return for your dedication and pastry folding skills you will get the following benefits:
Company events
Company pension
Free food
On-site parking
25% discount across all of our venues and on our products
An extra day of holiday for every year worked with us and carry-forward 5 days of holiday annually
Top Tapper monthly reward competition
Chance to join a growing social enterprise with lots of continued opportunity
If you are interested in this position please email your CV with a covering letter explaining why you would like to become part of our team to info@proofbakehouse.com
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis with a start date as soon as possible.
Job Type: Full-time 45 hours/week, permanent. Start time between 3:30am-5:30am on rotation basis
Pay: £30,000-£34,000 dependent on experience
Front of House Team Member, Day Release
We are looking for several front of house team members to work in our new location, Day Release at Signal Yard, Milton Park.
Main responsibilities:
- Assisting the cafe manager in the day to day running of the cafe
- Preparing bakery, bread, and food displays ready for opening times
- Assisting in maintaining required records for stock, orders, food diaries, waste, fridge/freezer temperatures, and food temperature checks
- Ensuring all areas are kept clean and tidy throughout the operating hours
- Greeting and welcoming customers and providing excellent customer service
- Opening and closing the cafe and ensuring standards of each are upkept
- Taking customer orders, processing payments and handling digital POS systems
- Following all health, hygiene and food safety guidelines
- Monitoring stock levels and assisting with ordering supplies
- Following brand recipes and presentation standards, and acting as a brand ambassador for Tap Social's social enterprise
What we offer:
We aim to build a fun, creative and value-driven team working to achieve excellence, be it in the brewery, the bakery or kitchen. In return for your dedication you will get the following benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free food
- On-site parking
- 25% discount across all of our venues and on our products
- An extra day of holiday for every year worked with us and carry-forward 5 days of holiday annually
- Top Tapper monthly reward competition
- Chance to join a growing social enterprise with lots of continued opportunity
If you are interested in this position please email your CV with a covering letter explaining why you would like to become part of our team to dayrelease@tapsocialmovement.com
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis with a start date in July.
Job Type: Full-time 45 hours/week, permanent or flexible hours available
Pay: from £12.72 p/h
Barista, Day Release
We are looking for several experienced baristas to work in our new location, Day Release at Signal Yard, Milton Park.
Experience required: at least six months in a similar role
Main responsibilities:
- Dialling in espresso daily
- Preparing high quality specialty drinks
- Maintaining coffee section cleanliness
- Weekly grinder cleaning and equipment trouble shooting
- Greeting and welcoming customers and providing excellent customer service
- Taking orders and putting them through the till
- Retain information about the menus and be able to talk confidently about them with customers
- Assist the team with orderly stock control, receiving deliveries and storing safely
- Treat all customers in a helpful and friendly manner and assist them with their requests
What we offer:
We aim to build a fun, creative and value-driven team working to achieve excellence, be it in the brewery, the bakery or kitchen. In return for your dedication you will get the following benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free food
- On-site parking
- 25% discount across all of our venues and on our products
- An extra day of holiday for every year worked with us and carry-forward 5 days of holiday annually
- Top Tapper monthly reward competition
- Chance to join a growing social enterprise with lots of continued opportunity
If you are interested in this position please email your CV with a covering letter explaining why you would like to become part of our team to dayrelease@tapsocialmovement.com
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis with a start date in July.
Job Type: Full-time 45 hours/week, permanent or flexible hours available
Pay: from £13 p/h
Chef, Day Release
We are looking for several chefs to work in our new location, Day Release at Signal Yard, Milton Park, producing wood fired pizzas, sandwiches, salads and other seasonal products.
Desired experience: at least one year in a commercial kitchen
Main responsibilities and required skills:
Experience of working in a kitchen, creating high quality products
Working as part of a team, learning and sharing skills and contributing to a positive and exciting environment for the team to work and develop
Running a station (i.e. pizza or sandwich prep)
Flexibility and resilience with determination to consistently make products to a high standard
Carry out all duties with care and diligence to help guarantee the production of consistently high standard of product, along with minimal levels of wastage
Work to a high standard of cleanliness and maintain a safe and hygienic work environment
What we offer:
We aim to build a fun, creative and value-driven team working to achieve excellence, be it in the brewery, the bakery or kitchen. In return for your dedication you will get the following benefits:
Company events
Company pension
Free food
On-site parking
25% discount across all of our venues and on our products
An extra day of holiday for every year worked with us and carry-forward 5 days of holiday annually
Top Tapper monthly reward competition
Chance to join a growing social enterprise with lots of continued opportunity
If you are interested in this position please email your CV with a covering letter explaining why you would like to become part of our team to dayrelease@tapsocialmovement.com
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis with a start date in July.
Job Type: Full-time 45 hours/week, permanent or flexible hours available
Pay: £30,000-£34,000 dependent on experience
Cleaner, Proof Bakehouse
We are seeking a reliable and detail-oriented cleaner to maintain cleanliness and hygiene standards across our café, back office, washrooms and bakery areas after closing hours. This role is key to ensuring all areas are hygienic, presentable, and ready for the next day’s operations.
Main responsibilities and required skills:
- Sweep and mop floors throughout the café, back office, and bakery areas
- Dust and wipe down surfaces to maintain a clean and orderly environment
- Clean and sanitize sinks, toilets, and washroom facilities
- Restock toilet paper, paper towels, and other hygiene supplies in restrooms
- Clean windows, mezzanine railings, stairs, and other fixtures as required
- Carry out additional ad hoc cleaning duties as needed
- Identify and report any maintenance or cleanliness issues promptly
- Take care of cleaning equipment and notify management when supplies are running low
Required Skills:
- Attention to detail, high hygiene standards
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively
- Good awareness of health and safety practices
- Reliable, punctual, and responsible
Working Hours:
3-6pm, every Wednesday to Sunday
Start date: June
What we offer:
We aim to build a fun, creative and value-driven team working to achieve excellence, be it in the brewery, the bakery or kitchen. In return for your dedication and skill you will get the following benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Free food
- On-site parking
- 25% discount across all of our venues and on our products
- an extra day of holiday for every year worked with us and carry-forward 5 days of holiday annually
- a Top Tapper monthly reward
- chance to join a growing social enterprise with lots of continued opportunity
Pay £12.72/hour
If you are interested in this position please email your CV and a brief introduction about why you would like to join our team to info@proofbakehouse.com
Tap Social Hiring Policy
Tap Social is a social enterprise which exists to provide employment opportunities to those who need them most, including specifically prisoners and prison leavers, in order to help rebuild lives after contact with the justice system and reduce reoffending (and so reduce the number of future victims of crime). Our ambition is for a minimum of 30% of our workforce from time to time to be made up of people with lived experience of the justice system (it is often higher than this). We regularly publish impact reporting data publicly on our progress against these goals. To help us to achieve these aims, our hiring policy is to strive to make sure all appropriate work opportunities within the business are advertised to prisoners, prison-leavers and others with unspent criminal convictions and that where, during the hiring process, we are faced with 2 candidates equally qualified for a role, and where it is consistent with business need to do so, we will give preferential treatment to candidates with lived experience of the justice system, if to do so will help us to achieve our wider impact goals.
Tap Social is an equal opportunities employer and is firmly committed to inclusive recruitment. All applications will be considered for employment without attention to age,disability, gender/gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.