BARISTA STUDENT EMPLOYEE FALL 2026

Please be advised that this position is for the FALL 2025 Semester and students that are hired will not receive schedules to work until AUGUST 2025 at the start of the Fall Semester.

Position Summary

Campus Dining and Shops is one of the largest student employers on campus. We depend on our student employees to help run our operations effectively and provide high quality meals to students, faculty, staff and visitors in a timely manner with an emphasis on customer service. Duties of this role entail assisting our full time staff members with helping to take orders, prepare and serve beverages, may include scooping and serving ice cream, and is focused on providing excellent guest service to our customers in our various coffee shops. It may also include cashiering and general food service duties and cleaning. Employees are responsible for maintaining sanitation standards in food preparation, service, and dining room facilities. Employees in this role may be working a register, washing blenders/dishes related to ice cream/beverage service, performing general cleaning duties, following drink recipes, stocking grab and go coolers/bakery displays with various baked goods, and following food safety protocols. In this role you will be trained in relevant food service regulations, standards, and guidelines to ensure the safe handling and serving of all meals to our guests.

Job Requirements

• Must be able to work quickly and efficiently in a high-volume operation.
• Must be positive and respectful and friendly with guests.
• Must be able to work late nights (12:30am), weekends, early mornings (7am) and/or shifts based on the business needs on either North or South Campus.
• Professional appearance, demeanor, and good hygiene are required.
• The ability to lift 30 pounds, remain in a stationary standing position, or move about on your feet for the entire shift scheduled, as well as position oneself as the job requires.
• Take direction from all members of management, including student leaders.
• Regular attendance for scheduled shifts is required.
• Must attend any required training sessions or classes which may be virtual or in person.
• Student employees must be registered for classes at the University or show proof of registration from another institution.
• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older.
• Must be able to work for up to a minimum of 4 hours per shift, for a total of at least 8 hours per week. Students are required to be scheduled at least 8 hours per week and must maintain 8 hours worked on a weekly basis.

Job Assignments

• Typical job duties may include but are not limited to greeting guests, cashier duties, money and merchandise handling, preparing and providing guests with coffee/beverage orders, scooping and serving various ice cream dishes including milkshakes, stocking our bakery display cases, and serving guests who order baked goods or grab and go items.
  
• General food service/preparation duties including following recipes for drinks and ice cream orders.
  
• General clean up duties including cleaning up of dishes used for service, food preparation areas, and dining areas.
• Provide excellent customer service.
• Station set up, breakdown, and restocking.
• Direct interaction with customer including handling money and UB cards.
• Keep a neat, clean, and sanitized work area.
• Must work consistently and productively during entire shift.
• General cleaning including dish washing and other food service duties or tasks as requested by management and supervisors.
• Additional duties as assigned and requested by management.

Work Environment

• The work environment can be loud and busy. There is exposure to kitchen hazards such as hot surfaces and liquids, loud blenders, sharp knives, and slippery floors.
• The position operates in a kitchen environment where the employee is frequently exposed to heat, steam, fire, and noise.
• Work area maybe be limited in space and would require you to work in small spaces with other employees.
Exposure to extreme temperatures in coolers and freezers.

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Physical and Mental Demands

• The position is very active and the employee must be able to stand and walk for up to a minimum of 4 hours per shift for a total of 8 hours per week.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, bend, stretch, twist, or reach out.
• While performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• The position requires manual dexterity; auditory and visual skills; and the ability to follow written and oral instructions and procedures.
• The employee must have the ability to use hands to finger, manipulate fingers; and reach with hands and arms, to stir, measure, pour, cut, chop, dice, and decorate, etc.
• The position requires working taste buds, ability to smell, feel with fingers and visually inspect, include close and distance vision.
• The employee must frequently lift and or move up to 30 lbs. and occasionally lift and or move up to 50 lbs.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Campus Dining and Shops is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, gender, pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, familial status, veteran status, military status, domestic violence victim status, or criminal conviction status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the University community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely based upon a protected characteristic. Campus Dining and Shops policy is in accordance with federal and state laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination and harassment. These laws include the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as Amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, and the New York State Human Rights Law. These laws prohibit discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment and sexual violence.