Colorful Plate Café Server - Part Time

Organization and Position Overview

The Colorful Plate Café at F FEC is looking for enthusiastic part-time Café Staff to join our team! In this role, you'll bring creativity and warmth to the customer experience, using unique café strategies to build meaningful relationships with both guests and staff—always rooted in authenticity.

As a member of the café team, you’ll report directly to the Café Manager and play a key role in creating a welcoming, fast-paced environment where excellent customer service is the top priority. If you thrive in a dynamic setting and love connecting with people, we’d love to hear from you!

The Food Farm Exploration Center (Exploration Center), in partnership with Farming for the Future Foundation, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to educate current and future generations about agricultural innovation and sustainability. The Exploration Center will promote agricultural literacy, increase the understanding of the origins of food, and deepen the relationship between farmers and consumers. Located in Plover Wisconsin, the Exploration Center will be the cornerstone of innovation and exploration as it relates to food grown for human consumption.

To learn more, please visit us at https://explorefoodandfarm.org

Essential Responsibilities

• Greet customers, answer questions and make recommendations
• Prepare specialty coffee drinks, tea, and cocktails
• Prepare food including breakfast, lunch, and pastries
• Efficiently use a Point-of-Sale system to take orders and process payments
• keep the work area and dining room clean and sanitized
• Follow heath and safety guidelines and operational procedures

Physical Demands:

• Able to stand and sit for long periods of time.
• Ability to climb ladders and other physical requirements including but not limited to; stooping, kneeling, bending, standing, squatting/crouching, crawling/kneeling, pushing/pulling, climbing (ladders), reaching above the shoulders, lifting of up to 50 lbs.
• Weekend or evening hours will be needed.

Instructions for Applicants

Interested applicants please assemble and email the following pieces of information, combined into one document to hello@fftf.us no later than 1:00 p.m. CST on March 31, 2025 as follows:

• A cover letter describing your qualifications for this cafe position including your interest in the Food Farm Exploration Center,
• A current resume,
• And three professional references with names and your relationship (references will not be contacted until a candidate has been notified).

Exploration Center Commitments

• The hourly salary range for this server position starts at $16.00 per hour.
• Complimentary employee membership and discounts.
• Offers of employment are contingent upon results of thorough background, drug screen and reference checks.
• All inquiries about and interactions with candidates are kept in strict confidence.

Food Farm Exploration Center provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, or service in the military.

Food Farm Exploration Center is committed to creating and maintaining a workplace in which all employees have an opportunity to participate and contribute to the success of the organization and are valued for their skills, experience, and unique perspectives. This commitment is embodied in company policy and the way we do business at the Food Farm Exploration Center and is an important principle of sound business management.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From $16.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule

Shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift

Ability to Commute:

• Plover, WI 54467 (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $16