Application Closing Date: Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Position Start Date: Mon, Sep 7, 2026

Position End Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2026

Appointment Type: Non-Appointed

Employment Group: CUPE

Department: Hospitality Services

Number of Vacancies: 2

Weekly Work Hours: up to 15 hours per week

Rate of Pay: $20.00

About Hart House

Hart House is a centre for experiential education outside the classroom at the University of Toronto. Since it opened in 1919, Hart House functions as a place where students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the broader community connect with each other and the world. Through an array of co-curricular programming in the arts, dialogue and wellness, Hart House works with local and international partners to foster community and to create innovative learning opportunities for students. Hart House operates from a historic facility on the St. George campus, as well as a 150-acre farm in Caledon, Ontario, offering a wide range of services through a social enterprise model that generates revenue to support its student-focused programming on all three University of Toronto campuses.

About Hospitality Services

For over 100 years, Hart House has been offering exceptional experiences and creating lasting memories. Our Hospitality Services underpin all of these events by providing the coordination, culinary, and staging services for each meaningful exchange and encounter. We have the pleasure of serving a diverse and diverse array of clients from student groups and campus partners to corporate clients and the recently engaged. Our team is unified around a common bond: a passion to wow clients by delivering an unforgettable experience. In short, our team succeeds when our clients and guests love what we do.

Responsibilities and Duties

- assembles staff workstations and client self-service stations with appropriate products and equipment.
- sets up and prepares cash register,



receives cash float and sets up cash appropriately.
- keys menu prices into cash register if required.
- advises and provides information to customers such as ingredients, pricing, portion size.
- receives orders from customers, inputs order into POS system, and collects payment.
- assembles, prepares, and serves food and beverage products including espresso-based and alcoholic beverages.
- delivers orders to clients at counter or at table as appropriate.
- may be called upon to prepare sandwiches, salads and bake premixed food products.
- collects dishes and tableware used by customers and places them in appropriate areas for washing.
- cleans tabletops, counters and furniture in cafeteria and surrounding area.
- removes soiled tableware and garbage to specific locations, sorts recyclable materials.
- maintains adequate supplies of dishes, utensils and food and paper products in various receptacles for use by customers.
- polishes glassware
- may be required to clean floors to maintain safe working conditions.
- receives and stores deliveries of food and supplies; checks receiving slips for accuracy.
- restocks at end of shift.
- other related duties as required.

Qualifications

SmartServe Certification required

Applicants with Barista experience and Food HandlersCertification preferred

Education : Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent.
Experience : One year of related working experience.
Other :

- Physical ability to perform required duties
- Ability to communicate effectively in English (oral and written)




- Considerable public relations skills (courtesy and tact).
- Knowledge of food safety.
- Ability to work well in a team setting.
- Ability to handle figures rapidly.

We’re looking for someone with open availability in the evenings, 11:30am -7:30pm.

AI tools may be used within the hiring process.

Diversity Statement

The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons/persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ2S+ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see .

Accessibility Statement

The University strives to be an equitable and inclusive community, and proactively seeks to increase diversity among its community members. Our values regarding equity and diversity are linked with our unwavering commitment to excellence in the pursuit of our academic mission.

The University is committed to the principles of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). As such, we strive to make our recruitment, assessment and selection processes as accessible as possible and provide accommodations as required for applicants with disabilities.

If you require any accommodations at any point during the application and hiring process, please .

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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📌 Cafeteria Worker (Toronto)
🏢 The Hart House
📍 Toronto