Lead Barista

Lead Barista

Under the direction of the Head of Food & Beverage, the Lead Barista oversees the day-to-day operations of the Honolulu Museum of Art Coffee Bar and leads the barista team in delivering exceptional coffee, beverages, food, and guest service. The Lead Barista maintains high standards for product quality, cleanliness, efficiency, and hospitality while supporting staff training, scheduling, menu development, and special events.

The ideal candidate has strong coffee knowledge, excellent customer service skills, a hands-on leadership style, and the ability to remain organized and composed in a fast-paced environment.

HoMA is committed to practicing salary transparency. The pay range for this position is $20.00 per hour, plus tips with final compensation based on experience, education, market date, and internal equity.

Benefits include employer paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, 12 paid holidays, vacation and sick leave, retirement plan with employer matching after Year 1, employee discounts, and onsite parking provided.

The Lead Barista is generally scheduled for 30-35 hours per week. Must be able to stand and walk for up to 10 hours (with a break) and be able to maneuver around and between chairs and tables. Able to bend, stoop, and kneel. Must be able to use fingers, hands, and arms to hold utensils, plates, glasses, and cups. Must be able to lift, hold and carry up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Must be able to reach outward and overhead. Noise level can be louder than normal due to conversation in the coffee bar area and machinery used in the museum. Able to hear and understand normal conversation to take food orders. Ability to speak clearly and audibly. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, to keep up with orders, service, and customer needs. Ability to work in open air in all types of weather including heat, sun, wind, light rain and chill.

HoMA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. HoMA recruits, hires, trains, promotes, compensates, and administers all personnel actions and benefit programs without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, including pregnancy and gender identity and expression, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, reproductive health decisions, marital status, arrest and court record, citizenship, credit history, military and veteran service, victim of domestic violence or sexual abuse victim status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.