Barista

About the role

Starbucks is hiring a part-time barista for Store #04944 at Kent Street & Albert in Ottawa, Ontario. In this role, you’ll help create a welcoming café experience by preparing drinks and food, delivering friendly service, and contributing to a positive store atmosphere.

The company emphasizes teamwork, connection, and community impact, with an environment where each team member is treated as a partner and encouraged to bring their own background and perspective to the team.

What you’ll do

You’ll support customers by crafting beverages and food items to standard recipes or custom requests, while maintaining quality, safety, and store standards. The role also includes working across different tasks throughout the shift in a busy, fast-moving setting.

What makes someone successful here

The ideal candidate enjoys interacting with people, works well with others, and cares about delivering a strong customer experience. You should be comfortable learning new beverage recipes, staying organized, handling cash, and keeping composure in an energetic workplace.

Experience and qualifications

No prior experience is required. Applicants should be dependable, punctual, and available for flexible scheduling that may include early mornings, evenings, weekends, nights, and holidays. You should be able to follow both verbal and written instructions, ask for clarification when needed, and collaborate effectively as part of a team.

Skills and abilities

Strong people skills, quick learning ability, clear communication, relationship-building, and the ability to multitask are important in this role.

Benefits

Eligible part-time and full-time partners may receive a competitive compensation and benefits package that can include free coffee, tuition reimbursement, health coverage with multiple plan options, stock and savings programs such as Bean Stock, flexible scheduling, and paid time off.

Equal opportunity and accommodation

Starbucks is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes qualified applicants from all backgrounds, including people of color, women, LGBTQIA+ individuals, veterans, and persons with disabilities. Candidates with criminal histories will be considered in line with applicable federal, provincial, and local laws. Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.

Additional information

This posting represents an ongoing hiring opportunity. Contact details are provided for accommodation support if needed.