Senior Sourdough Baker

**Job Title**:Head Baker

**Location**: Our brand new site in Essex Road, Islington

**Contract**:Full time (45hrs per week over 5 days) Your time will need to be reasonably flexible throughout the week.

**Salary**:£40-45k per year experience depending.

**Why work for us?**

Sourdough Sophia is truly a bakery born in the community. During lockdown we set up a micro bakery from our dining room and founded Sourdough Sophia to change the way in which us Brits consume bread one loaf at a time.

Within a couple of weeks we attracted huge queues down the road from our little flat and quickly ran out of space. So, with the help of a successful kickstarter campaign and nearly 600 backers from the local community, we opened the doors to our bakery in 2020, only 8 months after we baked our very first loaf.

Before we opened, we made the firm commitment to bake the most delicious sourdough, serve the most incredible coffee alongside our delicious bakes and level up how we treat our staff by creating a positive and supportive working environment for all. Well, now that we've been serving and inspiring the community for over 3 years now, we need someone to come onboard and drive our business to the next level

**Our priority is people.**

Sourdough Sophia is family first. Everyone in our team in valued, supported, loved and their progress is nurtured. Our mission is to fix the way in which staff are treated in the hospitality industry. Working in hospitality is always going to be hard, but it shouldn't be unfair. We believe that hard work done the right way can be the most rewarding experience for you.

We are set to do things differently. No night shifts, fair pay, supportive and positive working environment in which you can feel safe to take risks, make mistakes and learn.

We are set to expand over the coming years and we are looking for incredible talent to help us achieve our ambitious goals Help us fix the way in which we perceive bread in society and fix the broken food system together, one loaf at a time

**Join our team, and you will**:

- Be part of an incredibly close-knit team with a detailed understanding of baking, cooking, hospitality and coffee
- Have excellent opportunities for career progression in a company with big goals.
- Be given paid training opportunities
- Enjoy staff perks, including staff massage, free lunch, free coffee, pastries and bread every day, access to specialist third-party staff wellbeing services and more.

**Why this role?**

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to get stuck into a brand new store opening, work with our team of bakers and build new relationships with the locals. Our new site in Essex road is absolutely amazing, an inspiring space to visit for our customers but also an incredible place to work This is the perfect role for someone experienced in sourdough baking, with a passion for leading a great team, driving our business and products to the next level. You will have the opportunity to use your talent, experience and initiative to have input in shaping the space and operations of our new site, develop new relationships with local customers, flex your baking skills, and truly be proud of your creations Along with the support of our leadership team and the owners, you will get the chance to make your mark on this wonderful and fast growing business.

**Key responsibilities of the role**

As our head baker you will be a vital part of our incredible bread team. You will be working closely with your team of bakers and pastry chefs to ensure that we are baking some incredible products, the production is running smoothly, the team are motivated and raring to go, and the quality of our produce is top notch

You'll play a role in innovation, new ideas and new menu items. Ideally you would have had at least 2 years experience in a leadership position in a production environment and have had several years of practical experience baking sourdough and viennoiserie in a professional environment.

For this role, we are looking for a people leader, your top priority will be making sure that your team feel supported to to their best work. Leading people has to be something that gives you energy and gets you up in the morning

**Your responsibilities include**:

- You oversee the production team including bread team pastry team, kitchen porters and chefs.
- Supervise and evaluate performance of production personnel ensuring the high quality output is always taking place.
- You take a leading roll in staff hiring, training and onboarding. Also giving continuous positive and negative feedback to the team where needed, and facilitate ongoing training opportunities.
- You are able to give direct feedback and problem solve with everyone involved and are able to lead the team to take ownership and pride in what they produce.
- You liaise with other managers to formulate objectives and understand requirements of daily production. Provide regular updates on key milestones an