Barista & Facilities Assistant

Job Description

Akuna Capital is an innovative trading firm with a strong focus on collaboration, cutting-edge technology, data driven solutions and automation. We specialise in providing liquidity as an options market maker – meaning we are committed to providing competitive quotes that we are willing to both buy and sell. To do this successfully we design and implement our own low latency technologies, trading strategies and mathematical models.

At Akuna, we believe that the people are the centre of everything we do. Our Sydney office has a start-up feel with less than 250 people, which means you really get to know the team! We are expanding rapidly and looking for the best talent to join us on this journey. If you enjoy being part of smart, driven teams with real challenges to solve- this could be the place for you!

About the role:

Join the team that keep our office running smoothly, and be a part of keeping our growing, fast-paced office clean, organized and caffeinated!. Working in our office & facilities team this role will be split between two main areas of focus: supporting our Full time Barista to run our Coffee Bar and supporting our facilities team to keep our physical space in top condition.

You will take pride in creating a positive and welcoming environment where people are proud to work and want to be apart of.

What you’ll do:

• Support our barista with coffee bar operations (Set up, Pack down, making coffee) alone and in a team at peak times
• Provide full time cover of the coffee bar when the Head barista is on leave
• Assist with unpacking deliveries and orders for the Coffee Bar supplies and stock management
• Assist our facilities team with maintaining overall cleanliness of the kitchens inclusive of running and emptying dishwashers, spot cleaning of benches and surfaces, restocking of cleaning supplies.
• Assist with the daily restocking of snacks and communal supplies in the fridges and 'pantries'
• Assist in maintaining the office as a clean and tidy space including straightening of furniture, tidying meeting rooms, clean down of whiteboards, restock of supplies in meeting rooms
• Assist in maintaining the EOT facilities in the office for towels and consumables
• Provide support to the facilities coordinator to ensure office space if prepared for office guests and potential candidates - set up & pack down of meeting spaces
• Provide support to the engagement team with the set up and pack down of in office events and functions as needed.
• Support the Facilities Coordinator with stock counts for ordering of supplies for the workplace - Snacks, kitchen consumables, Cleaning, Stationary, towels

What you’ll bring:

• A LOVE & passion for all things Coffee!
• A high level of detail-orientation and desire for excellence
• A self-starter with excellent communication skills and a can-do attitude
• Ability to work independently & in a team
• Always looking to improve or develop more efficient processes when needed

What you’ll get:

• An attractive base salary, bonus structure and plenty of career mobility opportunities
• Catch up over a coffee made to order by our in-house barista and grab a bite to eat in our stocked kitchen
• We host poker nights, happy hours, team outings and sponsor a variety of employee-led clubs and sports teams, and offer volunteer opportunities to all employees.
• We are proud to offer firm-wide classes through our Akuna U program, access to webinars, digital books, and case studies
• Opportunities to attend conferences, and tuition reimbursements to make sure you keep learning!
• Leave starting at 20 days per year that increases based on tenure with the firm