Vacancies

Services Assistant (Barista)

• Join a supportive and fun team environment
• Great opportunity to grow and develop your barista and hospitality skills
• Predominantly Monday to Friday work!

The role

• Continuing, Full time – 35 hours per week
• $56,317 to $58,820 pa (plus 17% superannuation)
• Orange

As the Barista, you’ll be at the heart of our vibrant Orange campus café, delivering quality barista and hospitality services. You’ll create exceptional experiences for staff, students, and visitors with our delicious food and beverages and maintain a welcoming environment, working together with your team to enhance and improve our operations.

About you

• Passion for providing outstanding customer service.
• Want to be part of a small, fun and committed team.
• Positive attitude and genuine desire for serving great coffee and food.
• Previous barista experience is highly regarded but not essential, however willingness to learn is crucial.

As part of this recruitment process, you will be required to undertake a functional assessment and practical barista assessment.

About us

We are a university of the land and people of our regions. True to the character of regional Australia we have gumption, we have soul and we collaborate with others. We develop holistic, far-sighted people who help their communities grow and flourish.

The Wiradjuri phrase yindyamarra winhanganha means the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in. This phrase represents who we are at Charles Sturt University – our ethos. It comes from traditional Indigenous Australian knowledge, but it also speaks to the mission of universities – to develop and spread wisdom to make the world a better place.

Harnessing technology, we thrive as a distributed yet connected community, welcoming and engaging with people across Australia and the world.

Visit our website to learn about our great range of employee benefits.

Charles Sturt University is committed to building a diverse workforce as shown through our Athena Swan Bronze Award, our Australian Workplace Equality Index Bronze Award and our membership of a range of diversity focused organisations including Diversity Council Australia and Pride in Diversity. We encourage applications from First Nations people, carers, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with disability, neurodivergent people, and people of all age groups, genders and sexualities for all roles.

To apply

Click the Apply button, complete your application online and upload your CV. If you experience difficulties applying online or for further information on completing the application process please visit our how to apply page or contact us.

This position is open to Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents; or applicants who hold a current valid work visa commensurate with this position.

Further information

Additional information is available in the position description or by contacting:

Gail Hadfield | Operations Officer, Northern | ghadfield@csu.edu.au | Ph: 02 6338 6978

Closing Date: 11 pm, 25 March 2026

Advertised: 11 Mar 2026 09:00 AM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: 25 Mar 2026 11:00 PM - AUS Eastern Daylight Time