Head Barista

Role summary

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The Head Barista leads daily coffee-service operations, ensuring consistently high beverage quality, excellent guest service, and smooth outlet performance. Requirements typically include several years of barista experience, strong knowledge of espresso preparation, brewing methods, coffee beans, equipment maintenance, hygiene standards, and team supervision. Experience in a luxury hotel or high-volume hospitality environment is preferred. The successful candidate is expected to train and motivate colleagues, manage mise en place and stock levels, monitor quality, handle guest requests professionally, and support menu development. Good communication, attention to detail, reliability, grooming, and a passion for specialty coffee are essential. Flexibility to work shifts, weekends, and public holidays is also expected.

About the employer

The St. Regis Doha is a luxury beachfront hotel in Qatar operated under the St. Regis Hotels & Resorts brand, part of Marriott International. The property is known for refined service, elegant accommodation, premium dining venues, leisure facilities, and distinctive experiences associated with the St. Regis name. Its food and beverage operations include restaurants, lounges, bars, and event services serving international visitors, business travellers, and local guests. Employees work in a polished, multicultural hospitality environment where attention to detail, discretion, personalized service, and professional presentation are highly valued. Marriott generally provides structured training, career development opportunities, and access to international hospitality standards. The hotel is located in Doha’s West Bay area, close to attractions, shopping, business districts, and the coast, making it an attractive workplace for candidates seeking luxury-hotel experience in the Gulf region.

Working in Qatar

Qatar is not an island but a compact Gulf country centered around Doha. Hospitality, tourism, aviation, retail, catering, events, and luxury food and beverage offer regular employment opportunities for international workers. The culture combines modern city life with Islamic traditions; modest clothing, respectful behavior, and awareness of prayer times are important. Doha offers high-quality malls, restaurants, beaches, museums, gyms, and desert activities, while summers are extremely hot and humid. Most overseas employees need an employer-sponsored work visa and residence permit. Employers commonly arrange medical checks, insurance, accommodation or an allowance, transport, and return flights, although packages vary. Candidates should confirm salary, service charge, housing, working hours, leave, probation, and recruitment costs before accepting an offer. English is widely used in hotels, while Arabic is beneficial. Qatar is generally safe, but local laws concerning alcohol, public conduct, photography, and dress should be observed carefully.