Are you a student or staff at ITU and interested in becoming a volunteer barista in Cafe Analog?
We open for applications twice a year (August and February), and always at the beginning of the semester. Keep your eyes peeled on our Social platforms as well as ITU’s info screens.
What is Cafe Analog?
Analog is ITU’s student-run, non-profit café, serving coffee and tea to more than 500 students a day. We’re comprised of about 60 students and faculty members of all majors, nationalities, and ages, working together to make Analog the best, most “hygge”, place at ITU.
Analog is an organization with a flat structure. We elect a new board, called Analogen, every semester at General Assembly, but we are at no different level than any other volunteer – we all started as baristas just like you.
What do we expect from you as a volunteer?
Keeping a café open every weekday is hard work, so, volunteering at Analog requires trust. We need reliable, enthusiastic people to join our organization. We expect you to take initiative, and consult your fellow volunteers about your ideas. Anyone in Analog can improve on what we do, but being more than 60 people in an organization means that we need to improve ourselves collaboratively.
We have various roles that need filling, but most of our volunteers are baristas, i.e. they take shifts and make coffee. Other volunteers plan our shifts, manage our storage, plan our hangouts, audit our financial accounts, and so on. Everyone has to go through barista training and a kitchen course. As a barista, you are expected to take a 2-2,5 hour shift every week. The other roles such as managers and board members have varying degrees of expected workload.
In Analog we use Basecamp to communicate, and so we expect you to check and actively engage with the Basecamp group regularly.
What’s in it for you?
Volunteering in Analog is hard and fun work, and also comes with some great benefits. First of all, you join the Analog family, which means a chance to meet the greatest people at ITU across majors and classes. We get together several times per semester to hang out and get to know each other better. For example, we have played petanque at BouleBar, painted mugs at Creative Space, and played mini golf at Camping Bar. We also host events in the café for all of ITU.
Additionally, all volunteers can enjoy free black coffee and tea, as well as espresso drinks, chai, cocoa, and matcha for 6 DKK. What could be seen as the most important perk is that you get access to Analog during vacations and exam periods.
How to apply
We’re excited that you have gotten this far, and are still interested in joining our family. If you do however have any unanswered questions, you are welcome to get in touch with Analog’s board at analogen@cafeanalog.dk.
To apply, complete the following steps:
- Fill out the form below
- We highly encourage you to make something creative, to show a bit more of who you are. We want to get to know you – so focus on that, as well as why you want to volunteer at Analog.
The deadline for application is September 10th at 3 p.m. (15:00 for the Danes).
An idea for a video application
To get to know you better, we would like to hear why you think you would fit right into the Analog crew. Maybe you have made a funny and interesting project that you would like to tell us about? Maybe you have a suggestion for how to make Analog better, or maybe you have a good joke, that you would like to tell us.
This is a great opportunity to show us your personality and give us a taste of who you are in a short and concise format.
By applying, you are also telling us that you’ve read and understood, what being an Analog member requires.