The University of Edinburgh

Barista / Café Assistant

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Location
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Posted At
7/10/2025
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Description
Job Description

Grade UE02: £22,995 to £23,028 per annum pro-rata (£12.60 - £12.62 per hour) plus 18.1% Uplift

CSG / Accommodation, Catering and Events

Guaranteed hours: 20 hours per annum every year

Open-ended (permanent)

The Opportunity

The positions will be based either in the Library Café or 40 George Square. Working as part of the team, you will be responsible for delivering excellent customer service and fantastic food to our wide range of customers.

Your Skills And Attributes For Success

  • Team Orientated.
  • Focused upon excellent customer service.
  • Great attention to detail.
  • Strong communication.
  • Efficient / organised.

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Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

  • CV

As a valued member of our team, you can expect:

  • A competitive salary.
  • An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
  • To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
  • Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab)

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 24th July 2025.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.

About Us

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About The Team

Accommodation, Catering and Events provides catered and self-catered residential accommodation for over 10,000 students, including community and welfare support through its Residence Life service. We also operate 17 cafes and a range of other catering products to students and staff across the University estate. Under our commercial brand, The University of Edinburgh Hospitality and Events Collection, we deliver hotel accommodation options to around 200,000 guests each year plus an extensive selection of conference, catering and event services to over 2,000 events.

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