Barista/Cafe Assistant

Job Description

Edinburgh – Central Area, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus)

Job Info

• Job Identification 14424
• Organization ACE Catering, ACE Catering, Edinburgh University Group
• Department ACE Catering
• Apply Before 07/20/2026, 10:59 PM
• Exception for not advertising internal only (if applicable) High-turnover operational role
• Health and Safety Requirements No key hazards identified for this post
• Criminal Record Check No criminal record check required
• Contract Type Guaranteed Hours (Open Ended)
• Job Schedule Part time
• Grade UE02
• Number of Openings 1
• Job Function Hospitality

Job Description

£13.45 per hour plus 18.1% uplift

Guaranteed hours: 20 hours per annum every year

Open-ended (permanent)

The Opportunity:

An exciting opportunity has become available to join our team in the beautiful Levels Café and Lounge based at Holyrood Road. Levels has been designed to provide both a high speed “Grab and Go Food” style of service as well as a self-service operation with both snacking and an extensive range of fast casual dining, salad bars and speciality hot beverages.

Whilst Levels Cafe is not a full restaurant waiter style operation, its design provides for a number of different seating zones, designed in consideration of a very diverse customer market from students, staff, public, visitors, and a wide variety of other possible customers attending events, teaching and evening classes in the adjacent “Outreach Centre”.

As a Barista/Café Assistant you will assist in the preparation and service of food and beverages for the outlet. You will currently be working in a hospitality position within a similar café/hotel/restaurant environment and be looking for your next step into a very demanding but rewarding position. Able to communicate effectively with colleagues and customers alike, you will have excellent organisational and planning skills. You will take pride in maintaining high standards and be able to demonstrate the ability to go the extra mile to enhance the customer’s experience and exceed expectations.

Please include the following documents in your application:

• CV

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

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.

To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.

Comprehensive Staff Benefits, including generous annual leave entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, a wide range of staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page and use our reward calculator to discover the value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity, and inclusion

Interviews will be held within 1 week of the closing date

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.

Please visit our website for further information.