Total 7 job vacancies by University of Edinburgh

UE02, £21,978 - £22,134 plus 15% premium band for flexible working

Accommodation, Catering and Events; Business Development and Occupancy.

Open Ended Contract - Permanent.

Full Time - 35 hours per week.



The Opportunity:

We have a fantastic opportunity in our Hotel Food and Beverage team part of the University of Edinburgh and are looking for Food and Beverage Assistants with great personalities who are team players and have outstanding customer service skills.

Your skills and attributes for success:

-Passionate about delivering great service
-Attention to detail and a positive attitude
-Excellent verbal and written communication
-Willingness to learn

UE02 - £21,978 - £22,134 plus 5% premium band for flexible working

Corperate Services Group- Accommodation, Catering and Events

Full Time- 35 hours per week

Open Ended- Permanent Contract


The Opportunity:

An opportunity has arisen to join The University of Edinburgh Catering Department.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, professional and friendly person to join our successful catering team.

The role will be based at our largest catering unit; The John McIntyre Centre located within the Pollock Halls Campus.

The John McIntyre Centre houses a food court and 500-seater restaurant providing 28,000 meals per week during our student period and breakfast, lunch and dinner to our commercial guests in the summer months. Adjacent to the restaurant is Arthur’s our on-site bar, offering food and drink to customers year-round.


Your skills and attributes for success:

-Basic Food Service Knowledge
-Flexibility
-Excellent Communication skills
-Experience of working in a successful team

Grade UE07 £39,347- £46,974 per annum
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences/University of Edinburgh Business School
Fixed Term: 36 months/3 years (September 2024 - February 2027)

Full Time: 35 hours per week

We are looking to hire a highly motivated Research Fellow in Food Systems Thinking (Analytical Support), with excellent analytical, organisational and interpersonal skills, to work on our new Wellcome Trust Living Good Food Nation Lab project (https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/people-and-projects/grants-awarded/building-health-centred-net-zero-aligned-food).

This project is closely linked to exciting new Scottish legislation, the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act, and aims to support its ongoing implementation. Led by University of Edinburgh Business School, our transdisciplinary team brings together academic, governmental, public sector and 3rd sector partners with expertise in nutrition and public health, environmental modelling, public food procurement, food policy and governance, anthropology, and sociology, of food, food and procurement law, social policy, behavioural change, and food systems transformation.

This post is advertised as fixed term (36 months) and full-time (35 hours per week) however, we are open to considering part-time (4-5 days) and/or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working with a minimum requirement for 2 days/week on campus working.

The Opportunity:

Working closely with Professor Lindsay Jaacks and Dr Peter Alexander (Unit Leads – Analytical Unit), the Research Fellow in Food Systems Transformation (Analytical Support) will provide essential analytical support to relevant authorities in Scotland including reviewing, refining, and baselining a basket of indictors of progress for measuring food systems transformation. Indicators will cover the outcome categories listed in the GFN Act namely: 1) the environment, including climate change, wildlife and the natural environment; 2) health and physical and mental wellbeing; 3) social and economic wellbeing; 4) economic development, 5) animal welfare, 6) education, and 7) child poverty.


Your skills and attributes for success:

PhD or equivalent professional experience in relevant field. This includes a wide range of possible quantitative disciplines such as economics, statistics, environmental science, or epidemiology.
Skills in writing for academic and/or stakeholder audiences, evidenced by peer-reviewed publications and/or stakeholder outputs.
Interest in food systems transformation in Scotland
Proven ability to work independently and as a member of a diverse team.
Highly organized and adept at multi-tasking.

Grade UE02: £21,978 to £22,134 per annum pro-rata if part-time (+ 5% premium band)
Accommodation, Catering and Events/Business Development and Occupancy
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Open-ended: permanent


The Opportunity:



We have a fantastic opportunity in our Hotel Kitchen team, part of the University of Edinburgh, and are looking for an enthusiastic and passionate Breakfast Chef.

Have you got a passion for food? Are you looking to progress your career within a world class organisation and develop your culinary skills further? In this varied role your key duties will include preparing and cooking food for breakfast and lunch service. You will work both by yourself and assist other chefs during your shift, ensuring high quality dishes are served to all of our guests across our three properties, which have undergone significant investment and refurbishment.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week); however, we are open to considering part-time or flexible working patterns.

Your skills and attributes for success:

Kitchen experience in a hospitality setting.
Prepare food for breakfast and lunch to the highest possible standards.
Take pride in delivering a memorable breakfast to hotel guests.
Ensure that all Health & safety requirements are met whilst on shift to ensure a safe environment is provided and all our legal obligations met.
Impeccable standards and an eye for detail.
Flexibility and a positive can-do attitude.
Continuously look to improve our standards; menu offering and deliver world-class hospitality.
Be an ambassador for our brand and catering operation.

Grade UE02: £21,978 to £22,134 + 5% premium Band

CSG / Accommodation, Catering and Events / ACE Catering

Full time: 35 hours per week

Open Ended (permanent)

Positions x 2


We are looking for an enthusiastic, professional and friendly person to join our successful catering team.


The Opportunity:

An opportunity has arisen to join The University of Edinburgh Catering Department.

The role will be based at our largest catering unit; The John McIntyre Centre located within the Pollock Halls Campus.

The John McIntyre Centre houses a food court and 500-seater restaurant providing 28,000 meals per week during our student period and breakfast, lunch and dinner to our commercial guests in the summer months. Adjacent to the restaurant is Arthur’s our on-site bar, offering food and drink to customers year-round.



Your skills and attributes for success:

-Basic Food Service Knowledge
-Flexibility
-Excellent Communication skills
-Experience of working in a successful team

Grade 7, £37,099-£44,263
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences/University of Edinburgh Business School
Fixed Term, Full Time 35hrs per week
March 2024-Feb 2027



We are looking to hire a highly motivated Research Fellow in Food Systems Thinking (Systems Thinking and Practice), with excellent analytical, organisational and interpersonal skills, to work on our new Wellcome Trust Living Good Food Nation Lab project (https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/people-and-projects/grants-awarded/building-health-centred-net-zero-aligned-food).



This project is closely linked to exciting new Scottish legislation, the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act, and aims to support its ongoing implementation. Led by University of Edinburgh Business School, our transdisciplinary team brings together academic, governmental, public sector and 3rd sector partners with expertise in nutrition and public health, environmental modelling, public food procurement, food policy and governance, anthropology, and sociology, of food, food and procurement law, social policy, behavioural change, and food systems transformation.



This post is advertised as full-time (35 hours per week) however, we are open to considering part-time (4-5 days) and/or flexible working patterns. We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working with a minimum requirement for 2 days/week on campus working.



The Opportunity:

Working closely with Professor Brennan (PI and Unit Lead – Systems Thinking) and Professor Pringle, the Research Fellow in Food Systems Transformation (Systems Thinking and Practice) will focus on building a strong systems thinking culture, skills and competencies and working practices amongst project partners and our wider community of practice, project manage the design, development, and piloting of, a new Food Systems Transformation Executive Education programme, support the curation and delivery of a programme of external facing events/outputs and investigate the impact, if any, on how stakeholders and their organisations, understand, make sense of, and practice food systems thinking.



Your skills and attributes for success:



PhD (or near completion) in systems thinking and/or transformation) or equivalent professional experience
Experience of working in teams/projects/organisations on systems thinking, practice, and transformation
Experience of working with diverse stakeholder groups as part of major organisational and/or systems transformation projects.
Skills in writing on, and talking about, systems thinking, practice, and transformation, to policy, stakeholder and public audiences, evidenced by policy and stakeholder briefings/reports, press releases, blogs, media articles, and/or podcasts.
Interest in food systems transformation in Scotland

Grade UE06: £31,396 - £36,024 per annum
Accommodation, Catering & Events
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Open-ended: permanent



An opportunity has arisen to join The University of Edinburgh catering department as a head chef. The role will be based at our newest catering unit; Edinburgh Futures Institute at Edinburgh’s old royal infirmary building. This much-loved historic building is being carefully renovated, extended and upgraded to form a major interdisciplinary institute, the largest of its kind in the UK. In preparation for the opening of a new and exciting catering offer, located both within an historical ward and new created spaces, we are now looking to appoint our new food team.

The Edinburgh Futures Institute will house a modern university restaurant café bar and a busy food to go outlet featuring seasonal on trend exciting food. As Head Chef, you will lead the kitchen team in the efficient delivery of our food offer to our students, staff and external guests throughout the year.As part of a world-changing, world-leading University, we provide an exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.

What do we look for?

A keen eye for attention to detail.
A passion for fresh on trend food.
A keen interest in development of our plant-based food offerings.
Excellent communication skills.
An excellent team player.
Exceptional customer service.
Self-motivation and passion for developing your career.