Catering & Events Assistant
UE02 £21,900 per annum - £14.16 per hour (Includes 18% uplift) - (A revised salary range for this grade of £21,978 to £22,134 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024).
CSG / Accommodation, Catering & Events.
Open-ended guaranteed hours contract – 20 hours guaranteed per year.
Posts x 10.
The Opportunity:
The University of Edinburgh Hospitality and Events Collection is the commercial arm of the world-leading University of Edinburgh, which includes the conference and events team. We provide a professional operation across a broad portfolio of conferences, meetings and events, from major international conferences to day meetings and prestigious dining events (circa 2,000 events annually), held at venues across the University’s portfolio. Additionally, the team operates a large Outside Catering and Delivered Hospitality service to university buildings and to private and corporate locations across the city.
We are looking for friendly, charismatic and professional individuals to join and strengthen our diverse team. As a Catering and Events Assistant, you will support the operational service delivery, which includes setting up, service, clearing and many other activities for a wide range of conferences and events. You will learn a wide range of skills as well as gain numerous of development opportunities.
Your skills and attributes for success:
Strong communication skills.
Exceptional customer service.
An excellent team player.
A keen eye for attention to detail.
Flexibility.
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As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
A competitive salary of £14.16 per hour.
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, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. 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)
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 17th April 2024 at11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK, the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will be held within 2 weeks of the closing date.
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
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.
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