Barista/Cafe Assistant

Grade UE02: £24,547 per annum pro-rata

£13.45 per hour plus 18.1% uplift

CSG / Accommodation, Catering and Events – Levels Café & Lounge

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.

Your skills and attributes for success

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

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How to apply

- CV

- Cover letter

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, 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

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 .

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 20 th July 2026.

Unless stated otherwise, the closing time for applications is 11:59 pm (UK time). If you are applying from outside the UK, the closing time shown on our adverts will automatically adjust to your browser’s local time zone.

Interviews will be held within 1 week of the closing date