Chef de Partie

Grade UE03: £24,729 - £25,804 per annum plus 15% Premium Band for flexible working

CSG / Accommodation, Catering and Events / Catering

Full-time: 35 hours per week, 5 over 7 days including weekends

Open-ended (permanent)

Chef de Partie to join The University of Edinburgh Catering Department. The role will be based at our largest catering unit the John McIntyre Conference Centre (JMCC) located within Pollock halls.

The John McIntyre Conference Centre is a 650-seater buffet restaurant that provides approximately 28,000 meals each week during our student period and also provides breakfast, lunch and dinner to our commercial guests year‑round.

The annual salary for this post is £24,729 - £25,804 plus 15% premium band for flexible working.

• Extensive kitchen knowledge.
• Flexibility.
• Excellent communication skill.
• Experience of working within a successful team.

• Interesting work.
• Good salary / pay rates.
• Excellent benefits and support.
• 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.

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.

The closing date for applications is 10 July 2026.

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