Sous Chef
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Job Summary
Grade UE05 - 29588 to 33951 per annum plus 15% Premium Band for flexible working
Department: Accommodation Catering and Events (ACE)
Full Time: 35 hours per week 5 over 7 days including weekends
Open Ended: Permanent Contract
The Opportunity:
An opportunity has arisen for Sous Chef to join The University of Edinburgh Catering Department. The role will be based at our largest catering unit the John McIntyre Conference Centre located within Pollock halls.
The John McIntyre Centre is a 650-seater buffet restaurant that provides approximately 28000 meals each week during our student period and also provide breakfast lunch and dinner to our commercial guests year-round.
The annual salary for this post is29588 to 33951 per annum plus 15% Premium Band for flexible working.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Large volume kitchen supervisory experience.
- Flexibility.
- Excellent Communication skills.
- Experience of working in a successful team.
- Self-motivation and passion for career development.
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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- 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 such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff 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 ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
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 8 January 2026.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm 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 1 week from the closing date.
Key Skills
- Culinary Experience
- Food Handling
- Restaurant Experience
- Kitchen Management Experience
- Food Preparation Experience
- Kitchen Experience
- Labor Cost Analysis
- Catering
- Cooking
- Cost Control
- Sanitation
- Knife Skills
About Company
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