Guaranteed Hours Receptionist

Grade UE03: £24,729 - £25,804 per annum pro-rata for part-time (£13.55 - £14.14 per hour) CMVM / BioQuarter Campus Part-time: Guaranteed hours (GH) role Open-ended: permanent Vacancies available: 3

The Opportunity: With roles from hospitality to research, there's a career for everyone at the University of Edinburgh. We can offer opportunities for you to develop in your career and make a real difference in the communities around us while contributing to the world at large.

You will provide a reception service to the BioQuarter Campus, which provides accommodation for approximately 1500 staff and postgraduate students and teaching accommodation for approximately 1200 undergraduate students.

A career with us has a range of other benefits that can be tailored to your lifestyle:

• Good salary/pay rates.
• Working within one of the world's leading universities.
• Variety every day.

This post is part-time (Guaranteed Hours - 100 hours guaranteed per year).

How to apply

Please include the following documents in your application:

• 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 10 April 2026. Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm UK time. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.