Guaranteed Hours Receptionist

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; In loco; GBP 25.000 - 26.000; Part-time

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Generous annual leave

Staff benefits

Flexible work options

Competitive salary

Descrizione del lavoro

The University of Edinburgh invites applications to join the BioQuarter Campus reception team on a permanent basis. The role provides reception services, coordinates visitors, and supports staff and students across the campus.

Based at BioQuarter, the post involves serving as the first point of contact for enquiries, ensuring smooth operations and contributing to a welcoming, efficient working environment within the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine.

Competenze

• Provide comprehensive reception services to staff, students and visitors.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for enquiries and visitor coordination.
• Demonstrate effective communication and professional presentation.

Mansioni

• Provide comprehensive reception services and support to all staff, students, and visitors.
• Act as primary point of contact for enquiries and visitor coordination across the BioQuarter Campus.
• Assist with facilities security and day-to-day administrative backup during peak periods.

Conoscenze

Reception duties

Customer service

Communication

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Description

Grade UE03: £24,729 - £25,804 per annum pro rata, plus annual leave allowance

College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Part-time: Guaranteed Hours – 100 hours per year

Open-ended (permanent)

Vacancies available: 3

The Opportunity

Try something new. Be part of something bigger. With roles from hospitality to research,there’sa 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.

The University of Edinburgh is a world-class organisation. We are a large University covering a wide range of activities. In Professional Services, we support the University’s research and teaching, offering many career and role specialisms.

The School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences at the University of Edinburgh is seeking applications to join its BioQuarter Campus reception team, based across the BioQuarter campus on a permanent basis.

The postholder will provide comprehensive reception services and support to all staff, students, and visitors, serving as the primary point of contact for enquiries and visitor coordination. The role supports the smooth running of facilities, and security across the Campus, while also providing essential administrative backup during peak periods to ensure seamless day-to-day operations.

People have always been at the heart of our work. As part of the University, you are a part of our community. We are looking for people with drive, determination, and a passion for what they do. We are a place where everyone is welcome and offer a range of policies and benefits designed to support you in building the right meaningful/personalised flexibility for you.

Discover more about working at the University of Edinburgh on our Jobs website .

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

• Variety every day
• Working within one of the world’s leading universities
• Contributing to the work and purpose of the University.

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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 (opens in a new tab) 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 a Stonewall Proud Employer, actively promoting LGBTQ+ 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)

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 23 October 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.

Interviews dates to be confirmed.

About Us

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.

About The Team

School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences

We host research and postgraduate training in neuroscience, cardiovascular, metabolic and psychiatric research. We are one of six schools in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and are home to the Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research.

Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research

Our institute fosters collaborative neuroscience, cardiovascular, metabolic and psychiatric research to tackle some of the world's most significant health challenges.

Our research explores health and disease across the body and life course – from tiny changes in cells to the lived experience of patients. Together, we work to advance the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of major health conditions including heart disease, stroke, metabolic dysfunction, mental illness, dementia and neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders. Empowered by genetics, advanced imaging, artificial intelligence and clinical trials, our research seamlessly connects discovery science with clinical care.

Our work is internationally acclaimed, achieving 4* and world-leading classifications for the majority of our research, health and wealth impacts and research papers in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 assessment, the UK’s system for assessing the quality of research in UK higher education institutions.

As part of driving progress in our core research areas, we host internationally leading research centres and state-of-the-art technologies:

• Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic
• British Heart Foundation (BHF) Centre of Research Excellence
• Centre for Pesticide Suicide Prevention | CPSP
• Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research
• Edinburgh Clinical Research Facility
• Edinburgh Imaging
• Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory
• Medical Research Council/British Hearth Foundation Centre of Research Excellence in Advanced Cardiac Therapies
• MS Society Edinburgh Centre for MS Research | MS Society
• Muir Maxwell Epilepsy Centre
• Patrick Wild Centre
• Row Fogo Centre for Research into Ageing and the Brain
• Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain (SIDB)
• UK Dementia Research Institute at Edinburgh
• UKRI Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry

Our institute community

Our researchers drive cutting-edge science, enabling our students and working hand in hand with our expert technical and professional services colleagues. We are committed to creating a collaborative, inclusive and welcoming community, where everyone feels supported, empowered and inspired to achieve their best.

Training and education

We offer a wide range of postgraduate training opportunities. Students learn from world-class researchers, access outstanding facilities and get support to develop. Our graduates go on to successful careers in academia, research, healthcare and industry worldwide. Our colleagues are also leading contributors to undergraduate programmes.