Servitor

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academic institution in Edinburgh seeks Servitors for full-time roles on their Kings Buildings Campus. Responsibilities include supporting Schools and Departments to ensure smooth research and teaching operations. Candidates must possess teamwork and communication skills, and a customer-oriented mindset is essential. This open-ended position offers a competitive salary, flexible working hours, generous holiday entitlement and staff benefits, making it a rewarding place to work.

Benefits

Generous holiday entitlement

Defined benefits pension scheme

Staff discounts

Flexible working initiatives

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Pro-active approach to customer satisfaction is essential.
• No specific educational qualifications required.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient support services to Schools and Departments.
• Ensure smooth running of research and teaching operations.

Skills

Teamwork

Excellent communication skills

Customer satisfaction approach

Job description

Edinburgh - Kings Buildings, Midlothian, United Kingdom (100% On-campus)

Job Info

• Job Identification 13556
• Locations Edinburgh - Kings Buildings, Edinburgh - Kings Buildings, EH9 3DL, GB (100% On-campus)
• Organization Cleaning/Servitorial/Non-Central, Cleaning/Servitorial/Non-Central, Cleaning/Servitorial/Non-Central, Edinburgh University Group
• Department Cleaning/Servitorial/Non-Central
• Apply Before 01/19/2026, 11:59 PM
• Health and Safety Requirements No key hazards identified for this post
• Criminal Record Check No criminal record check required
• Contract Type Open EndedJob Schedule Full time
• Grade UE02
• Number of Openings 2
• Job Function Estates and Facilities

Job Description

Grade UE02: £22,547 per annum plus 3 hours per week contractual overtime and 5% premium band shift allowance

Contract Type - Open-ended

We are looking for Servitors to join the current team at our Kings Buildings Campus, EH9 3FD

The Opportunity:

The hours of work are Monday to Friday 08:45 to 17:00 although approximately one week in four may be 15:00 to 23:00 which you will be paid an additional 5% shift allowance and there will also be some weekend work which will be paid as overtime at 1.5 hours.

This customer-facing post is an integral part of the Estates Department providing an efficient level of support services to Schools and Departments within the College to ensure the smooth running of research and teaching operations.

The ability to work as part of a team, excellent communication skills and a pro-active approach to customer satisfaction is essential.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefit for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

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.

If invited for interview 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 19 January 2026.

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

The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 and currently occupies more than 550 academic, administrative and residential buildings throughout the city of Edinburgh across 5 campuses; Central Area, Kings Buildings, Easter Bush, Bio- Quarter and the Western General Hospital. There are also sporting facilities at Peffermill.

The estate is an exciting mix of eras and architecture. Whilst many of the buildings enjoy listed status and are integral to the unique qualities and characteristics of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Edinburgh, many more have been added over the years as the University has grown. The portfolio ranges from nationally important, iconic, historical buildings through to state of the art teaching, research and sporting facilities. The University of Edinburgh has a significant programme of estates investment underway, in both capital development and also in the infrastructure and resilience of the estate. This investment will help to ensure that the university remains at the forefront of world leading teaching, learning and research.

The Estates Department is part of the Corporate Services Group and provides a range of key activities that help the University to achieve its corporate objectives. It is an integrated centre of excellence responsible for implementing decisions related to the buildings, fabric and infrastructure of the University. It provides specialist advice to the University on strategic estates issues as well as its statutory obligations.