We are excited to share an opportunity to join our busy Cafe team – are you passionate about providing a warm and friendly welcome to patients, families and NHS staff. Can you provide the best catering experience possible? This could be the role for you!

We are looking for an individual who is experienced in managing a diverse team of people in a similar fast paced, quick service café or restaurant environment. Previous experience in preparing food and beverages in line with hygiene standards and in accordance with Natasha’s Law is essential.

Our Charity supports and enhances the treatment, care and wellbeing of current, former and future cancer patients and their families. We work in partnership with the NHS, The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre and all related facilities. We also offer the wider community a unique opportunity to contribute to the fight against cancer in the broadest possible sense.

If you have the skills and qualities to be successful in this role and are passionate about supporting the aims of our Charity, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Daily management of Café volunteers.
• Preparing food and beverages in line with hygiene standards and in accordance with Natasha’s Law.
• Provide an excellent customer service experience.
• Manage all areas of stock control and replenishment.
• Daily management of credit card and cash handling.
• Comply with and monitor all Café operating procedures, including start and end of day checklists.
• Ensure the Café is fully compliant with our Healthy Living Plus Award.
• Adhere to and monitor compliance with HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) legislation within the Café.
• To act promptly in accordance with standard operating procedures if any patient/visitor is unwell.

Essential Criteria

• Previous experience of managing a diverse team of people in a similar fast paced, quick service café or restaurant environment.
• Previous experience in preparing food and beverages in line with hygiene standards and in accordance with Natasha’s Law.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to stay calm in stressful situations.
• Fantastic organisation skills.
• Have a warm, friendly personality.

The Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (SOC) is seeking a motivated, organised and approachable individual to join our team as Visitor Experience Officer. Based at the Club’s attractive headquarters at Waterston House in Aberlady, this role is central to delivering a welcoming and informative front-of-house experience for visitors, members and researchers.

You will be a key member of a small, dedicated team and will often work independently. Confidence, initiative and a friendly, professional manner are therefore essential. Shifts are 9.30am–5.00pm and include an unpaid 30-minute lunch break.

The role operates on a set weekend rota agreed in advance. Flexibility to provide occasional additional weekday cover, either through time off in lieu (TOIL) or agreed shift swaps, is welcomed. As a small organisation, we value staff who can adapt to support the wider aims and day-to-day operation of the Club.

Scran Academy is an Edinburgh youth work charity, supporting young people facing poverty and trauma to succeed through our innovative education and employment programmes.

We exist to alleviate poverty and provide opportunities for all young people, no matter their background or barrier. How we do this by creating real-life experiences and positive adult relationships in professional kitchen settings that help shine a light on the strengths and aspirations of young people.

We’re currently looking for a talented, experienced hospitality professional to join the frontline team in our exciting new café site at the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People.

The successful candidate will be an experienced customer service professional; a talented and welcoming host with excellent communication skills and a track record of coordinating smooth front of house operations. They will be instinctively organised and process-driven, and demonstrate experience of meticulous due diligence.

They will also be deeply passionate about maximising the potential of all young people and be ready to maintain a professional environment that supports and welcomes young people with diverse backgrounds and unmet needs. Our Front of House Lead will therefore be ready to inspire and be inspired by young people. Working with placements on our employability programme will be part of the fabric of the job, supporting many in what might be their first professional environment, so compassion, patience and a non-judgemental approach are essentials.

A full Job Description and Person Specification is available for download below.

We are recruiting a Café Manager to manage the RNIB Community Café in Edinburgh.

As part of the role, you will lead a small and robust team of volunteers in successfully and profitably managing the operation of the Café.

As Manager, you will join a welcoming team overseeing group activities in the building and be a source of information and signposting to community members and partners. The Manager will develop useful links with external organisations such as local suppliers, businesses and community groups, adhering to the most recent government guidance.

A crucial part of the role will be to actively promote and develop the use by the visually impaired community, local community and partners.

Ideally, you should hold Level 2 Food Safety Certification (however, this is not essential as training can be given).

The Manager and team will directly provide support to blind and partially sighted people, ensuring that the Café acts as a resource for community members, campaigns teams and fundraising teams.

What We Offer

RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a positive, progressive culture. We offer a wide range of benefits including 26 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays) which rises with service, enhanced family friendly benefits, a contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 11% and a rewards platform with employee discounts across over 800 retailers.

For more information on our available benefits, please visit our Benefits of Working at RNIB page.