Catering Co-ordinator

  • Part time
  • £23,000 pro-rata
  • On site: Edinburgh
  • Closing 12th January 2026


  • Advertised from 23rd December 2025
  • The working hours are currently 27 hours a week worked over 3 days.

Role

The Catering Co-ordinator at Saltyard Café (158 Dalry Road in Edinburgh) is responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the café, balancing the need for sustainability with the vision for the café as a safe gathering space that welcomes all and witnesses to the love and hope found in Jesus Christ.

The post-holder will initially work a total of 27 hours over 3 days a week.

ABOUT GORGIE AND PALMERSTON PLACE CHURCH (G+PP)

Gorgie and Palmerston Place Church (G+PP) came into being on December 31st, 2023, following the union of Gorgie Dalry Stenhouse Church (GDS) and Palmerston Place Church (PPC) as part of the Church of Scotland’s Presbytery of Edinburgh and West Lothian Mission Plan. Both church buildings, on Gorgie Road and on Palmerston Place, have been retained as active worship centres for the new parish. A new Minister was called in July 2025.

Saltyard Café has been part of the outreach of the previous GDS since 2013 and is within walking distance of both Gorgie Church and Palmerston Place Church buildings. It is well served by public transport being on Lothian Bus routes 2, 3, 4, 25, 33, 44. Haymarket Station and Haymarket tram stops are within easy walking distance.

ABOUT SALTYARD

Saltyard is a well-established café run by three paid staff (the catering co-ordinator plus one Kitchen Assistant and one Catering Assistant) and an enthusiastic team of volunteers. The café is currently open 4 days a week (Tuesday to Friday), from 9am to 4pm.

It offers competitively priced freshly made soups and rolls, baking and hot drinks, with one additional ‘main meal’ option every day.

The main café area is large and bright, with a choice of table seating or comfortable sofas. There is also a small, gated play area for young children.

The attractiveness of the setting, warmth of the welcome, and competitive prices mean that the café attracts many regulars as well as passers-by.

What is different about Saltyard, however, is that it is much more than a well-run café.

As part of Gorgie and Palmerston Place Church, it strives to be a place run on the Christian principles of love, kindness and welcome to all. This is demonstrated in all kinds of ways. For example, the volunteers are always at hand to offer a listening ear and companionship (as well as a prayer if requested), alongside serving food and drinks; four of the volunteers are people which special needs who are respected as full members of the team whilst receiving appropriate support; the café is used outside working hours for a variety of less formal worship services; and the current catering co-ordinator is being paid at the same level as the two other paid members of the team to emphasise the deeply collaborative nature of the café.

The café also displays information about events and activities in Gorgie and Palmerston Place Church. If asked, staff and volunteers will engage in conversation and direct customers to activities that might be of interest. Some lovely church connections have thus been made through Saltyard over the years.

The new co-ordinator will be expected to embrace this approach fully whilst ensuring that Saltyard continues to provide quality service food at competitive prices in compliance with industry standards of hygiene and cleanliness.

Application notes

Interested applicants should submit an up-to-date CV including the names and contact details of two referees (only to be contacted if the job is offered and accepted), and a letter of application explaining their interest in and suitability for the position.

The deadline for applications is Noon on Monday 12 January 2026.

Interviews will be held week commencing 19 January 2026.

Applications should be emailed to Bénédicte Scholefield, Premises Co-ordinator, at premises@gappchurch.org.uk


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