Kitchen Porter/ Food Services Assistant

Salary

Grade 1 £23,742 per annum pro rata

Contractual hours

16

Basis

Part Time

Region

Central

Job category/type

Professional Services

Date posted

30/10/2025

Job reference

REQ000388

Campus Services

Permanent

The Post – REQ Kitchen Porter/ Food Services Assistant

The University of West of Scotland are recruiting for a Kitchen Porter/Food Services Assistant to join the Campus Services Team at our Ayr Campus.

As a Kitchen Porter/ Food Services Assistant your core responsibility will be to provide a consistently friendly and professional approach, contributing to the delivery of an effective and efficient catering service throughout the University

The post holder will support Chefs by performing cleaning and basic prep tasks to keep the kitchen running smoothly. This will include food preparation of breakfast items, deli prep and snacks as well as washing all kitchenware, appliances, floors, walls, and work surfaces to maintain high standards of hygiene. You may also be required to work front of house during busy periods.

The successful candidate should have the following:

• Experience of working in a busy kitchen environment.
• Able to work on own initiative as well as effectively working as part of a team.
• Good oral communication skills.
• Ability to cope with high volume pressure at service times.

Working hours can range from 7am to 9pm Monday to Friday and occasional weekend work is required during summer.

ABOUT US

The University of the West of Scotland is one of Scotland's largest and most dynamic modern universities. Our reach across the country, together with our London campus, means that UWS is a significant force in global knowledge creation, innovation, and a leading provider of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree education. Our degrees provide students with a transformational experience; equipping them with highly sought-after graduate skills that set them up for global success in world-leading sectors, industries and businesses.

With cutting-edge courses, modern pedagogy and practical knowledge, we enable our students and staff to experience the joy of learning, teaching, research and innovation, and apply their knowledge for the benefit of others.

UWS is officially ranked by Times Higher Education in the top 200 universities worldwide under 50 years old (2024 Young University Rankings)

Our professional services teams are the backbone of UWS, providing robust and innovative solutions to support the vast range of work across learning and teaching, and research and innovation. You will join a supportive and dedicated team, playing a key role in a range of work that will help drive forward our ambition to deliver world-leading research, and graduates who will design, shape and build a new future.

We offer our staff a caring and supportive environment, across five campuses, and a competitive benefits package which includes:

• 24 days of annual leave, plus a further 12 days for public/university holidays
• An additional days leave on your birthday
• Defined benefit contribution pension scheme (including death in service benefits upon joining the scheme
• A flexible approach to working pattern and work-life balance
• Employee discount scheme across 3,500 retailers
• Fitness facilities across our campuses
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing resources, including occupational health, physiotherapy and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional, career and research development opportunities.

Closing Date: Monday 17th November

Interview Date: Week commencing Monday 8th December

Please note that the appointment will be made on the first point of the salary scale (unless by exception, where evidence would need to be provided).

The University reserves the right to shorten/extend the closing date of any position where a high/low volume of suitable applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, an early application would be encouraged.

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UWS are committed signatories to the Armed Forces Covenant.

UWS is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.

UWS is a "Disability Confident" employer.

University of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC002520