Position: Catering Assistant (Street Food Pizza)
Hours: 21hrs per week over 3 shifts Wed - Sun
Pay: £12.88 per hour
Pension: 5% Employers contribution.
Annual Leave: 32 days annual leave, increasing to 37 days in year two of employment.
Location: The Pitt Market, Edinburgh, EH5
Term: Permanent
Other: Access to award winning Employee Assistance Programme from day one
Interviews: Interviews will be held week beginning 8th September 2025 at The Broomhouse Hub, EH11 3RH
Do you want to work for an organisation that truly cares about its staff?
Would you like to use your skills to make a difference to the lives of hundreds of families every week?
If the answer is ‘yes’, Space is the place for you!
About Space:
WE BELIEVE THAT CONNECTIONS BUILD COMMUNITIES
Space @ The Broomhouse Hub is a community based charity supporting people and their families in South West Edinburgh, with some of our services stretching city wide.
Space delivers 22 projects, with around 60 staff and over 250 volunteers. We deliver diverse services supporting young people, families, older people and carers amongst others.
For more information about Space and all our projects can be found on our website – www.spacescot.org
As a dynamic organisation no two days are the same, with a wealth of learning and development opportunities for our staff and volunteers.
We are an accredited Living Wage employer and proud to share our Carer Positive accreditation, as part of our commitment to the growing number of people in the workforce who need flexibility due to their caring role.
Space is wholly committed to inclusion and diversity and to building a culture and environment where everyone is appreciated for the unique person they are.
About Coorie:
Coorie is our food-based social enterprise for Space @ The Broomhouse Hub. We have a permanent community café in the Broomhouse Hub, a well-established corporate catering business, and a thriving mobile pizza operation serving up across Edinburgh, the Lothians and Fife.
As part of our mission to grow our operation we are taking on a permanent pitch at The Pitt Market, Edinburgh's most established street food market. The values of the Pitt closely align with our own as it offers an open, safe, collaborative space for the whole community, providing significant economic and social benefits.
At the heart of Coorie are our dedicated team who work alongside trainees from Space Training Academy; Trainees are developing their customer service and broader hospitality skills in order to progress in to paid employment roles. Happily, several trainees who have completed our programme are now employed as catering assistants and we are excited about the kiosks enabling us to develop this pathway further.
The Role:
Pizza at The Pitt Market is a new and essential element of Coorie’s operation.
The Catering Assistants will have an integral role in the set up of this new venture, giving the right candidate an opportunity to bring their creativity into the mix, and a chance to really make a difference to a developing a thriving social business.
Key Duties:
- Serve customers with a professional and friendly approach, looking for opportunities to tell our story and promote our brand
- Cooking and serving sides and desserts following recipe specifications
- Prepare pizza dough
- Contribute to discussions around menu development. Relaying customer feedback, identifying trends and seasonal opportunities
- Ensure food hygiene standards are adhered to including appropriate food preparation methods, cleanliness of all kitchen areas, COSHH, stock rotation and storage
- Support members of the Coorie Catering Trainee programme when on shift in order to develop their proficiency and confidence in the kitchen
- Carry out other duties within your skills set, as requested by the Line Manager or CEO
The right candidate for the role must have the following skills and experience:
- Minimum 1 year experience of working in a professional catering or food hospitality environment
- Have strong cooking skills, able to follow recipes to produce high quality food
- Have a calm and professional manner, be able to share knowledge, deliver clear instructions and give feedback in a supportive way
- Be comfortable with working alone and have the ability to use initiative and work without supervision
- Have the physical mobility to lift weight of up to 15kg, following good manual handling practices
- Have a degree of flexibility around working hours to accommodate occasional events, which may occur out with standard operating hours
- Be able to demonstrate excellent customer service standards
- Have excellent English communications skills – spoken and written
- Be prepared to live by our values and nurture a culture of compassion and kindness
- Have excellent interpersonal skills to naturally form and manage appropriate relationships with a range of people of all ages and walks of life
- Have a can do attitude, be adaptable and ready to embrace challenges
- Be patient and respectful of all people, whatever their background
- Be a role model for staff, volunteer and trainees
- Have appreciation for the impact of, and desire to work in, the Voluntary Sector
Just as important as your professional experience is your personality - the right person for this role must have great people skills, be excited about taking on challenges, be enthusiastic about the valuable work of social enterprises, and share in our optimistic outlook to continue our growth.
To Apply:
Candidates who express interest in the role will be sent an application form to complete.
Application forms must be returned to [email protected] by 9am Thursday 4th September 2025.
If you don’t meet all of the essential criteria of the person specification, please let us know in your application form how your skills, experience and values make you a good candidate for this role.
Space @ Broomhouse Hub is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity
Job Types: Permanent, Part-time
Pay: £12.88 per hour
Expected hours: 21 per week
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
Experience:
- Customer service: 1 year (required)
Language:
- English (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
