Retail Assistant (Catering - University Sector)
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We are looking for engaging, motivated and energetic baristas to join our team. The job will be exciting yet challenging at times. Experience as a barista is preferred but not essential as full training will be given. What is essential though is a real positive attitude and you will just love working in hospitality, easily connecting with our customers. If you think this sounds like you then we would love to hear from you. A CV is necessary, but we would also like to hear a little bit about you, what you have done and why you think you would fit right in with us so attach a personal statement with your application.
Open-ended posts, 35 hours per week and semester time only contracts (34 weeks), available to work flexible hours/days that may include early mornings, evenings, and weekends.
Starting Salary: £24,727 per annum with one increment point up to £24,928 per annum (Grade 2), pro rata for part time staff.
These are campus-based roles.
We offer a leading and rewarding staff benefits package:
Real Living Wage salaries
- Real Living Wage salaries
- Uniform and Training
- We offer two contributory pension schemes, and you will be automatically opted into the relevant scheme for your job type
- Our Cycle 2 Work scheme enables employees to lease bicycles and associated safety equipment up to a value of £3,000 through a Salary Sacrifice scheme
- The Annual Season Ticket Travel Loans scheme allows you to apply for an interest free loan from the university, who will then purchase a yearly travel ticket on your behalf. This amount will be repayable over 10 months
- Reduced rates on sports memberships
- Access to 90 plus staff discounts and deals
- Discounted childcare
For more information go to: What we can offer -
Jobs - Cardiff University
The post will involve regular attendance outside normal working hours (evenings, weekends), to support the achievements of the departments goals.
The Person Specification is split into 2 sections: essential and desirable. Please demonstrate clearly how you meet all of the essential criteria. Where possible you should give examples of how, when and where you have used your experience, knowledge, specific skills and abilities to match those required for this particular job role.
Please ensure that you communicate this fully by creating a new document containing your supporting statement, listing ALL OF THE CRITERIA and commenting against each one as to how you meet them.
This will need to be completed before you begin making your application online as you will be required to upload it. When uploading the supporting statement, the document title needs to read “supporting statement and should also detail the post title (relevant to the job you are applying for).
Date advert posted: Friday, 28 August 2026
Closing date: Sunday, 13 September 2026
Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We especially welcome and encourage applications from those under-represented groups within the University workforce, such as those who identify as LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or those with disabilities. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.