UE03: £24,729 - £25,804 per annum
CAHSS / School of Health in Social Science / Centre for Psychological Therapies and Hope Park Counselling Centre
Full-time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term: 31 st July 2027 (Post is available from June 2026)
The Opportunity:
The School of Health in Social Science is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated Receptionist to provide reception support for the Centre for Psychological Therapies and Hope Park Counselling Centre, the School’s in-house post-graduate psychological therapies and counselling training and research Centres.
The postholder will provide a full reception service and contribute to the smooth day to day running across both services. A key part of the role will be to assist the Operations Team by taking responsibility for client enquiries, managing the waiting areas, and completing some basic administrative tasks. The post-holder will be the first point of contact by phone and face to face for clients of both services.
1 FTE - 35 hours
Monday – Thursday – 11.45am – 8.00pm (7.25 hours plus unpaid 1 hour break)
Friday – 10.00am – 4.30pm (6 hours plus unpaid 30-minute break)
A job share arrangement may be considered.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Ability to learn new systems including the Centres’ bespoke Database.
- Accuracy and ability to prioritise tasks within a routine.
- Ability to apply and understand relevant standard procedures and policies.
- Flexible approach to duties and willingness to learn.
Ability to communicate effectively to maintain good working relationships with staff, students, clients and members of the public and to provide a warm, friendly front of house, reflective of the ethos of Centre for Psychological Therapies and Hope Park Counselling Centre.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our staff benefits page (opens new browser tab) for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab) .
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 24 June 2026.
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