Reference code: HLH/2608/15
- Catering
- Inverness
- Closing on 1st September 2026
- Work location: Inverness Botanic Gardens & Café
- Contract type: Relief (As and when required)
- Salary: £14.12 per hour
- Homeworking: This post is not suitable for homeworking
- Responsible to: Catering Supervisor
- Contact: Ewan Mackintosh 01463 701018 / [email protected]
- Actively promote a positive and collaborative workplace culture that supports the Charity’s purpose of Making Life Better and i-care values to increase morale, productivity and performance.
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Provide a friendly, helpful and professional welcome to customers and visitors using Café Botanics & Aqua and Inverness Botanic Gardens.
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Prepare and serve hot and cold drinks, snacks, meals, baking and other café products to the required standard.
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Operate the till accurately, process card and cash payments, and follow relevant cash-handling procedures.
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Keep café, seating, food preparation, toilet and visitor areas clean, tidy and well presented.
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Support food preparation, baking, cooking and service as directed by the Catering Supervisor or Manager.
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Follow all Food Hygiene, HACCP, Health and Safety, Fire Safety, COSHH, security, allergen and GDPR procedures relevant to the role.
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Report any complaints, compliments, accidents, near misses, damage, faults, losses or other issues promptly to the Catering Supervisor or Manager.
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Help reduce waste, recycle appropriately and support the environmental values of Inverness Botanic Gardens & Café.
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Support events, group visits and private functions where required.
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Attend training, including online and in-person training, and apply learning in the workplace.
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Pursue continuous professional development and contribute to the continuous improvement of the team and High Life Highland as a whole.
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Assist and support other areas of High Life Highland with particular projects, training or in the event of holidays or sickness working cross-functionally across the team.
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Work across both Café Botanics and Café Aqua as part of the normal contracted rota, according to operational requirements, and support events, visitor experience activities or other High Life Highland facilities where appropriate.
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Maintain an awareness and knowledge of the risk management responsibilities appropriate to their role, as identified within the HLH Risk Policy and associated guidance documentation.
*** A Disclosure Scotland PVG check is not required for this post ***
Date posted: 17th August 2026
High Life Highland is charity and our purpose is Making Life Better. We are a fun, friendly, caring, supportive, inclusive and proud organisation with strong people values based around integrity, community, accountability, respect and example. We believe if all our of employees strive to embrace our people values then, collectively, we give ourselves the best chance of fulfilling our purpose of Making Life Better.
High Life Highland (HLH) is committed to the protection and safeguarding of vulnerable groups, including children and protected adults and believes that they should never experience any kind of abuse. It has a responsibility to promote the welfare of those in vulnerable groups and to keep them safe and to practice in a way that protects them. HLH expects all those with whom the Charity engages to share this position. Where applicable, new positions will be subject to the appropriate level of Disclosure Scotland checking; identity checks (address, date of birth), employment/experience history, two references (one of which must be most recent employer, where appropriate), qualifications, Right to Work in the UK (where applicable). The above will apply to anyone working on behalf of HLH (paid or unpaid) including all board directors, staff, workers, volunteers, agency staff and students.
