Casual Roles at YCL

YCL Casual Recruitment roles are occasionally advertised on the YCL job vacancies platform and throughout our outlets and sections.

The best way to keep up to date and receive regular job alerts for casual jobs through York Commercial Ltd is by signing up to our YCL Casual Recruitment Newsletter.

We take pride in recruiting casual workers each year to work for YCL on a ad hoc basis. The following sections may choose to offer casual work: Catering and Hospitality, Campus Kitchen, Design & Print, York Conferences and Events, York Sport, Retail, York Campus Nursery and York Science Park.

Many of our casual workers are current University of York students who tend to work more commonly within the sections detailed below.

Our catering outlets YCL is responsible for operating the majority of them on campus, and our team of casual workers play a key role within them, The role involves carrying out a wide range of tasks from serving food to hundreds of customers to clearing tables and spaces in our outlets and preparing our outlets for formal dinners and events.

Campus Kitchen is the University of York’s in-house caterer, catering for events ranging from fine dining and drinks receptions to casual meetings. The team is responsible for delivering great food and service at every event on campus.

York Sport runs the York Sport Village and York Sport Centre on the University campus. Both venues offer a great range of sports and fitness facilities, including a 120 station fitness suite, studios, a wide range of fitness classes, swimming pools, athletics tracks and more.

YCL also operates two Nisa supermarkets on campus, including Nisa Market Square and Nisa Kimberlow along with an official merchandise store.

Our casual roles offer a generous rate of pay with great flexibility, allowing you to pick how much or how little you want to work! The Casual Workers System, Dashboard, allows you to decide which shifts you want to work based on your availability.

Uniforms are supplied where required, with training on the job and the opportunity to work with our great teams across the beautiful University of York campus. 

All our workplaces are easily accessible with great transport links and affordable on-site parking if required.

YCL is a real Living Wage employer and takes pride in offering competitive and generous rates of pay for all casual roles starting at £12 per hour as of August 2023.

You will also receive holiday pay on top of your hourly rate, which is paid at 12.07% of the rate of pay!

The current process for applying and signing up for casual roles is simple. You just need to:

• Visit the Casual Worker System, Dashboard and click register as a worker
• Once you complete the worker registration page, you will be sent an email to activate your account 
• Some data is mandatory (eg. personal details and bank details etc) and you must confirm that you accept the terms of conditions of engagement. YCL’s casual agreement is separate to the University of York’s so please ensure you read all versions thoroughly
• Once you have completed the mandatory fields your account will be sent to the Casual Worker team to review
• If you have any problems accessing the system or any questions regarding your account, please contact the University of York’s Casual Workers team on casual-workers@york.ac.uk or 01904 326389.

Once you have registered as a worker, completed all the necessary sections and had your account reviewed, you will be required to complete a ‘Right to Work’ check. This means you will need to go to central University of York HR to show their Casual Workers Team a valid passport or relevant documents  proving you have the right to work in the UK. They will send you an email inviting you to attend.

Some posts may require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and you will be informed of this at the application stage. The process for undertaking the check  will require you to visit YCL HR to undertake a DBS check to start your application. This can be arranged by emailing ycl-hradmin@york.ac.uk. 

If you are currently a student on a Student Visa, you can still apply for casual roles and may still be eligible for casual shifts. If this applies to you, please get in touch with YCL HR directly to discuss your opportunities.

If you have any queries regarding roles please contact YCL HR on ycl-hradmin@york.ac.uk or 01904 328413.

• Catering and Retail: ycl-catering@york.ac.uk
• York Sport: info@york-sport.com 
• York Campus Nursery: nursery@york.ac.uk 
• York Conferences & Events: conferences@york.ac.uk 
• York Science Park: enquiries@yorksciencepark.co.uk
• Design and Print: designsolutions@york.ac.uk / printsolutions@york.ac.uk