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Job Ref: 13190 Branch: Head Office - Edinburgh Location: Head Office, Edinburgh Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary plus excellent company benefits & perks. Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Hours per week: 40 Posted date: 05/06/2026 Closing date: 19/07/2026 Role specification Work in partnership with our Operational teams and Head Office business leaders, providing proactive and pragmatic coaching, support and advice on a range of people management activities to drive their people plans, and Company strategic aims and objectives. You will demonstrate a best-in-class business partnering service to develop HR and cultural competency and knowledge, and enhance our people experience through our culture of Be Yourself Here, along with Apex's purpose, values and objectives. Reporting to The Head of People Journey, this role forms part of our wider People & Culture team. This role is based in Edinburgh and requires travel to our other sites in Scotland to support onsite People and Culture activities, along with flexibility to travel occasionally across the UK to support onsite activities, as required. • Proactive leadership of People Adviser, coaching and mentoring to unlock their full potential and foster professional development, • Work closely with business leaders to understand business challenges and opportunities, and provide commercially focussed coaching, support and advice on medium and long-term solutions to meet business needs and Company strategic aims, • Provide timely and effective management of complex people issues including disciplinary and grievance cases, performance management, sickness absence and wellbeing and other ER-related activities escalated from the People Advisor, • Analyse insight and translate key data into effective and commercially focused evidence-based people solutions to influence strategic and leadership action, • Support agreed acquisition and onboarding activities in relation to people policy and processes for target Company acquisitions, providing specialist support as required, • Support the Head of People Journey in the adoption of new technologies, automation, and data analytics to modernise services and improve people journeys, • Design and develop process and procedural enhancements working with the Head of People Journey to optimise the overall employee experience and streamline people journeys aligned with overall business objectives About you This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has solid understanding of stakeholder management, employee relations, engagement, well-being, D&I, employment legislation, and people policies. Along with: • CIPD qualified (or equivalent), • Previous experience of working within an HR function, with the ability to apply HR practice in a pragmatic, high quality and efficient manner, • Good knowledge and level of expertise of employee relations and people-based issues, with an understanding of the strategic function of human resources to deliver commercially sound solutions, • Professional Human Resources experience with a proven track record of effectively managing employment relations issues, • Experience of working in a fast-paced agile environment, balancing a varied and high-volume workload, • Sound understanding of employee relations, engagement, wellbeing, D&I, Employment legislation, people policies etc., with knowledge of how these interplay to deliver positive cultural and people experiences Why join Apex Hotels We're an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey! You'll work with great people, develop new networks and skills, and of course you'll also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes: • 30 days holiday, • Training and development from day one, • Employee events and celebrations, • Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP, • Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools, • Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme, • Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date., • £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team. Following your first successful 3 months, you'll also receive... • Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family., • Involvement in our employee recognition schemes, • Long service recognition, • Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two, • 50% discount in our restaurants, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family, • Spa treatments and product discounts, • Life Assurance cover This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. However, candidates who were granted Skilled Worker status prior to 22 July 2025 who have had continuous permission may still qualify for sponsorship.

Job Ref: 13179 Branch: Apex Waterloo Place Hotel Location: Apex Waterloo Place Hotel, Edinburgh Salary/Benefits: £13.60 per hour plus excellent company benefits and Perks Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Hours per week: 40 Posted date: 03/06/2026 Closing date: 17/07/2026 Why join Apex Hotels? You will receive a warm welcome into the Apex family on joining us as a Commis Chef in Edinburgh. We genuinely care about our guests and each other and we show this through our family values of Trust, Passion, Friendliness and Teamwork. We encourage you to bring your own unique personality to the role and being yourself whilst working as part of the Kitchen Team as we believe it is our personality, style and friendliness that makes Apex Hotels You will meet great people, have fun at work, develop new friendships, learn new skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes: • 29 days holiday, • Training and development from day one, • Employee events and celebrations, • Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP, • Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools, • Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working., • Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme, • Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date., • £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team., • Contributions to a pension plan. Following your first successful 3 months, you'll also receive ...... • Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family., • Involvement in our employee recognition schemes, • Long service recognition, • Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two, • 50% discount in our restaurants, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family, • Spa treatments and product discounts, • Life Assurance cover Starting your Journey: As a Commis Chef,you will be responsible for delivering a high level of food to all our guests. Working in the Kitchen you will help maximise revenue through first class food preparation and delivery. You will embrace every opportunity to create exceptional food for our guests and provide a personal experience our guests will want to share. Joining the dedicated Kitchen department, you will: • Be passionate about food, preparing and serving breakfast, lunch and dinner to Company standards, ensuring guest satisfaction at all times, • Ensuring guest satisfaction at all times., • Preparing dishes so they are ready for guests at the right time, in line with brand standards., • Preparing the mis-en-place for the relevant dishes and menu's., • Ensuring equipment and work spaces are kept clean and tidy and in line with food hygiene requirements., • To assist the Chef de Partie with regard to preparation of mis-en-place, cooking and the service of food to the required standards., • To be responsible for the cleanliness of the section and all associated areas, relating to both storage and preparation, ensuring health and hygiene regulations are followed at all times in line with departmental cleaning schedules. You will embrace every opportunity to create extra special moments for our guests and provide a personal experience our guests will want to share. As a Commis Chef, we ask that you take pride in your work and have a willingness to learn. You will have a real passion for food, and you will have excellent attention to detail in order to provide consistent standards. This is a vital role in the function of the hotel and ultimately one that they will remember the most. You will be great at multi-tasking, you will be efficient at solving all guest enquiries and requests with ease. On your first day you will begin a structured 12 week learning journey, giving you the skills, knowledge and confidence to be a great Commis Chef. With this in mind, we are looking for a Commis Chef who: • Previous experience as a Kitchen Porter, • Can deliver excellent standards, • Uses initiative, • is self-aware and able to evaluate their own work, • has a customer service attitude, • has the ability to multi-task and organise a variable work load, • provides excellent attention to detail, • holds a genuine desire to provide a Warmer Welcome to our guests We encourage you to bring your true self to work - we recruit for attitude and train for skill. We'll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fun and fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. So, whatever your vibe, our family can never be too big, there's a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We're an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey. Please note, this role does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If you are interested, click apply. We look forward to hearing from you! About Apex Waterloo Place Hotel The Georgian features of the Apex Waterloo Place building make it both a timeless and elegant hotel. Located at the east end of Princes Street, this hotel stands in the desirable New Town location just moments from Calton Hill, George Street and Waverley Train Station making it central and convenient. With its corniced ceilings, Georgian windows and fireplace, Elliot's Bar & Restaurant seamlessly blends its building's rich history with contemporary design details. The menu mixes traditional Scottish dishes with innovative, globally inspired bursts of flavour. The restaurant's food complements an array of wines, cocktails, spirits and hand-picked Scottish whiskies.

Job Ref: 13145 Branch: Head Office - Edinburgh Location: Head Office, Edinburgh Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary plus excellent company benefits & perks. Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Shift pattern: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5.30pm Hours per week: 40 Posted date: 25/05/2026 Closing date: 08/07/2026 As a People & Culture Administrator, you'll be part of our People & Culture shared services team, responsible for the day-to-day coordination of key HR activities. This role focuses on the administration of our systems, onboarding activities and reward and recognition initiatives, providing a proactive service led delivery to enhance our people experience and ensure that all policies, processes and tasks are concluded efficiently and accurately. This role is full time, and forms part of our wider People & Culture team. It is based in our Head Office in Edinburgh, with the opportunity of hybrid working. Role Overview: The main responsibilities of the People & Culture Administrator are: • Ensure the effective and on time administration and processing of "in-life" contractual, payroll and administrative changes through our HR & Payroll system, SharePoint and ATS, so that our systems remain accurate and up to date in line with GDPR and data retention rules., • Provide first line advice on policy and process matters across the HR function, • Work closely with the People Advisor and the wider People & Culture team to provide an effective and proactive service in support of employee relations activity such as drafting and sending letters for key ER activities, updating trackers, creating case files and supporting the business partners to provide a timely and efficient service to our stakeholders., • Support the proactive management of health and wellbeing, working with the People Advisor to draft and request Occupational Health or GP support, ensuring that reports are provided, and providing data and prompts to managers and raising cases and concerns with business partners as needed., • You'll play a key role in supporting the Head of People Journey and People Business Partners in identifying ways to develop and implement change initiatives through technology enhancements and process optimisation., • Other responsibilities include: create and send all onboarding material to new starts such as contracts, background checks and reference requests; constant review of all data to ensure that the data we house is accurate and conforms to all required legislative standards; coordinate the timely delivery of relative HR risk assessments; allocating cases to People Business Partners; and managing the HR inbox. About you The following range of characteristics and competencies are required/sought: • Experience of working within a HR/people and culture team providing administrative support across a range of people disciplines. It is essential to have experience in at least one P&C specialism, although experience across multiple specialisms is highly desirable, • Experience of working in a fast-paced, agile environment, balancing a varied and high-volume workload, • Numerate with strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach, • Organisational skills with great attention to detail and an outstanding service delivery mindset, • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to modify communication style to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders, • Proficient in various IT systems including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook and HRIS, with a positive approach to using systems and technology, • Understanding of HR issues including employee relations and employment legislation Why join Apex Hotels? We encourage you to bring your true self to work. We'll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fulfilling career. Our family can never be too big, there's a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We're an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey. You'll work with great people, enjoy your time at work, develop new friendships, networks, and skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes: • 30 days holiday, • Training and development from day one, • Employee events and celebrations, • Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP, • Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools, • Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme, • Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date., • £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team. Following your first successful 3 months, you'll also receive... • Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family., • Involvement in our employee recognition schemes, • Long service recognition, • Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two, • 50% discount in our restaurants, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family, • Spa treatments and product discounts, • Life Assurance cover Please note, this role does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.

Job Ref: 13204 Branch: Apex Waterloo Place Hotel Location: Apex Waterloo Place Hotel, Edinburgh Salary/Benefits: competitive salary plus excellent company benefits & perks Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Hours per week: 40 Posted date: 11/06/2026 Closing date: 25/07/2026 Why Join Apex Hotels ? You will receive a warm welcome into the Apex family on joining us as a Assistant Head Housekeeper Waterloo Place Hotel in Edinburgh. We genuinely care about our guests and each other and we show this through our family values of Trust, Passion, Friendliness and Teamwork. It is these values that support you to be yourself here at Apex Hotels. By bringing your own personality, passion, and ideas to the role, you will add a new dynamic to our innovative and supportive Housekeeping Team. We believe it is our personality, style and friendliness that makes Apex Hotels. Role Overview: As Assistant Head Housekeeper you will support the Head Housekeeper and Housekeeping Team to deliver amazing brand standards and immaculate guest facilities. You will have the drive and determination to really succeed and make a difference. With proven leadership and people management skills, you will have a passion for delivering very high standards of cleanliness. Additionally excellent communication and attention to detail will be required. You will embrace every opportunity to create extra special moments for our guests to provide a personal experience our guests will want to share. Main Responsibilities: As Assistant Head Housekeeper you will assist in controlling and managing the Housekeeping department. Your responsibilities will include: • Ensuring that the team maintains the highest standards of cleanliness within guest bedroom and bathroom facilities and within public areas., • You will guide the team to ensure that company brand standards of quality and cleanliness are maintained at all times., • Respond to audits that are completed by the company to ensure continual improvement is achieved., • Assist the manager in controlling the housekeeping budget, in relation to occupancy, departmental expenses and staff rota's., • Ensuring the linen room is operated effectively., • Managing the department in the absence of the Head Housekeeper. About you: We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our Apex family. We want to ensure you get the best experience from the role you begin your journey with us in. To excel within this role, you will have: • Ability to demonstrate a customer focused attitude and have a flexible approach towards your duties and responsibilities., • You have the initiative to work alone whilst also having the ability to contribute to your team., • Previous experience of working in a Housekeeping department at a supervisory level; preferably within a 4 or 5 star operation. You will work with great people, enjoy your time at work, develop new friendships, networks, and skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes: • 29 days holiday, • Training and development from day one, • Employee events and celebrations, • Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP, • Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools, • Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working., • Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme, • Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date., • £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team. Following your first successful 3 months, you'll also receive ...... • Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family., • Involvement in our employee recognition schemes, • Long service recognition, • Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two, • 50% discount in our restaurants, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family, • Spa treatments and product discounts, • Life Assurance cover We encourage you to bring your true self to work. We'll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. Our family can never be too big, there's a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We're an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey. Please note, this role does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. If this is you,click apply, we look forward to hearing from you. About Apex Waterloo Place Hotel The Georgian features of the Apex Waterloo Place building make it both a timeless and elegant hotel. Located at the east end of Princes Street, this hotel stands in the desirable New Town location just moments from Calton Hill, George Street and Waverley Train Station making it central and convenient. With its corniced ceilings, Georgian windows and fireplace, Elliot's Bar & Restaurant seamlessly blends its building's rich history with contemporary design details. The menu mixes traditional Scottish dishes with innovative, globally inspired bursts of flavour. The restaurant's food complements an array of wines, cocktails, spirits and hand-picked Scottish whiskies.

Job Ref: 13194 Branch: Apex Waterloo Place Hotel Location: Apex Waterloo Place Hotel, Edinburgh Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary plus excellent company benefits & perks. Contract type: Permanent Hours: Full Time Hours per week: 40 Posted date: 08/06/2026 Closing date: 22/07/2026 You will receive a warm welcome into the Apex family on joining us as Maintenance Manager. We genuinely care about our guests and each other and we show this through our family values of Trust, Passion, Friendliness and Teamwork. It is these values that support you to be yourself here at Apex Hotels. By bringing your own personality, passion, and ideas to the role, you will add a new dynamic to our innovative and supportive Maintenance and Engineering Team. We believe it is our personality, style and friendliness that makes Apex Hotels. Role Overview: As Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating the delivery of Planned and Reactive maintenance services to the hotel's building fabric, FF&E, plant and systems. Acting as the line manager to a team of on site Maintenance Technicians, you will take a proactive and hands on approach to maintenance that leads from the front and through example. Core to your role is the hotel's Computerised Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) that you will utilise to maintain accurate record keeping, process reactive repairs and schedule planned maintenance activities of both your direct team and external contractors. Main Responsibilities: • Line management of on-site maintenance team including the driving of productivity and high maintenance standards through ongoing mentoring and development, • Reporting regularly to the Hotel Operations Director on the status of maintenance delivery, • Providing the hands-on skills and knowledge necessary to maintain the hotel and embedded systems in fully compliant, optimal condition, • Undertaking regular and proactive inspection of building fabric, plant and systems ensuring high standards of maintenance are maintained, • Delivery of Planned and Reactive maintenance services, • Liaising closely with other hotel departments and wider management team to support continual improvement of property maintenance standards, • Accurate record keeping and the maintaining of the CMMS data base up to date, • Supervision of 3^rd^ party contractors, • Purchase ordering of maintenance spares and outsourced specialist services, • Health & Safety management, including Statutory Compliance, Risk Assessment, Permits to Work and guarding of safe working practices, • Developing knowledge of hotel plant and systems including their switching, control and optimisation, • Actively seeking to improve the hotels Environmental performance through implementation of initiatives to reduce the consumption of utilities. About you: We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our Apex family. We want to ensure you get the best experience from the role you begin your journey with us in. To excel within this role, you will: • Hold a minimum of 3 years management or supervisory experience within the building maintenance or facilities management arena, • Be mechanically or electrically qualified or hold other relevant trade qualification, • Be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience of building fabric related trades and practices, • Strong knowledge of the operation, control and maintenance of building services plant and systems (HVAC/ MEP), • Hold sound knowledge of Statutory Compliance activities related to the built environment, • Hold familiarity with the function and use of Microsoft Office suite of programmes, • Have previous experience in the use of CAFM/ CMMS or similar software, • Hold strong people management and communication skills, • Be an enthusiastic self-starter, able to motivate and inspire others, • Have achieved a Pool Plant Operator Qualification (desirable), • Hold a level 3 qualification in Health & Safety (desirable), • Live within daily commutable distance of Edinburgh City Centre, • Hold willingness to work at other Apex sites as directed, some of which may involve travel from your normal place of work. This role has supervisory duties of other team members. You will work with great people, enjoy your time at work, develop new friendships, networks, and skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes: • 35 days holiday, • Training and development from day one, • Employee events and celebrations, • Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP, • Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools, • Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working., • Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme, • Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date., • £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team. Following your first successful 3 months, you'll also receive ...... • Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform "Treat Yourself Here", unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family., • Involvement in our employee recognition schemes, • Long service recognition, • Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two, • 50% discount in our restaurants, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family, • Spa treatments and product discounts, • Life Assurance cover We encourage you to bring your true self to work. We'll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. Our family can never be too big, there's a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We're an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey. This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. However, candidates who were granted Skilled Worker status prior to 22 July 2025 who have had continuous permission may still qualify for sponsorship. If you are interested, click apply. We look forward to hearing from you ! INDHP About Apex Waterloo Place Hotel The Georgian features of the Apex Waterloo Place building make it both a timeless and elegant hotel. Located at the east end of Princes Street, this hotel stands in the desirable New Town location just moments from Calton Hill, George Street and Waverley Train Station making it central and convenient. With its corniced ceilings, Georgian windows and fireplace, Elliot's Bar & Restaurant seamlessly blends its building's rich history with contemporary design details. The menu mixes traditional Scottish dishes with innovative, globally inspired bursts of flavour. The restaurant's food complements an array of wines, cocktails, spirits and hand-picked Scottish whiskies.