Uist Jobs
UAA Summer Show Coordinator
Location: North Uist
Company: Uist Arts Association
Closing Date: Friday 22nd May 2026, midnight
Salary: £230 per day
Term: Freelance part-time role (1 day a week, for 9 weeks)
The Uist Arts Association (UAA) are seeking a Coordinator who will be responsible for managing and overseeing the 2026 Summer Open Exhibition for the UAA. Required skills include practical experience of hanging exhibitions, good organisational skills, record keeping, experience of word processing /spreadsheets for managing artist and sales data efficiently, ability to work alone with no supervision, experience of teamwork and public facing experience.
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Physiotherapy Summer Student
Location: Benbecula
Company: NHS Western Isles
Closing Date: Thursday 21st May 2026
Salary: £26,696 – £28,988 pro rata. Distant Islands Allowance £1,461 pro rata
Term: 17.5 hours per week. Fixed Term
This placement would be suitable for those that are studying physiotherapy or sports, exercise or health-related subject. You should have excellent communication skills and be confident in taking general enquiries. You will be required to have an eye for detail and be competent using MS office packages. It is essential that you can maintain confidentiality as you will be dealing with sensitive, personal information.
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Retail Assistant
Location: Benbecula
Company: MacLennans Supermarket
Term: Monday – Friday, 9am – 4pm
MacLennans Supermarket are looking for reliable, friendly and hardworking individuals to join their team.
To apply, please contact them
for more information:
01870 602308
info@maclennanssupermarket.co.uk
Supervisor
Location: Benbecula
Company: MacLennans Supermarket
Term: Saturday: 5 – 8:30pm. Sunday:
10:30am – 4:30pm
MacLennans Supermarket are looking for reliable, friendly and hardworking individuals to join their team.
To apply, please contact them
for more information:
01870 602308
info@maclennanssupermarket.co.uk
Cafe Assistant
Location: South Uist
Company: Kildonan Cafe
Term: Flexible working shifts
Kildonan Cafe are currently for a Cafe Assistant. Position is for anyone 16+ preferably, but not necessary.
Cook
Location: South Uist
Company: Kildonan Cafe
Term: Flexible working shifts
Kildonan Cafe are currently for a part-time Cook. Position is for anyone 16+ preferably, but not necessary.
Multiskilled Craftsperson – Electrical
Location: Benbecula
Company: Scottish Water
Closing Date: Wednesday 20th May 2026
Term: Full-time
You’ll use your core Electrical skills, as well as your mechanical knowledge to problem solve technical issues, thinking outside of the box to fault find and diagnose. You’ll be working in a time-sensitive environment, often in confined spaces. Expect to be working on a range of different equipment that include, 3-phase and single phase equipment, maintenance to motors, motor starters, generators, actuators, level monitoring equipment, variable speed drives, parameter setting and adjustment, instrumentation, calibration of process controllers, and resetting of automation equipment.
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Domestic Assistant (6 hours)
Location: Benbecula
Company: NHS Western Isles
Closing Date: Monday 25th May 2026
Salary: £26,696 to £28,988 pro rata. Plus £1,461 Distant Island Allowance pro rata
Term: 6 hours per week, Saturday & Sunday. Permanent Contract
The successful candidate will provide will be required to undertake a wide range of cleaning duties associated with maintaining a high standard of cleanliness always ensuring that a high-quality service provision within Uist and Barra Hospital, Balivanich.
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Domestic Assistant (20 hours)
Location: Benbecula
Company: NHS Western Isles
Closing Date: Monday 25th May 2026
Salary: £26,696 to £28,988 pro rata. Plus £1,461 Distant Island Allowance pro rata
Term: 20 hours per week, Monday to Sunday. Permanent Contract
The successful candidate will provide will be required to undertake a wide range of cleaning duties associated with maintaining a high standard of cleanliness always ensuring that a high-quality service provision within Uist and Barra Hospital, Balivanich.
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Domestic Assistant (24 hours)
Location: Benbecula
Company: NHS Western Isles
Closing Date: Monday 25th May 2026
Salary: £26,696 to £28,988 pro rata. Plus £1,461 Distant Island Allowance pro rata
Term: 24 hours per week, Monday to Sunday. Permanent Contract
The successful candidate will provide will be required to undertake a wide range of cleaning duties associated with maintaining a high standard of cleanliness always ensuring that a high-quality service provision within Uist and Barra Hospital, Balivanich.
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Administration Assistant
Location: Lochmaddy
Company: North Uist Estate Trust 1990
Closing Date: Wednesday 20th May 2026
Term: Full-time
North Uist Estate Trust 1990 is seeking a motivated and organised Administration Assistant to join their Estate Office in Lochmaddy. This is a full-time position involving a broad range of clerical, administrative and accounting
duties to support the smooth running of a busy estate office. The successful applicant will
undertake a wide and varied range of duties.
For an application form and full job description, please contact:
North Uist Estate Trust 1990
Lochmaddy
North Uist
HS6 5AA
01876 500329
info@northuistestate.co.uk
Prìomh Neach-obrach Sgoil-àraich, Gun Teisteanas
Location: Sgoil Uibhist a Tuath
Company: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Closing Date: Diluain 18 Cèitean 2026
Salary: £12,569 – £13,050 gach bliadhna, a’ gabhail a-steach £1,225 de Chuibhreann Eileanan Iomallach gach bliadhna
Term: 17.5 uairean gach seachdain, tron teirm, Dreuchd Mhaireannach
Le taic, bidh thu a’ cur curraicealam air dòigh tro mheadhan na Gàidhlig a bhios a’ cur taic ri, agus a’ stiùireadh, ionnsachadh agus leasachadh iomlan cloinne, agus a’ planadh agus a’ cur seisean cluiche air dòigh, le bhith a’ gabhail suim de dh’fheumalachdan gach pàiste. Feumaidh eòlas dearbhte a bhith agad air cùram-chloinne a thaobh a bhith ag obair le pàistean òga agus an teaghlaichean ann an suidheachadh tràth-bhliadhnaichean. Tha comas labhairt agus leughadh na Gàidhlig riatanach.
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Health Safety & Environment Advisor
Location: Home based
Company: RSPB
Closing Date: Tuesday 19th May 2026, 23:59
Salary: £34,018.00 – £36,319.00 Per Annum
Term: 37.5 hours per week. Permanent post
You will support operational teams to deliver work in some of the most beautiful locations in Northern Scotland and provide expert advice to other functions within the RSPB. You will work alongside dedicated health, safety & environmental colleagues to develop and deliver organisation-wide safety and environmental procedures and standards. The RSPB estate is varied and you will be required to advise stakeholders on the safe management of buildings and structures. This will require knowledge of fire and electrical safety, asbestos and legionella management and welfare provisions.
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Advanced Practitioner Physiotherapist
Location: Benbecula
Company: NHS Western Isles
Closing Date: Thursday 14th May 2026
Salary: £52,845 – £61,466 pro rata. Plus £1,461 Distant Islands Allowance pro rata
Term: 26.64 hours per week. Permanent Post
You will undertake clinics in primary care settings (GP practices), both remotely and face to face, as a first point of contact to patients with MSK conditions using advanced clinical reasoning skills to assess, diagnose, treat and discharge patients without the need for a medical referral. You will provide a patient centred collaborative approach to assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning including providing patient choice and shared decision making and working within an MDT to provide a range of evidence-based treatment options, in line with clinical pathways.
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Curriculum Development & Projects Developer
Location: Islands based
Company: UHI
Closing Date: Friday 15th May 2026, 12 noon
Salary: £42,365 per annum, plus Islands Allowance
Term: 35 hours per week. Full-time / Two part-time posts. Fixed term for 3 years, ending 31st March 2029
Work with the Outer Hebrides TalEntEd implementation team as they scope and plan new demand led curriculum in the Allied Health Professions sector. Lead the development and approval of Work Based Learning (WBL) or workplace targeted upskilling curriculum to help retain and attract young persons to the islands. These curriculum developments will be directly linked to Allied Health Professions subject areas in the Outer Hebrides.
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Retail Assistant
Location: South Uist
Company: Lovats Supermarket
Term: Two vacancies (16 to 40 hours per week)
Lovats Carnan are currently looking for two Retail Assistants to join their team.
Cleaner
Location: Benbecula
Company: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Closing Date: Monday 18th May 2026
Salary: £11,204 – £11,308 per annum, inclusive of £1,155 Distant Islands Allowance
Term: 16.55 hours per week, term time, Permanent Post
A cleaner is sought for 16.5 hours per week, term time, to carry out general cleaning duties including the maintenance of floors, cleaning and dusting of furniture and fittings in designated areas, cleaning and disinfecting of toilets and changing rooms. The range of cleaning duties includes washing, sweeping, vacuum cleaning, emptying bins, polishing and dusting of designated areas, fixtures and fittings using where necessary powered equipment.
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Stiùiriche Cluiche
Location: Sgoil-àraich Bhaile a Mhanaich
Company: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Closing Date: Diluain 18 Cèitean 2026
Salary: £31,476 – £34,009 gach bliadhna, a’ gabhail a-steach £2,589 Cuibhreann Eileanan Iomallach gach bliadhna
Term: 37 uair gach seachdain, tron teirm, dreuchd mhaireannach
Bidh an neach a shoirbhicheas a’ dealbh curraicealaim a bheir taic agus stiùireadh a thaobh ionnsachadh iomlan agus adhartas chloinne. Dealbhaidh agus cuiridh tu air dòigh seiseanan cluiche a bhios freagarrachd do dh’fheumalachdan gach pàiste. Gabhaidh tu àite a’ mhanaidseir nuair a bhios sin feumail. Bidh an obair a’ gabhail a-steach co-obrachadh leis a’ Mhanaidsear agus Prìomh-Luchd-obrach na Sgoil-àraich gus clàr-obrach làitheil, seachdaine agus teirmeil a chur air dòigh a tha freagarrach do ìre adhartais gach pàiste.
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Energy Project Officer
Location: Uist
Company: Western Isles Citizens Advice Service
Closing Date: Monday 18th May 2026, 12pm
Salary: £25,201 (pro-rata) per annum plus £2,997 (pro-rata) Island
Allowance + 6% pension contribution
Term: 17.5 hours per week. Fixed term until March 2028
As an Energy Project Officer you will be required to provide vital energy advice and assistance to individuals and households throughout the Western Isles, offering energy efficiency advice, tariff and heating advice, dealing with billing enquiries, advice on switching suppliers, payment methods and fuel debt advice. Advice will be provided via in person appointments in the bureau, home visits, video calls, telephone or email.
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Advanced Clinical Practitioner
Location: Benbecula
Company: NHS Western Isles
Closing Date: Tuesday 19th May 2026
Salary: £52,845 – £61,466 per annum
Plus Distant Island Allowance £1461 per annum
Term: Full time and part-time
Fixed Term – 31st March 2027
The service will initially provide same-day urgent care for temporary residents and visitors across the Western Isles, freeing capacity in the current GP Services for Western Isles residents. This pioneering service will be located in Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh OUAB, Benbecula with ready access to onsite diagnostic facilities. The walk-in service team will include Primary Care Coordinators, Advance Clinical Practitioner and GP.
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Retail / Catering Assistant
Location: Benbecula
Company: Salar Smokehouse Ltd
Term: Full-time
Salar Smokehous are looking for a friendly and enthusiastic retail assistant to join their team. As a retail assistant, you will play a key role in delivering excellent customer service and helping to maintain a welcoming and attractive shopping environment. Catering
experience would be an advantage. This position would suit a candidate
with, basic cooking skills, food manufacturing or experience within a similar environment.
Applications by email to iainmacrury@salarsmokehouse.co.uk along with a C.V and a cover letter.
Kitchen Porter
Location: Benbecula
Company: Salar Smokehouse Ltd
Term: Seasonal
Salar Smokehous are looking for a Kitchen Porter to join the team.
Applications by email to iainmacrury@salarsmokehouse.co.uk along with a C.V and a cover letter.
Commis Chef
Location: North Uist
Company: Lochmaddy Hotel
Term: Seasonal or permanent
Public Dental Officer
Location: Benbecula
Company: NHS Western Isles
Closing Date: Wednesday 20th May 2026
Salary: £54,117 – £81,174 per annum. Plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,406 per annum
Term: 37.5 hours per week with Variable Hours Available by Agreement
Successful applicants will provide dental care provision not only in the static clinical environment but also in care home and other domiciliary type setting and will therefore require the clinical skills and competency necessary to deliver a range of treatments within a sometimes-challenging environment to patients who may have additional and complex needs.
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Community Development Officer
Location: North Uist / Berneray
Company: Foram Uibhist a Tuath agus Beàrnaraigh
Closing Date: Monday 18th May 2026
Salary: Dependent on experience
Seaweed Harvesters
Location: Uist
Company: Uist Asco
Salary: £49/MT + Weekly Bonuses
amaccorquodale@acadian.ca
Café Assistant / Barista
Location: North Uist
Company: The Oystercatcher Bakery
Salary: Good rate of pay above the Living Wage (based on experience)
Term: Seasonal & Part-Time
Apply by emailing theoystercatcherbakery@gmail.com, send them a message on social media…or just pop in and say hi.
Horticulture Tutor
Location: South Uist
Company: Cothrom
Salary: £13.45/hr £24,749 FTE pro rata
Term: 18 hours per week
Nursery Childcare Manager
Location: South Uist
Company: Cothrom
Salary: £19.50/hr, £35,490 FTE pro rata
Term: 28 hours per week. Permanent contract
Lead day-to-day operations of a small but busy nursery. Nurture strong family relationships and ensure quality early years practice. Excellent annual leave and compensation package. Gaelic desirable/willingness to learn with support from Cothrom’s Adult Learning team.
Resource Field Assistant
Location: North Uist
Company: Uist Asco
Term: 16-week term, starting in early May
Uist Asco is looking for a Resource Field Assistant to join the team for a 16-week term, starting in early May. This is a
full time, seasonal role that includes a large amount of time spent outdoors and travelling to conduct field work. The Field Assistant will support the Resource Technician during data collection for intertidal field research studies and annual biomass surveys related to the Ascophyllum nodosum (Rockweed) resources around Uist.
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Respite Assistants
Location: Uist
Company: Tagsa Uibhist
Salary: £15.27 (£15.93 with SVQ2)
Term: Variable hours available
Home Delivery Driver
Location: North Uist
Company: Co-op Group
Salary: £12.60 per hour
Term: 16 hours per week + regular overtime, permanent contract, part time
This role involves delivering shopping to customers’ homes, so you’ll need a full UK driving licence and to have been driving for at least 3 years. As a Home Delivery Driver, you’ll be part of a friendly team that’s dedicated to helping Co-op customers. You will make sure customers’ orders are handled with care and help out in the store when you’re not on the road.
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Female Carer
Location: North Uist
Salary: £18 per hour
Term: Up to 20 hours per week, evenings and weekends
A lovely family in North Uist are looking for a female carer to work with their disabled daughter at their home in North Uist. Wren is a happy, smiley and shouty 7-year old girl who is in P3 at Sgoil Uibhist a Tuath. Wren loves listening to people speaking, she loves music and she loves going for walks in her buggy. Her disabilities are severe: she has quadriplegic cerebral palsy, she is blind, is non-verbal and has profound and multiple learning difficulties. Wren requires much more help than other children. She needs continuous support throughout the entire day to help her understand what’s around her, to feel safe, to keep healthy, to play and to learn. The family will provide training, both online classes during work hours and hands-on training with Wren.
If you are interested or know someone who might be, please email: katy.stockwell@gmail.com
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Housekeeper
Location: South Uist
Company: Polochar Inn
Salary: £13 per hour
Term: Part-time
Polochar Inn are looking for hard working, happy and motivated individuals to join their team for the season (April – October).
If interested, please email your CV to info@hebrideanhotels-polocharinn.co.uk
Kitchen Porter
Location: South Uist
Company: Polochar Inn
Salary: £13 per hour
Term: Part-time
Polochar Inn are looking for hard working, happy and motivated individuals to join their team for the season (April – October).
If interested, please email your CV to info@hebrideanhotels-polocharinn.co.uk
Front of House
Location: South Uist
Company: Polochar Inn
Salary: £13 per hour
Term: Part-time
Polochar Inn are looking for hard working, happy and motivated individuals to join their team for the season (April – October).
If interested, please email your CV to info@hebrideanhotels-polocharinn.co.uk
Kitchen Porter
Location: North Uist
Company: Langass Lodge
Term: Part-time / Full-time (April – October)
Langass Lodge are looking for hard working, happy and motivated individuals to join their team this season, a small family run hotel with 11 bedrooms with a bar and restaurant on site. You will receive a share of monthly tips, a good rate of pay and free accommodation and utilities are available if required.
Please send your CV to the below email address FAO Amanda or Debbie:
Kitchen Hotel Assistants
Location: North Uist
Company: Langass Lodge
Term: Part-time / Full-time (April – October)
Langass Lodge are looking for hard working, happy and motivated individuals to join their team this season, a small family run hotel with 11 bedrooms with a bar and restaurant on site. You will receive a share of monthly tips, a good rate of pay and free accommodation and utilities are available if required.
Please send your CV to the below email address FAO Amanda or Debbie:
South Uist Bakery Seasonal Team Member
Location: South Uist
Company: South Uist Bakery
Salary: £13.50 per hour
Term: April to the end of September, 3 or 4 days a week
South Uist Bakery are looking for a new team member to join their in-house bakery team for spring/summer 2026. This is a customer facing role with training and uniform provided.
To find out more: Email:
southuistbakery@gmail.com or pop into their Lochboisdale bakery for an informal chat.
HGV / Agricultural Technician / Vehicle Mechanic
Location: South Uist
Company: HEBCO Mechanical Services Ltd
Salary: Depending on experience
Term: Full-time
HEBCO are looking for a qualified HGV / Agricultural Technician / Vehicle Mechanic to join their busy commercial workshop. You’ll be working on a wide range of vehicles, ensuring they are inspected, maintained and repaired to the highest standards.
Interested? Get in touch for more information or send your CV and cover letter to apply to:
Admin@hebco.co.uk • 01870620345
Uist Youth Hub Volunteer
Location: North Uist
Company: Uist Youth Hubs
Salary: Volunteering
Term: Tuesday / Friday Evenings
Mechanic
Location: Benbecula
Company: Creagorry Motors Ltd
Salary: Negotiable depending on level of experience
Term: Full-time, Permanent position
Creagorry Motors Ltd is seeking an experienced mechanic for a busy garage/MOT testing station in Benbecula. The successful candidate must be:
- Competent in vehicle repairs, servicing, maintenance and inspections.
- Able to confidently work independently, as well as part of a team.
- Familiar with vehicle diagnostics.
- Able to document completed work orders, ensuring accurate recording
- Hold a full UK driving licence
For more information, please do not hesitate to get in touch / send a CV to katherine@creagorry.me or creagorrymotors@live.com
Site Foreperson
Location: Uist
Company: MacAulay Askernish Ltd
Term: Permanent | Competitive Salary + Company Vehicle + Benefits Package
MacAulay Askernish Ltd are seeking an experienced Site Foreperson to join their team and oversee day-to-day site operations. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in managing civil/construction projects, ensuring safety compliance, and leading teams to deliver high-quality results on time and within budget.
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Site Engineer
Location: Western Isles
Company: MacAulay Askernish Ltd
Term: Permanent | Competitive Salary + Company Vehicle + Benefits Package
MacAulay Askernish Ltd are looking for a Skilled Engineer to join their team and deliver high-quality infrastructure projects. You will play a key role in the design, planning, and delivery of civil works, ensuring compliance with industry standards, safety regulations, and project governance frameworks.
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On-Call Firefighter
Location: North Uist
Company: Bayhead Fire Station
Salary: Paid a monthly wage, with additional payment for all work and activities undertaken
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Coastguard Rescue Officers
Location: Uist
Company: HM Coastguard
Looking to do something rewarding? Volunteer and join the team of Coastguard Rescue Officers in Uist. As a Coastguard Rescue Officer, you could be involved in a range of situations, from cliff and water rescues to searches for lost & missing people.
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Relief Social Care Assistants
Location: Uist
Company: Caraidean Uibhist SCIO
- PM Mags N Iain Macaskill if interested.
Childminder
Location: Uist
Company: Self Employed / Support from Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Now is your chance to start your own childminding business in Uist! Provide care, fun, and play opportunities for children in your community. Interested?
There is plenty of support and guidance to start your journey. Please get in touch with:
earlyyearsenquiries@cne-siar.gov.uk or call 01851822655 for more information.
Volunteer with the Uist and Barra Foodbank
Location: The Bunker, East Camp, Balivanich, Benbecula.
Charity: The Uist and Barra Foodbank
The Uist and Barra Foodbank is seeking volunteers to help with donations, processing and distribution of food supplies across Uist and Barra. Current opening times are Monday 10am-1pm and Friday 12-3pm.
If you are interested in joining a dedicated and enthusiastic team to make a positive impact within your community, please email uistandbarrafoodbank@gmail.com or call 01870603819