We are looking for a personable and effective Housekeeping Assistant to join our friendly team who work together to maintain our high standards of cleanliness, a feature will attracts rave reviews from our guests.

You can find out more about Sarum College by reading through this website, as well as the hospitality website here

See below for a detailed overview of the key tasks.

If, after reading the application documents and learning more about the College through the website you decide that you would like to apply for a post, please send the documents listed below to Gary Gifford at Sarum College.

Sarum College Application Form

Our preference is for applications to be completed electronically and sent by email to Gary Gifford, email address ggifford@sarum.ac.uk. However, if you wish to download and print the documents, please send them by post to the following address:

Gary Gifford

Housekeeping Assistant
Sarum College
19 The Close
Salisbury SP1 2EE

PLEASE NOTE: Only those applicants who send completed Application Forms cited above will be considered.

As a charity, we make every effort to keep our expenditures under control. If you apply and wish to have receipt of your application acknowledged by email, please note this in your message when you send your application documents.

If you wish to discuss the post before you apply, please email Gary Gifford

Email ggifford@sarum.ac.uk

Telephone 01722 424800

Please note

Only candidates eligible to live and work in the UK should apply. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide proof of eligibility to work in the UK at the selection process.

Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of satisfactory references and satisfactory completion of a Confidential Declaration relating to safeguarding, Basic DBS check and Medical questionnaire.

The contract will include a probationary period of 3 months which may be extended.

Job description: Housekeeping Assistant (25 hours per week)
Annual salary = £15,249

The role is fully flexible within the Hospitality structure and to the needs of the business. Housekeepers undertake a range of services throughout the College:
• Undertaking the day to day cleaning of guest, public and employee areas.
• Maintaining a safe and pleasant environment for guests, visitors and College employees.
• Replenishment of linen and consumables.
• Carry out laundry duties as required.
• Flexibility to work in other areas of Hospitality where appropriate.

Core Responsibilities and Key Accountabilities:
• Deliver exceptional standards of customer service for all users of the College.
• Cleaning and servicing of all College areas to the required standard and in line with College procedures.
• Setting up of rooms in accordance with College policies and procedures.
• Complete daily task sheets and submit them to the General Manager of Hospitality for auditing purposes.
• Use cleaning chemicals and materials according to instructions, their safety data sheets and COSHH regulations.
• Use appropriate Health and Safety signage to inform guests, visitors and employees that cleaning is in progress.
• Maintain all housekeeping storage areas and laundry rooms in a clean and tidy state.
• Report any faults/issues to the General Manager of Hospitality each day to support the upkeep of the building.
• Emptying and cleaning of waste bins throughout the College, ensuring waste is disposed of correctly and within local government guidelines.
• Use the laundry equipment in a safe and efficient way ensuring compliance with Health and Safety with regards to chemical usage, lifting, use of electrical equipment etc.
• Attend any housekeeping or general College training as required to support the role.
• Attend monthly meetings with General Manager of Hospitality.
• Responsible for any other fair and reasonable task set for the needs of the business.
• Ensure compliance at all times with the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

Key Performance Indicators:
• Service users’ satisfaction results
• Satisfactory compliance with all legislative requirements
• Satisfactory feedback of performance from appraisals

Confidentiality:
In the course of their duties employees may have access to confidential material regarding service users or members of staff. Information relating to identifiable service users or staff is private and must not be divulged without authorisation. Failure to observe this rule will be regarded as a disciplinary issue.

SARUM COLLEGE

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