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Manpower Recruitment have teamed up with an established College on the outskirts of Oxford and are recruiting for a 30HR Domestic Assistant.
The role would be working 7.30am-2.30pm Monday- Friday and would require one full weekend a month working 8am-12pm.
The role is paying 12.50ph
**A driving licence or motorcycle would be needed, due to location.
The Role
The key purpose of the role is to ensure College premises are presented to the highest standards, ensuring good standards of cleanliness, maintenance and security are achieved for all users.
Daily/weekly tasks include:
- Regular cleaning of bedrooms, meeting rooms and communal areas.
- Daily cleaning of toilet and bathroom facilities.
- Regular cleaning of washbasins and mirrors, and ensuite bathrooms.
- Regular cleaning of kitchenettes.
- Dusting and polishing of floors, ledges and furniture.
- Cleaning staircases, landings and lift.
- Regular emptying of waste bins including disposal in correct bins, including recycling.
- Reporting defects, damage or hazards promptly to the Senior Housekeeper.
- Cleaning and defrosting refrigerators and freezers regularly but not less than twice per year.
- Changing linen and preparing rooms for guests by cleaning, dusting and vacuuming as directed by the Senior Housekeeper and always when there is a room changeover.
- Using appropriate type and quantity of cleaning products for the task.
- Maintaining appropriate levels of cleaning products and other cleaning stock, including linen and towels. To handle outgoing soiled linen and incoming clean linen
- Ensuring that equipment and materials are used responsibly and in compliance with college risk assessments and COSHH regulations
Other tasks include:
- Rooms and communal areas will be "spring-cleaned" at appropriate intervals including tasks such as washing down paintwork, cleaning carpets, cookers, microwaves, and internal window cleaning.
- Assisting with routine maintenance tasks (eg changing lightbulbs)
- Assisting with laundry of towels, linens etc.
- Cleaning rental properties at the end of tenancies.
- Cover from time to time for other members of the domestic team as directed by the Senior Housekeeper.
Other duties as required.
Person Specification
- Cleaning experience desirable preferably within an education or hospitality setting.
- Able to communicate in a friendly and honest manner with staff, students and guests.
- Willingness to work in a team.
- Ability and willingness to follow through management instructions and adhere to procedures.
- Good general health and physical fitness as necessary for carrying out the duties specified.
- General awareness of good health and safety practice e.g. in relation to the safe handling of chemicals.
- Hold or willing to train for a first-aid qualification
- Willingness to undertake appropriate training.
- Flexible attitude to hours and duties.
Able to maintain confidentiality as regards College and student/guest business
Benefits
Pension: You will be entitled to membership of a Church of England Pension scheme to which the College contributes 6.5% of basic pay and the employee is required to contribute a minimum of 1.5%.
Contract: This is a permanent role and is subject to satisfactory completion of a three-month probation period.
Holiday: You will be entitled to 6 weeks annual leave in addition to bank holidays. Annual leave will not normally be granted during term time. You will be required to take up to a week of annual leave during each of the Christmas and Easter closed periods.
