Seasonal Domestic Assistant/Cleaner
Grade UE02: £21,900.00 Per Annum £12.04 per hour plus 5% premium payment to reflect flexible working. (A revised salary range for this grade of £21,978 to £22,134 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024.
CSG / Accommodation, Catering and Events.
Fixed Term Contract– 25-35 hours per week available (Per week on a 5 over 7 contracts including weekends varied shift patterns from 8am – 6pm) - May-September. 2024.
60 positions available
We are looking for enthusiastic and positive people to join our team of Domestic Assistants to provide excellent cleaning service in our student and commercial guest accommodation.
The Opportunity:
During the summer period, Pollock Halls of Residence accommodates visitors from all around the world. We are looking for positive, upbeat people to join our busy housekeeping team where you will provide a flexible customer focused service across our accommodation, you will be key in ensuring we are delivering excellent standards of cleaning and customer care for all our visitors and guests.
You will interact with a wide range of customers on a daily basis throughout the busy summer period. The successful candidates will play a fundamental role in ensuring our bedrooms and communal areas are cleaned, set up and serviced to hotel standards. You will also assist in the distribution & counting of linen, as well as setting up and maintaining supplies required to service rooms.
As with much of the hospitality industry, weekends can be our busiest times, therefore, weekend work will be required over the summer period.
To be eligible to apply for this role you should have previous cleaning or housekeeping experience (Or the desire to learn quickly), be able to follow written and verbal instructions, have excellent time management skills, as well as be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of customers.
Please be aware that these posts will require you to work weekends for the duration of your contract on a rota basis
You must be able to commit to the entire period of employment
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
- Previous Housekeeping/Cleaning/Customer Service experience.
- Good Time Management Skills.
- Excellent Attention to Detail.
- Professional and Friendly manner.
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Application Procedure
Please apply online or with your current CV by emailing those to ACE.Recruitment@ed.ac.uk.
As a valued member of our team, you can expect:
- A competitive salary of £21,978 pro-rata (salary effective from 1st April 2024) plus 5% Premium Band
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).
Closing date is 1st July 2024.
Interviews will be held from April 2024.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
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