Housekeeping Assistant

Location Dorset
Discipline: Education
Job type: Permanent
Contact email: biren.daiya@blackstone-recruitment.co.uk
Job ref: J6104
Startdate: 19/10/2024

Blackstone Recruitment are working with a provider of education, care and support services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities who are recruiting for Housekeeping Assistant for one of their schools in Dorset.

Please see details below for the full job advert:

Location: Dorset
Salary:
£11.72 - £11.93 per hour
Hours: 40 hours per week.
Contract: 12-month fixed term contract

The role:

They are looking to recruit for a housekeeping Assistant. Your duties will include vacuum cleaning, wiping furniture, mopping hard surfaces and other general cleaning duties.

Experience: 

Successful candidate is likely to demonstrate the following:

  • Vacuum cleaning floors
  • Spot cleaning of spillages
  • Wiping furniture, ledges, pipes, paintwork, doors and polishing door glass
  • Emptying and cleaning bins (daily)
  • Cleaning toilets including sanitary fittings and surrounds
  • Mopping and spray cleaning hard floor surfaces
  • Wiping, dusting, cobweb removal, polishing banister rails spindles and wood surrounds.
  • Replenishing janitorial supplies in toilets, etc (daily)
  • Checking and closing windows, switching off lights after work and ensure the building is secure on exit
  • Such other duties as may be allocated from time to time
  • All defects/hazards must be immediately reported
  • Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required.

Skills & Qualifications: 

Successful candidate qualities: 

  • Experience of using equipment and materials in situations where care is needed to prevent harm to others
  • Key aspects of Health and Safety legislation for cleaning
  • Experience of cleaning a variety of surfaces.
  • The role will require some lone working; travel; physical work and the ability to drive

    What’s in it for you? / Why Should You Apply?
  • Life assurance
  • Enhanced pension scheme (from October)
  • Perkbox - offering high street discounts
  • Employee assistance programme
  • Car lease scheme
  • Fully funded training and qualifications
  • Bike to work scheme
  • Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

Blackstone Benefits:

Permanent jobs:

✅Assigned specialised recruitment consultant

✅Access to exclusive and flexible UK locum and permanent jobs

✅Complete onboarding support

✅Informed tailored career advice

✅Personalised job alerts

✅Unlimited referral bonus

For further information on this role, please contact Biren Daiya at Blackstone Recruitment on the details provided or APPLY now.