Department: Health and Social Care (Domestic and Housekeeping)
Operation: Sanctuary Students
Closing Date: 10/11/2024
Salary: £12.68 / per hour
Requisition: 221561
Cleaner
Location: Paul Robeson House 1 Penton Rise, London WC1X 9EH & Dinwiddy House, Kings Cross, London N1 9NF
Salary: £12.58 per hour
Hours: 35 hours per week, 5 out of 7 days a week, 9am to 5am
We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to join our team as a General Assistant based at Dinwiddy House in London. You will be responsible for providing a high-quality cleaning and domestic service in the student accommodation, maintaining a clean and friendly environment at all times.
During move-out/move-in periods, you will assist with clearing the vacant flats and preparing the rooms for the new students’ arrival.
The position of Cleaner is referred to internally at Sanctuary as General Assistant.
Responsibilities:
1. Providing high quality cleaning services of the premises including kitchens, bedrooms and communal areas
2. Preparing rooms for vacation guests – clearing, cleaning and bedmaking
3. Being a friendly face around site that can signpost students to the office for help
4. Identifying and reporting any hazards and faults to ensure a safe environment is maintained
5. Keeping inventory of cleaning stock and informing your team leader if stock is low
6. Completing set programmed works across site
Skills and Experiences:
1. Previous general cleaning or housekeeping experience is essential
2. Ability to work on own initiative and with fast changing requirements
3. Previous experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workloads
4. Basic practical experience in operating cleaning machinery
5. Excellent customer service and communication skills
6. Working knowledge of Health and Safety regulations
7. Understanding of written instructions and how to maintain simple written logs
8. Some basic understanding of computer skills – you will need to partake in online training
Why work for us?
We are the proud owners of Investors in People Gold accreditation which we think really shows how well we look after, train and engage with our staff.
Sanctuary Students manages accommodation for over 11,500 students across England and Scotland. We work in partnership with universities to provide cost-effective facilities management and support services, as well as providing specifically designed and purpose built accommodation direct to students across the UK. We offer a range of accommodation from shared flats to self-contained apartments in some of the biggest university towns and cities in the UK, including London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow.
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
1. A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
2. Life Assurance
3. Employee Advice Service including counselling
4. Cycle to Work scheme
5. Voluntary health plans
6. Wellbeing support and tools
Job reference: 221561
Closing Date: 10 November 2024
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
Building Equality and Diversity
Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Supported Living is a trading name of Sanctuary Housing Association and Sanctuary Home Care Limited, both exempt charities.
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