Domestic Services Supervisor
St Edward's School
Oxfordshire
- £30,660 per year
- New
- Salary:
- £14.74 per hour (£30,660 per annum)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 10 January 2025
Job overview
If you are an experienced cleaner with previous supervisory or managerial experience, then this role offers an exciting opportunity to further your career in a key leadership position.
As a Domestic Services Supervisor, you will join our busy Domestic Services department, where you will ensure that cleaning duties are carried out in an efficient and effective manner. You will oversee the day-to-day management of cleaning staff, ensuring strict adherence to cleaning, hygiene and health and safety rules.
In addition to this, you will help identify, report and investigate any damage or maintenance issues that arise, escalating when necessary. Drawing on your strong attention to detail and excellent organisational skills, you will also carry out routine stock checks, ensuring that appropriate stock levels are maintained, as well as conducting safety checks of cleaning equipment as required.
We are looking for a committed and hard-working individual, with previous supervisory experience and good knowledge of cleaning best practices. You will need a working knowledge of Health and Safety practices in a Domestic Services context, as well as good interpersonal, communication and IT skills. Additional experience of COSHH, health and safety and manual handling within a cleaning environment, will also be essential.
For further details and to download an application form from the school website please click the apply button.
The deadline for applications is Friday 10th January 2025.
We reserve the right to close the advert should a suitable candidate be found. We also reserve the right to hold interviews prior to the closing date so would encourage early applications.
St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, sex, religion, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Please see our Equal Opportunities & Dignity at Work policy on our website for further details.
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About St Edward's School
About St Edward’s
Affectionately known as Teddies, St Edward's School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in Oxford. We have over 800 pupils, almost half of whom are girls, most are boarders (86%), around 20% are London based and 16% fly in from abroad. We have a strong emphasis on academic rigour and also offer an extensive range of sports, arts, clubs and activities.
Renowned for its friendliness, Teddies is an exhilarating community to be part of where we see excellence in academic results and extracurricular achievements and where we work hard to promote staff wellbeing. Staff at St Edward’s also benefit from our rich cultural programme, free gym membership, many invitations to social events, the extensive 100 acres of tranquil grounds, professional arts facilities and the advantage of being only 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to Oxford city centre.
Warden
Alastair Chirnside
Values and vision
St Edward’s aims to lead the sector in co-educational boarding, in educational innovation, in breadth of opportunity and in the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Our community values are integrity, courage and kindness.
ISI report
"The quality of the pupils’ personal development is excellent, reflecting the school’s highly effective emphasis on the welfare and well-being of each individual pupil. The excellent standard of pastoral care is a strength of the school, and the sympathetic and supportive example set by the staff is mirrored in the way pupils behave towards one another."
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