Housekeeper
Collegiate School, Bristol
Bristol, City of
- £11.50 per hour
- New
- Salary:
- Other benefits include uniform, free parking on site, 6.6 weeks paid holiday including bank/public holidays each year, on a pro-rata basis.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Autumn 2024
- Apply by:
- 30 November 2024
Job overview
We are looking for a number of housekeepers to join our successful facilities team. Collegiate is a thriving co-educational day school for pupils aged 3 to 18, located in Stapleton, Bristol. The School occupies a glorious thirty-acre campus and has all of its facilities on-site.
The hourly rate is £11.50 per hour. Other benefits include uniform, free parking on site, a defined contribution pension scheme and 6.6 weeks paid holiday including bank/public holidays each year, on a pro-rata basis for part-time hours.
We have part-time housekeeper opportunities with a variety of working hours starting between the earliest of 4am and latest of 7pm, Monday to Friday during term time.
What you'll be doing:
- General cleaning and housekeeping of all areas of the school, including any spills, allocated communal areas and bathrooms
- Sweeping, vacuuming, dusting and mopping of floors, corridors and rooms
- Working independently in an allocated area and as part of a team of housekeepers
- Maintaining the highest level of cleanliness throughout the school on a daily basis
- Ensuring cleaning materials are safely stored
- Assisting with the laundry
- Stocking of the linen cupboards
- Ensuring health and safety issues are reported
What you'll need to be:
- Polite, professional and friendly
- Reliable, punctual and trustworthy
- Discreet, tactful and able to observe professional standards
- Physical fitness to meet demands of the role
If you are interested in this position and would like to email with an expression of interest please click on the 'apply' button and you will be redirected to the School's website with contact details.
We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date where we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to submit an application as soon as possible.
Successful applicants will be required to complete a full application form as part of safer recruitment checks.
We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce. Collegiate School is proud of its diverse student body and dedicated to attracting and retaining staff who feel respected and able to give their best, ensuring a diverse and inclusive workforce that better reflects our community. We aim to truly represent all sections of society and applications are welcomed for all suitably qualified candidates.
Collegiate is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:
- To promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young persons for whom they are responsible or come into contact with;
- To be supportive of and committed to the School’s policies on Child Protection;
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
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About Collegiate School, Bristol
Welcome to Collegiate.
We are a thriving and happy co-educational day school for pupils aged 3 to 18, located just north of Bristol. At Collegiate we have approximately 800 pupils, with our Preparatory School accommodating pupils from Nursery to Year 6, and the Senior School accommodating students from Year 7 up to our Sixth Form. In 2019 Collegiate was rated as ‘Excellent in all areas’ in our ISI report.
Our holistic approach to education not only enables our students to excel academically, but we ensure activities beyond the classroom play an equally important part in their time here at Collegiate. Our beautiful 30-acre grounds and excellent facilities across all faculties allow pupils to explore a huge range of sporting, creative and extra-curricular activities, with a work hard, play hard philosophy bringing out the best in our students.
Pastoral care is core to Collegiate life and underpins all that we do. Across the whole school our supportive house system provides the structure through which we monitor and support the development, well-being and happiness of all of our young people.
With a shining sporting legacy, sport too plays a huge part in the life of our pupils. We encourage everyone to get involved because physical education is important for a healthy mind and allows each pupil to develop self-esteem and a strong team ethic. We value and nurture sporting excellence, arranging a full fixture list for pupils of all talents to represent the school.
Our staff are proud to work at Collegiate and are well supported to ensure our academic standards and innovative approach to the development of teaching and learning across the school are maintained. We offer a competitive salary, with other benefits including free lunches during term time; free on-site parking; use of the school’s gym facilities; a defined contribution pension scheme and staff remission on school fees (in accordance with the staff remission policy).
To discover even more about what Collegiate offers our students and what it could offer you, please head to our website https://www.collegiate.org.uk/
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