Team Leader Housekeeping

Bolton Clarke; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Private health insurance

Gym discounts

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Bolton Clarke Group is seeking a Housekeeping Team Leader in Sydney to oversee cleaning and laundry operations for residents, ensuring high-quality service and compliance with legislative requirements. The role requires hands-on leadership and frontline engagement with staff.

You will direct staff, coordinate rosters, ensure staff safety with machinery, and maintain high standards of cleanliness and infection control while managing budgets and stock processes.

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping.
• Demonstrated experience in motivating staff and enhancing team performance.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Highly organised with the ability to prioritise multiple tasks.
• Maintain professionalism at all times.
• Desirable understanding of Residents' Charter of Rights and Standards for Residential Aged Care Services.
• Successful applicants must complete a National Police Check and/or NDIS Worker Check.

Responsibilities

• Direct and supervise housekeeping staff.
• Rostering and covering for staff as needed.
• Ensure staff use machinery safely and competently.
• Maintain cleaning standards for residents' rooms and public areas and uphold infection control.
• Oversee laundry services to meet site and resident needs.
• Report pest infestations and equipment/standards issues.
• Manage budgets for cleaning and laundry.
• Oversee ordering, delivery, stock control and storage processes.

Skills

Staff leadership

Communication skills

Organization

Teamwork

Problem solving

Job description

Bolton Clarke Group

Bolton Clarke Group one of Australia's largest independent, not-for-profit providers of home care, retirement living and residential aged care, operating nationally and internationally. Bolton Clarke Residential group now has 88 Aged Care Homes across QLD, NSW, VIC, SA & WA, with the inclusion of the Allity, McKenzie & Acacia Living Group.

About the Opportunity

As the Housekeeping Team Leader, your primary focus will be providing efficient management and coordination of the cleaning and laundry operations, ensuring a safe, high-quality cleaning and laundry service to our residents in compliance with legislative requirements. This is a hands-on position that requires you to lead from the front.

• Directing and supervising staff in their duties
• Rostering and replacing staff when absent
• Ensuring staff are competent to use machinery required for their position
• Ensuring that cleaning of residents' rooms and public areas meets the standards and infection control
• Ensuring that laundry services are conducted in a safe and efficient way that meets the needs of the site and residents
• Reporting any evidence of pest infestation and breakdown in equipment or standards
• Responsible for managing and working within budgets for cleaning & laundry
• Manage the ordering, delivery, stock control and storage processes

About you

• Experience in housekeeping
• Demonstrated experience in positive staff motivation and enhancement of performance of teams
• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written
• Highly organised and able to effectively manage and prioritise multiple tasks
• Maintain a high level of professionalism at all times
• Highly motivated and able to take initiative
• Maintain a clean and tidy work environment at all times
• Understanding of the Residents' Charter of Rights, highly desirable
• Understanding of the Standards and Guidelines for Residential Aged Care Services, highly desirable

Please Note: Successful applicants must complete a National Police Check and/or NDIS Worker Check.

About this location

Nestled in a quiet street in Sydney's South West, Bass Hill provides high-quality aged care in a friendly residential environment.

Why Work For Bolton Clarke

• Excellent work/life balance with shifts that suit your personal needs
• A caring team environment with strong clinical and allied health support
• Career progression and development opportunities
• Generous salary packaging and not-for-profit tax benefits - claim up to $18,550 tax free
• Private health insurance and gym discounts
• An Employee Assistance Program for staff and family

Our commitment to diversity

At Bolton Clarke we expect our staff to respect and value differences in age, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, intersex status and family or marital status. Appointment to this position and ongoing employment is subject to your commitment to supporting diversity and inclusion.

If you have any further queries, please contact Rosie Rose ([e-mail]).