Team Leader Cleaning Monastery and St. Josef Retirement Centre 80-100%

Jobup; Brunnen; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Varied responsibilities

Team leadership development

Induction and training opportunities

Pension and social benefits

Good transport connections

Job summary

Kloster Ingenbohl invites applications for a Team Leader Cleaning Monastery and St. Josef Retirement Centre. You will lead a 20‑strong cleaning team, organise daily tasks, and ensure a clean, welcoming environment for residents, guests and staff.

You will coordinate room cleaning, support breakfast service, and work with cross‑department teams to improve workflows. A facility management background, strong IT skills and weekend flexibility are required.

Qualifications

• Facility Management certificate (FA) or equivalent.
• Several years of leadership experience in cleaning.
• Knowledge of purchasing, inventory management, budgeting and quality management.
• Strong IT skills: MS Office, Polypoint and Navision.
• Service orientation with good communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Oversee cleaning in the monastery and St. Josef Retirement Centre.
• Lead a 20-person cleaning team and promote development.
• Organise daily cleaning tasks, maintenance and ad-hoc orders using Polypoint.
• Coordinate guest room cleaning and breakfast service for community.
• Procure and store cleaning agents and equipment; use Navision for tracking.
• Develop concepts and optimize cleaning workflows; participate in cross-department projects.

Skills

Facility Management

Leadership

Organizational skills

MS Office

Polypoint

Navision

Education

Facility Management certificate

Tools

Polypoint

Navision

Job description

Join the Kloster Ingenbohl team as a cleaning lead! A welcoming place for all.

Tasks

• Oversee cleaning operations in the monastery and senior center.
• Lead a dedicated team of 20 in maintaining hygiene and atmosphere.
• Coordinate guest room cleaning and service for community breakfasts.

Skills

• Facility Management certification or equivalent, with leadership experience.
• Strong organizational and communication skills are essential.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Polypoint, and Navision is required.

The Ingenbohl Monastery, headquarters of an international community of sisters, is a place of encounter and togetherness as well as reflection. The monastery's cleaning team ensures order, cleanliness and hygiene of the monastery's buildings every day with great commitment, so that the 210 nuns, residents, guests and staff feel comfortable in our premises. To strengthen our team, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a responsible, independent and motivated person as:

Team Leader Cleaning Monastery and St. Josef Retirement Centre 80–100%

You are responsible for all cleaning in the buildings of the monastery operation as well as the St. Josef Retirement Centre. You organise all basic, maintenance and daily cleaning tasks, actively support and, together with your 20-member team, ensure cleanliness, hygiene and a homely atmosphere. The breakfast service in some communities is just as much part of your duties as the coordination and cleaning of rooms for guests and the management of seminar rooms. You respond to the wishes and concerns of the various stakeholders in a service-oriented manner and work as a committed team player in cross-departmental projects.

Area of responsibility

• Responsibility for the entire cleaning area (monastery and St. Josef Retirement Centre)
• Personnel management and targeted promotion of employees
• Conducting team meetings and employee appraisals
• Employee planning using Polypoint
• Coordinating and planning daily tasks, basic cleaning and unscheduled cleaning orders
• Coordinating the occupancy and cleaning of rooms for internal and external guests
• Planning the cleaning and provision of seminar rooms
• Purchasing and storage of all cleaning agents and equipment for the monastery using Navision
• Development of concepts and optimisation of processes and workflows
• Active participation in the area of responsibility (20%)

Expectations

• Facility Management certificate (federal FA) with a focus on operations management or an equivalent qualification
• Several years of leadership experience in cleaning; assertiveness
• Sound knowledge in purchasing, inventory management, budgeting and quality management
• High service orientation; shaping Klosterhügel as a place of encounter
• Good IT user skills (MS Office, Polypoint, Navision)
• Flexible working hours and willingness to work weekends
• Passion for developing and improving things together with a motivated team
• Professional, competent and well-groomed appearance as well as target group-oriented communication

Benefits

• A varied, responsible and interesting activity
• A work atmosphere characterised by appreciation in a meaningful, community-oriented environment
• Independent and self-reliant work
• Individual development and training opportunities
• Careful and comprehensive induction
• 13 public holidays per year, various discounts, long-service gifts and company health promotion
• Above-average pension fund and social security benefits
• Good public transport connections and ideal accessibility via the motorway
• Parking, garage spaces and staff rooms

For further information, please contact Yvonne Forster, Managing Director, Tel. [phone] and Sonja Diener, Team Leader Cleaning, Tel. [phone]