Accommodation Cleaning Team Member

Longleat Enterprises Limited (trading as Longleat); Warminster; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days holiday

Unlimited free entry to Longleat

VIP tickets (Longleat & Cheddar Gorge)

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Perks at work

Flexible working schemes

Job summary

Longleat Enterprises Limited (trading as Longleat) seeks a dedicated Accommodation Assistant to join our Luxury properties across the Longleat Estate. You will deliver frontline housekeeping and ensure a premium guest experience, while maintaining safety and high standards.

With a Full manual Driving License and proven cleaning and customer service experience, you will work efficiently to clean, organise linen packs, supervise checks, and support guests throughout their stay.

Qualifications

• Full manual Driving License required.
• Cleaning experience preferred.
• Good level of IT literacy.
• Experience in customer service is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Clean and carry out housekeeping duties including bed making and turnover cleaning.
• Clean, test and maintain Hot Tubs.
• Organise linen packs for properties and ensure timely turnover.
• Work to timeframes to maintain efficiency in each accommodation.

Skills

Driving license

Cleaning experience

IT literacy

Customer service

Proactive mindset

Attention to detail

Independence

Job description

About the role

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Accommodation team, working within our Luxury accommodation across the Longleat Estate. This is a vital role, ensuring front line delivery of our guest experience is at a premium standard. Responsible for ensuring standards are upheld, and supporting our guests to have a positive, informed, safe and memorable experience.

Key Responsibilities

• To clean and carryout various housekeeping duties including changeover cleaning, sparkle cleaning and bed making
• To clean, test and maintain Hot Tubs
• To organise and prepare linen packs for properties
• To work to a given timeframe when cleaning each accommodation to ensure efficiency
• Pre-check in audits for each property to health and safety is upheld at required standard for each property
• Monitor and maintain high levels of cleanliness in accommodation, storage areas, linen rooms, and all other working areas
• Proactive maintenance checks, low level maintenance jobs and report through reporting channels.
• Delivery of weekly and monthly checks for thorough examination of each property both internally and externally.
• Co-ordinating any problems relating to the properties with the required stakeholders to ensure all issues are responded to in a timely manner, minimizing any disruption to the guests stay and experience at Longleat.

About You

• You’ll have a Full manual Driving License
• Cleaning experience
• A good level of IT Literacy
• Experience working in customer service
• Be a proactive thinker committed to excellence
• Be efficient, ability to multi-task with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to use initiative and work independently without direct supervision

Your contract

You’ll be employed on a zero hour fixed term contract ending January 2027.

A little about us

At Longleat we offer a day out like no other, our guests are invited to step into the Thynn family home where they will find the finest example of Elizabethan Architecture. They are also immersed into the wild side, where they can visit over 120 species of animals by car, foot, train, bus, and boat. We have 7 luxury properties nestled across the Longleat Estate, some overlooking the incredible Safari park with Zebras visiting close to private gardens!

Weare passionate about providing unforgettable experiences that bring family and friends together to create memories that will last a lifetime.

Why join the Longleat team?

In this unique work environment, you will be surrounded by historic landscapes and listed buildings, all whilst listening to our lions roar and wolves howl. You will even have the opportunity to visit our adorable Koalas and meerkats during your lunch break.

You will receive attractive benefits that include:

• 29 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, rising to 31 days at 5 years’ service.
• Unlimited free entry to Longleat for our employees
• Complimentary tickets to Longleat and Cheddar Gorge and Caves, 18 per annum pro rata
• 50% off Membership for Friends and Family
• Discounts on food and beverages and retail merchandise
• Discounts on VIP Experiences and Accommodation
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employer contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Perks at work
• Range of flexible working schemes