Boarding Laundry Assistant

International Schools Partnership; England; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A UK independent school is seeking a Boarding Laundry Assistant to support its boarding facilities by managing students' laundry. The ideal candidate will have good attention to detail, teamwork skills, and preference for experience in laundry services. This role is essential for maintaining hygiene and organisation within the boarding environment, and offers a part-time schedule during the academic year.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Efficiency and accuracy when completing tasks.
• Reliability, punctuality, and attention to detail.
• Experience working in a laundry or domestic services role (desirable).
• Knowledge of laundry machinery and chemical use.

Responsibilities

• Support the smooth running of the school’s boarding facilities.
• Collect, clean, iron, fold, and return pupils’ laundry.
• Guide boarders through their daily laundry routine.
• Manage the safe functioning of laundry equipment.
• Assist with the induction of new boarders.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Job description

Description

Boarding Laundry Assistant

Location: Claremont Boarding

Line Manager: Director of Boarding

Hours: 37 hours per week

Weeks per year: 36 weeks

Salary: £12.50 per hour

Role context: The Boarding Laundry Assistant supports the smooth running of the school’s boarding facilities by ensuring that pupils’ laundry is collected, cleaned, ironed, folded, and returned in a timely and professional manner. The role helps maintain high standards of hygiene, comfort, and organisation within the boarding environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Regulatory compliance:
  • Follow the School and Boarding safeguarding procedures. This includes matters such as the appropriate use of MyConcern.
  • Follow the staff rota as devised by the House Lead to ensure compliant allocation of staff.
  • Attend occasional staff meetings in the House.
  • Attend any required staff training and termly boarding insets.
  • Assist the House Lead with the induction of new boarders and the return of boarders after term breaks in relation to their laundry.
  • Be aware of the implications of the National Minimum Standards for Boarding Schools and be guided by the House Lead as to the implementation of the principles highlighted in the Claremont Boarding Management handbook in the day‑to‑day life of boarders, particularly in relation to their laundry.
  • Be aware of the Fire Safety and Health & Safety procedures in the House. Assist the House Lead in ensuring that the boarding house is a safe environment for both students and staff.
  • Commitment and promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • Good understanding and effective implementation of Child Protection procedures.
• Operational role in the boarding house:
  • Guide boarders through their laundry daily routine.
  • Wash and iron boarders’ clothes in a timely manner and in accordance with the House laundry rota.
  • Assist older students with their independent use of washing machines, tumble‑dryers and ironing equipment.
  • Work with House Parents with the delivery and return of clothes/ linen to their owners.
  • Ensure efficient systems are in place for the right laundry to be returned to the right students.
  • Manage the safe functioning of the laundry related equipment and refer issues to the House Leads.
  • Manage the order of detergents and refer the placing of orders to the House Leads.
  • Launder the house upholstery as guided by the House Leads.
• Other Responsibilities:
  • Undertake such other reasonable responsibilities and tasks that may be assigned by the Principal and Director of Boarding.

The Ideal Candidate

• The ability to work as part of a team
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Efficiency and accuracy when completing tasks
• Reliability, punctuality and attention to detail
• Self-motivating with good initiative
• Experience working in a laundry, domestic services, or similar role (desirable)
• Knowledge of laundry machinery and chemical use

Safeguarding & Safer Recruitment

Claremont School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years employment history.

About Claremont

Claremont School is an independent day and boarding school. The Nursery and the Prep School are based in St Leonards on Sea, and the Senior School is located in Bodiam, East Sussex. The school is non‑selective and welcomes children and young people from a large catchment area spanning 25 miles. In addition, one third of the students in the Senior School are international boarders. Our two off‑site boarding facilities are respectively located in Battle and St Leonards. They accommodate students from over twenty different nationalities.

Children join Claremont aged 1, and the school offers a British curriculum throughout with GCSEs and iGCSEs at KS4, and A Level and BTechs at KS5. In addition, the school delivers outstanding programmes in Performing Arts (winning an award for outstanding School for Performing Arts in 2021) and in football where students can join the Football academy and look to become professional players.

Results and Value‑Added at Claremont are outstanding, with Senior School results beating national averages year on year, as well as more local independent selective schools. We believe that successful schools are the ones that put learning at the heart of everything they do, always aiming to create rounded individuals that can forge successful careers and lives, in a rapidly changing world. Claremont aims to be the School of Choice for the local area, and supports its young people to excel in all that they do in a safe and inspiring environment.

Claremont School is also part of the International Schools Partnership (ISP) group, comprising committed colleagues in financially responsible schools around the world, where learning is at the heart of everything we do for our students, colleagues, and parents. We are committed to getting better, all the time.

ISP was founded by an experienced team of committed educationalists and operators who have worked together over many years. ISP’s growing group of private schools are located in the UK, the USA, Canada, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Costa Rica, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Malaysia, Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, educating children and students from 2–18 years of age. ISP has expanded to 66 schools that employ over 8,000 staff and deliver multiple curricula to over 56,000 students located across the globe.