Housekeeping Assistant

Vita Student; City of Edinburgh; On-site; Part time

Job summary

A leading company in luxury student accommodation is seeking a Housekeeping Assistant in Edinburgh. This role involves maintaining high cleaning standards for student studios, ensuring a healthy and presentable environment. The ideal candidate should have experience in housekeeping within large facilities and possess excellent communication skills. Flexible working hours are offered, with a competitive hourly rate and additional benefits.

Benefits

Royal London Pension

Employee Assistance Program

Parties & Events

Qualifications

• Experience in housekeeping for accommodation buildings, hotels, or hospitals.
• Good understanding of COSHH regulations and practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide a personalized room cleaning service to students.
• Maintain the upkeep of premium site and facilities.
• Monitor cleaning stock levels and communicate needs.

Skills

Communication

Adaptability

Resilience

Education

Experience in large, multi-room residence facilities

Job description

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Fixed Term Summer Contract - Until 1st September 2025

Housekeeper. Edinburgh

Fixed Term Summer Contract - Until 1st September 2025

Hourly Rate: £12.50 per hour (plus holiday pay uplift, equivalent to £14.00 per hour)

Flexible Working Hours: Monday - Saturday between 10am – 5pm.

12 hours per week

Vita Student's next-level apartment design offers a variety of studios to suit our students lives with the privacy of living alone or the laughter of living together. We offer style, luxury & comfort to our residents, surrounded by premium amenities and a vibrant city life. We’re expanding our housekeeping team with the appoint of an experienced Housekeeper to deliver a luxury, home-from-home cleaning service for our residents’ studio apartments whilst ensuring our premium site & facilities are maintained to the highest standards.

Our Housekeepers

Provide an exceptional, personalised room cleaning service to students by ensuring their studios are maintained to a clean, healthy & presentable standard. Working towards designated schedules, cleaning duties include but are not exclusive to; dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, anti-bacterial cleaning of surfaces and making beds.

• Ensure our facilities are being looked after respectfully by students & guests.
• Maintain the upkeep of our premium site & facilities.
• Be on hand, delivering solutions to issues or challenges that may arise.
• Be a point of contact for any potential incident or emergency that may occur onsite.
• Maintain waste management areas adhering to health & safety regulations, ensuring potential hazards are addressed / cleaned / tidied / reorganised as required.
• Using a smart phone / tablet, record & manage each studio clean: each studio clean is to be photographed prior to, and at the end of each clean.
• Report any concerning behaviour of students that could be an indication of welfare concern.
• Monitor cleaning stock levels and communicate needs to the Assistant Residence Manager or Residence Manager. Assist in ordering stock to maintain appropriate inventory.
• Housekeepers must understand and follow "Control of Substances Hazardous to Health” (COSHH) regulations to protect their health and safety when using cleaning chemicals.
  
  

Professional Experience

Who we want to join our team…

• A well-versed housekeeping professional with experience in large, multi-room residence facilities such as accommodation buildings, hotels or hospitals.
• Our operations run seamlessly with the support of a variety of technology systems and software; our Housekeepers must be technologically astute.
• Good understanding of COSHH regulations and practices
  
  

Personal Characteristics

• Vita Student operate a multi-cultural environment, welcoming colleagues and residents from all over the world with a variety of cultural backgrounds and religious beliefs. All Vita colleagues must deliver a diverse and equal approach to colleagues and residents alike.
• Excellent communication skills. English will be the primary spoken language; however multi-lingual skills would be warmly welcomed.
• Adaptability, creativity & positivity.
• Resilience, with an ability to effectively navigate unexpected situations.
• Able to carry out tasks that may involve extended periods of standing and repetitive movements, with reasonable adjustments considered where required.
• Flexibility: Our facilities are open to residents 24 hours a day, 356 days a year including all bank holidays, festive & religious breaks. Where festive and religious celebrations require time off, we will always try to accommodate, however flexibility from our Customer Service Assistants is imperative to be available as required to ensure continuous service to residents.
  
  

Why work for us…….

Benefits

Our employees have the pride of working at our luxury properties, which offer the highest standard of resident accommodation across the UK. We reward the commitment and dedication of our people by providing the following benefits:

Royal London Pension – We care about our people and their future. Vita Group contribute a financial value of 3% of salary to your pension pot in addition to 5% employee contribution to help prepare for the future.

Parties & Events – We expect high standards from our people and like to reward demanding work by hosting parties and events each year, encouraging colleagues to let their hair down, have a great time and celebrate success together.

24/7 Employee Assistance – The wellbeing of our colleagues is of vital importance to Vita Group. All employees have access to a confidential service; offering support and guidance for personal or work-related issues that may be impacting wellbeing.

Right to Work & DBS

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks which will include Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks.

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer Right to Work Sponsorship. Therefore, if you do require a company to sponsor your Right to Work in the UK, we will not be able to progress your application further.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

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