Housekeeping Team Leader

Ashford College; Broadstairs; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance 24 days

Flexible personal leave

Exclusive discounts

Wellbeing support

Pension scheme

Job summary

East Kent Colleges Group is seeking a proactive Housekeeping Team Leader at Broadstairs College to supervise daily cleaning operations, motivate staff and uphold health and safety standards across our estates.

This permanent role is 30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with split shifts. The successful candidate will lead a team, ensure high cleanliness, and contribute to a welcoming environment for students, staff and visitors.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a housekeeping/cleaning team in a commercial environment.
• Willingness to work towards Level 2 English & Maths if not held.

Responsibilities

• Supervise daily cleaning activities and staff.
• Motivate and support the team to maintain high cleanliness standards.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety requirements.

Skills

Team leadership

Cleaning in commercial environment

Education

Level 2 English & Maths

Job description

About The Role

Do you take pride in creating clean, safe, and welcoming environments?

Lead our Housekeeping Team and Ensure Quality in the Spaces where Students to Succeed

EKC Group are seeking a proactive and motivated Housekeeping Team Leader to lead our Housekeeping team and help maintain high standards across the College. You will be responsible for supervising daily cleaning activities, supporting and motivating staff, ensuring compliance with health and safety requirements, and contributing to an environment where students, staff, and visitors can thrive. You will be based at Broadstairs College and work within our busy Estates Department.

The post holder will have a positive attitude, with the ability to motivate and lead a team of housekeepers while maintaining high levels of cleanliness & hygiene. You will also be able to perform the array of cleaning tasks including the use of machinery widely used in the industry.

Key Details

Salary: £24,008 per annum

Contract: Permanent

Hours per week: 30

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday split shift 05:30 to 09:30 & 16:00 to 18:00

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees! Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• Generous and Consistent Holiday Pattern (24 days)
• Flexible Personal Leave
• Exclusive Discounts & Perks
• Wellbeing and Health Support
• Competitive Pension Scheme

About You

Successful candidates will preferably have previous experience of team leadership and cleaning in a commercial environment as well as the ability to learn quickly and maintain high standards of work.

You will also have a Level 2 qualification in English & Maths or be willing to work towards these (the College will support with such qualifications).

A health & safety certificate would be of benefit but not essential as training is provided.

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent CollegesGroup is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold thePositive About Disability Awardand are aDisability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment toCare Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge)and to current or previousArmed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge)with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.