Housekeeping Team Leader

EKC Group; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 13,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 24 days

Discounts via Rewards scheme

Flexible Personal Leave

Wellbeing and Health Support

Competitive Pension Scheme

Job summary

East Kent Colleges Group is seeking a Housekeeping Team Leader to lead our Estates Department at Canterbury College. You will motivate a team of housekeepers and uphold high standards of cleanliness and hygiene to create welcoming spaces for students.

This 15-hour-per-week role runs 05:30–08:30 across Monday to Friday, with a salary of £11,598 per annum. Experience in a commercial cleaning environment and a Level 2 English & Maths qualification (or willingness to work towards) is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience of leading a team in a commercial cleaning environment.
• Ability to learn quickly and maintain high standards of work.
• Level 2 English and Maths or willingness to work towards these qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the housekeeping team to maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
• Ensure consistent delivery of cleaning tasks and adherence to industry practices.
• Operate and use cleaning machinery as required.

Skills

Team leadership

Cleaning

Learning quickly

Education

Level 2 English & Maths

Job description

About The Role

Are you a natural leader? Want to be part of a close-nit team?

We are looking for a Team Leader to lead our Housekeeping team and ensure high-quality, welcoming spaces where students can thrive.

As a Housekeeping Team leader, to join the Group. You will join our high performing housekeeping team within the busy Estates Department at Canterbury College.

You 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.

Role details:

This position is 15 hours per week working 05:30 to 08:30 across Monday to Friday, with a salary of £11,598 per annum.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus highly on our employees!

Here are just some of what we offer when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

• 24 days annual leave (FTE) plus enhanced leave after 5 years service
• Discounts onrestaurant, grocery, retail and holidays via our Rewards scheme
• Flexible Personal Leave
• Wellbeing and Health Support
• Generous sick pay
• Staff Community Days, annual Staff Celebration Day, and an eco-friendly organisation dedicated to reaching net-zero by 2030
• Competitive Pension Scheme

Full list of company benefits

About You

Ideally you will 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 Colleges Group 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 the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability 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 to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed 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.