Housekeeping Team Leader

EKC Group; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Rewards program

Flexible leave

Wellbeing support

Sick pay

Staff events

Pension scheme

Eco-friendly organisation

Job summary

East Kent Colleges Group is seeking a Housekeeping Team Leader at Folkestone College to lead a busy cleaning team and uphold top standards of cleanliness and safety.

You will supervise, train and participate in cleaning duties, ensuring a welcoming campus for students, staff and visitors. The role suits a proactive leader with attention to detail and a commitment to quality.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the housekeeping team to maintain high cleanliness standards.
• Carry out cleaning duties as required and train colleagues in best practices.
• Ensure safe, welcoming environments for students, staff and visitors.

Skills

Team leadership

Cleaning

Health & safety awareness

Education

Level 2 English & Maths

Job description

About The Role

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

EKC Group is looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Housekeeping Team Leader to join our fast growing team at Folkestone College.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who takes pride in creating clean, safe, and welcoming environments while leading a dedicated housekeeping team. You’ll inspire and support your colleagues, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness, hygiene, and customer service are maintained across the campus.

As a hands‑on leader, you’ll be confident in motivating your team while also carrying out a wide range of cleaning duties yourself. You’ll have experience using professional cleaning equipment and machinery and be committed to maintaining an environment where students, staff, and visitors can thrive.

If you’re a proactive team player with excellent leadership skills, a keen eye for detail, and a passion for delivering exceptional standards, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Details:

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 05:30 to 09:30

Hours per week: 20

Salary: £16,005

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 on restaurant, 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 compa ny benefits

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.

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [e-mail]

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 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.