Supervisor - Housekeeping and Linen

Sherpa Cleans; City of Edinburgh; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Sherpa Cleans is seeking an Operations Director to oversee the delivery of quality cleaning services across various properties in Edinburgh. The role involves team management, staff training, logistics support, and ensuring compliance with quality standards. Ideal candidates will have leadership experience and strong communication skills.

Benefits

Company pension

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 years of experience in a housekeeper/cleaner role.
• Experience in a supervisory or team leader role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Line management of staff in the STL cleaning team.
• Induction training and management of ongoing training plans.
• Inspections and quality control checks as required.

Skills

Communication

Team Management

Attention to Detail

Self-motivated

Job description

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About Sherpa Cleans Ltd

Sherpa Cleans Ltd is an exciting, expanding and fast paced business operating throughout the central belt of Scotland. Our aim is to provide high quality professional cleaning services to short term let (STL) properties, commercial sites, popup hotel and apartment hotel clients. We cover a range of commercial property cleaning in offices, restaurants, bars and event spaces. For short term let properties and pop-up hotels during festival periods we cover all elements of the guest turnover from linen hire and laundry services to all cleaning services and welcome packs.

Job Description

The Team Leader role is to support the high quality service delivery of the organisation to meet our client needs. This will be through the recruitment, introductory training and ongoing training and quality control inspections of our cleaning staff focused on the STL properties. Crucially, this role will be to support the logistics of drivers and linen management processes of the business too, as well as stock management at our Head-Quarters.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

· Line management of staff in the STL cleaning team

· Linen and other assets - stock control

· Induction training and management of ongoing training plans

· Inspections and quality control checks as required

· Review of customer feedback and implementation of corrective actions as required

· Reviewing opportunities to improve cleaning processes including equipment and products used

· Supporting other team members as required to ensure business continuity

Qualifications and Requirements:

· Minimum 1 years of experience in a housekeeper/cleaner role

· Experience in supervisory or team leader role where training cleaners and giving feedback for improvement has been a focus

· Experience of operating in a fast-paced environment

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills

· Self-motivated to work independently or as part of a team

· Diligent attention to detail

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £14.00 per hour

Expected hours: Full time - 40 hours per week

• Company pension

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• training other cleaners: 1 year (required)
• short term let / housekeeping cleaning: 1 year (required)
• Full driving license preferred but not essential

Language:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person (Leith - Edinburgh)

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management and Manufacturing

• Industries

  Janitorial Services

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