Domestic Assistant – Chapelfields Fold, Belfast

NIFHA - Northern Ireland Federation of Housing Associations; eMakhazeni (Belfast); On-site; GBP 10 000 - 12 000; Part time

Job summary

A leading housing association is seeking a dedicated cleaner to provide high-quality cleaning services within their sheltered scheme. The role involves ensuring clean and safe living spaces for residents, with a focus on high standards and quality service. Candidates should have previous cleaning experience and be fluent in English. The position offers part-time hours and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Contributory pension scheme

Health cash plan

Free employee health checks

Cycle to Work scheme

Free uniforms

Subsidised meals

Qualifications

• Previous cleaning/domestic experience in a paid or voluntary capacity.
• Experience with different types of cleaning equipment and materials.
• Sufficiently fluent in English to assist tenants.

Responsibilities

• Provide clean, tidy and safe spaces for residents.
• Ensure high standards of cleaning and quality service.

Skills

Cleaning

Communication

Training

Job description

Provide clean, tidy and safe spaces for our residents/tenants within their sheltered scheme, ensuring high standards of cleaning and a quality service.

Hours: 16 per week

Reference: FHA04170

Salary: £12.35 per hour

To access the full criteria and to apply online, please visit www.radiushousing.org/careers.

The Association

Radius Housing provides quality and affordable social housing in over 80 towns and cities throughout Northern Ireland. We provide a range of services from sheltered housing for the over 55’s and general needs housing for families and single people, as well as specialist care and support facilities for the frail, elderly, people with dementia and learning disabilities and other complex needs.

Our aim is to be an employer of choice and to recruit employees who will embrace our vision and values and fulfil our performance standards within their role.

Criteria

To be shortlisted candidates need to provide evidence of the following as a minimum:

• Previous cleaning/domestic experience in a paid or voluntary capacity
• Experience of different types of cleaning equipment and materials used in cleaning/domestic and laundry capacity
• Sufficiently fluent in English to assist tenants, their families and visitors
• Prepared to undertake training
  
  

In return we offer a range of benefits to employees including great on-job training, a contributory pension scheme, a health cash plan which can provide help with dental, optician and medical costs (including cover for dependent children in full time education up to 18 years of age), free employee health checks and a Cycle to Work scheme. Care and Support staff also benefit from free uniforms, and subsidised meals.

For further information on employee benefits go to the employee benefits section of our website.

To find out more about the role please visit the careers section of website to see our short video.

Closing date for applications is 28th May 2025 unless otherwise stated.

Radius reserves the right to enhance criteria to facilitate shortlisting.

Association wide waiting lists may be compiled for future same or similar vacancies permanent / fixed term which may arise.

Radius is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

• Radius Housing, 3-7 Redburn Square, Holywood, County Down, BT18 9HZ
• 0330 123 0888
• [e-mail]
• www.radiushousing.org