Seasonal Senior Domestic Assistant/Senior Cleaner Edinburgh

4 weeks ago


Edinburgh, United Kingdom The University of Edinburgh Full time

Seasonal Senior Domestic Assistant/Senior Cleaner

UE02 £22,056 Per Annum, Pro rata, £12.09 per hour plus 5% premium payment to reflect flexible working. (A revised salary range for this grade of £21,978 to £22,134 is planned to take effect from Spring 2024).

CSG / Accommodation, Catering and Events.

Fixed Term Contract – 30-35 hours per week available ( Per week on a 5 over 7 contracts including weekends varied shift patterns from 8am – 6pm ) - May - September 2024.

14 positions

The Opportunity:

During the summer period, Pollock Halls of Residence accommodates visitors from all around the world. We are looking for positive, upbeat people to help our busy housekeeping team where you will provide a flexible customer focused service across our accommodation, you will be key in ensuring we are delivering excellent standards of cleaning and customer care for all our visitors and guests. 

As a Seasonal Senior Domestic Assistant/Senior Cleaner, you will be involved in distributing work to our teams of domestic cleaning assistants, checking that our accommodation and facilities meet our high standards of cleanliness as well as ensuring that our customers’ needs are met, and guests alway enjoy a comfortable stay. You will also play a fundamental role in ensuring high standards of cleanliness are met by servicing bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and public areas within your remit.

You should have excellent organisational skills and have previous experience in either housekeeping or hospitality. You should have a good eye for detail and a passion for providing an excellent standard of service. You will have outstanding customer service skills and ability to communicate with wide range of colleagues and customers in an effective and professional manner. You will also have experience of allocation of workload to team members and ideally, supervisory skills, although this is not essential. 

Please be aware that these posts will require you to work weekends for the duration of your contract on a rota basis

You must be able to commit to the entire period of employment. 

Your skills and attributes for success: 

  • Excellent Organisational Skills
  • Previous experience in either Housekeeping or Hospitality
  • Good Attention to detail
  • Outstanding Customer Service Skills
  • Good communication skills

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Application Procedure

Please apply online or with your current CV by emailing those to  ACE.Recruitment@ed.ac.uk . 

As a valued member of our team, you can expect

  • A competitive salary of £22,056 pro-rata (salary effective from 1 st April 2024) plus 5% Premium Band 
  • An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
  • To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
  • Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our  staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality. 

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our  right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

Closing date is 5th April 2024.

Interviews will be held  week commencing 15 th April.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our  right to work webpages.

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. 

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