Laundry Operative

**About the Role**:
**Coast and Country Cottages are recruiting for our latest Laundry Operative covering a 12 month FTC be based at our Salcombe office**

Paying a salary circa £21,000 per annum working 37.5 hours per week, covering Monday to Saturday, 9am-5.30pm (Sat off on a rota basis).
Plus access to our annual STIP (annual company-wide bonus) scheme with an additional 10% of your salary
️ 33 days annual leave including bank holidays
Plus an additional day off for your Birthday
***Plus an additional two volunteering days per year
An enhanced maternity and paternity policy
Personal development and opportunities to be recognised
Study support for additional qualifications, courses and accreditations
Numerous dedicated wellbeing initiatives and access to 24/7 mental health support

**With a keen eye for detail and a solid work ethic, you will hit the ground from day one, assisting with all aspects of laundering our linen, ensuring high standards of cleanliness and reporting any issues/faults with items. Using your skills in communication, organisation and task management, you will ensure all linen and towels are cleaned to a high standard and ready to go out to properties including sorting, washing, drying, ironing and packing all laundry ready for our guests arrival.**

**Your Responsibilities**:
Reporting into Property Services Manager our newest Laundry Operative will become a key player within our Housekeeping team, responsible for:

- To ensure all linen and towels are cleaned to a high standard and ready to go out to properties including: sorting, washing, drying, ironing and packing all laundry.
- To ensure all linen and towels are maintained to a high standard and anything which does not meet our standards is replaced.
- Ensure the linen is delivered in a timely, safe manner, without holding up the cleaners or check in for guests.
- Managing stock levels and ensuring any additional items required are ordered in a timely manner to ensure all laundry requirements can be met at all times.
- Responsible for all linen supplies including our own, hire or any private linen.
- Build positive working relationships with all suppliers and colleagues.
- Responsible to adhering to vehicle operating procedures

**Skills and Qualifications**:
We are looking for those who can share in our company goals, values and ethos, who can grow alongside us and whose skills can aid our ongoing success

By _Being One Team, Owning it, Communicating Honestl_y and showcasing a devotion to _Learning, Growing and Innovating_, we remain true to our original ethos and ensure we stay true to our Customers, Owners and Colleagues alike.

First and foremost we are interested in those who have the potential to hold these values, as for this position, we ask you to have the following key skills:

- Be able to work as part of a team
- High level of attention to detail
- Remaining calm under pressure
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Flexible attitude to work and working hours
- Strong problem-solving skills
- IT literate and able to update stock controls
- Full clean driving licence

Although standouts will also have:

- Good communication skills - both written and verbal
- Desire to learn new skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Previous experience as a Laundry Assistant

**If this sounds like you? you love what we are about? or keen to to leap into your latest career challenge, we want to hear from you