Domestic Supervisor

**Post**:Domestic Supervisor

**Responsible to**: Home Manager

**Objective**:
To oversee and undertake the housekeeping duties that are required within Movilla House. These are separated into different areas - Maintaining the general cleanliness of the home, maintaining the domestic requirements within the kitchen, dispensing of teas and waters to the residents, operating tea trollies as instructed by the Home Manager or Catering Manager, maintaining the laundry requirements of the home. The role holder will balance supervising the team and being hands on in these areas. This should be conducted in a professional and friendly manner to meet the needs of the residents and the business.

**Main Duties**
- Responsible for ensuring the standards of cleanliness, hygiene and tidiness in residents’ rooms and public areas of the home.
- The role holder will manage a team of Domestic Assistants covering the areas as listed above.
- Prioritise and delegate workload among the team through daily briefings and rotas.
- Manage weekly rotas to ensure all areas of the home housekeeping team are covered and adequately resourced.
- Responsible for ordering and storing housekeeping supplies as required.
- Undertake the domestic duties that are required within the Movilla House Housekeeping team.
- Complete daily checks and liaise with Home Manager.
- Ensuring that all liquids, cleaning materials and solvents are always locked away.
- Observing the correct use and care of equipment.
- Reporting breakdowns or defects in machinery or materials to the Maintenance Dept.
- Observing good hygiene practices.
- Reporting any accident / incident which may occur.
- Promoting good safety practices always, thus ensuring the safety of residents, colleagues, and members of the public.
- Knowing, understanding, and promoting the Movilla House policies and procedures in relation to:

- Health and Safety
- Accident Prevention
- Cleanliness of the Home
- Laundry
- Fire Prevention and Fire Procedure
- Conducting the induction and training of your team to maintain the highest level of service to all residents.
- Confidentiality. You must never discuss anything about a residents’ welfare or other personal details in front of other residents or outside the Home.
- Assisting in other areas as required by Management.

Essential Criteria
- Previous experience in a Housekeeping Supervisory role.
- Excellent interpersonal & communication skills
- Weekend working required and ability to work on own initiative
- Confident decision maker under pressure
- Ability to multi-task
- People management skills are essential
- Ability to maintain confidentiality

Access NI Enhanced disclosed check will be required

**This job description is not meant to be definitive nor restrictive and will be modified to meet changing needs.**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: From £12.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Weekend availability

COVID-19 considerations:
At present there is no requirement to wear face masks.

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 28/05/2023