Visitor Services Assistant

2 weeks ago


Banchory, United Kingdom The National Trust for Scotland Full time

**JOB PURPOSE**

To maximise our visitors’ enjoyment of National Trust for Scotland managed sites by maintaining the excellent standards we set across our properties to enable us to provide the best possible experience for our visitors. Providing an efficient, reliable service and high standards in housekeeping based on the needs of the property. Specifically, to ensure that all areas and public areas are cleaned and maintained to the highest standards, to make the property the best possible place to visit and work.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES**

The Estate Cleaner is responsible for a wide variety of housekeeping duties in connection with the well-being and care of the visited, non-visited and holiday accommodation at Crathes Castle and Estate per the Trust’s Housekeeping Procedures Manual, including the following:

- Routinely clean and look after the holiday accommodation and will involve but is not limited to:

- vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, polishing of floors
- dusting/polishing of surfaces and fittings such as furniture, ornaments, panelling, stairs, and doors
- dusting/wiping of sills, skirtings, door, and window frames
- cleaning of windows
- cleaning of lavatories, sinks, etc
- changing of bed linen and towels, and making of beds
- cleaning of bathroom/toilet areas and fittings
- cleaning of kitchen areas and equipment
- checking functionality of lighting, heating, TV/radio etc
- replenishing of welcome/hospitality trays, and consumables
- cleaning and providing clean laundry for each occupancy
- disposal of general household waste
- Deliver excellent customer care to foster a friendly and inviting atmosphere for visitors.
- Share in the common responsibility of working in a manner mindful of the Trust’s obligations to minimise impact on the environment, through e.g. efficient use of water/heat/light, recycling and the disposal of waste, and considered use of transport.
- Ensuring a high standard of cleanliness to all visited and non-visited areas of the property as directed by your line manager
- The general ongoing operational cleaning of all areas as necessary, as toilet cleaning, emptying waste bins and as appropriate vacuum cleaning, mopping, sweeping, dusting and polishing when required etc
- Checking of domestic inventories during changeover
- Reporting losses/breakages, wear and tear and repairs required immediately to your line manager
- The current duties of this job do not require a criminal record (Disclosure Scotland) check to be carried out.

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

**Salary**: £22,672.00 per year

Expected hours: 20 per week

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 24/03/2024



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