Housekeeping Assistant

**Housekeeping Assistant**
- All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK._

**Employee Benefits - What we offer you**

We value the commitment and loyalty of our colleagues and are delighted to offer a range of benefits to show our ongoing appreciation, benefits include:

- Paid Overtime (To be authorised by your manager)
- 30 Minute Paid Break
- 28 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays), increasing with service - we value and celebrate long service.
- NEST pension scheme for all eligible employees.
- FREE Hospitality Action Employee Assistance Programme for all employees providing a range of specialist support services.
- Ongoing development, training and opportunities to progress.
- Gratuities and service charge paid on a monthly basis (up to £2,500.00 per annum)
- Regular rewards and recognition with monthly, annual and long service awards.
- Preferential membership fees for our award-winning Nàdarra Spa.
- 20% discount for Spa Treatments (on the same day), 10% discount on Gift Shop & Spa Retail (excluding sale items), Food & Beverage and Hotel Celebrations (excluding weddings), as well as £75.00 Bedroom Rate (room only) for you or your family to enjoy.
- Uniform provided for guest-facing roles.
- FREE on-site parking.

**HOUSEKEEPING ASSISTANT**

**ROLE OVERVIEW**

As a member of our housekeeping and public area cleaning team, you will be responsible for ensuring that all rooms and corridors in the hotel are presented to our high standards. The Coniston Hotel has built its success on delivering the highest standards. This means cleanliness, quality, service, maintenance, and atmosphere. Your job will be to make sure we deliver on our promise for cleanliness.

**Reporting to**: General Manager, Head Housekeeper, Housekeeping Supervisor

**MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES**
- The following are specific responsibilities and contributions critical to the successful performance of the position:

- Ensure that bedrooms are cleaned to the agreed service standards using the bedroom COVID checklist.
- Cover our in house Laundry Department when required
- Following COVID procedures for cleanliness throughout the business.
- Cleaning, vacuuming, dusting, laundry and turning mattresses.
- Cleaning and vacuuming the corridors.
- Liaising with other departments as necessary.
- Adopting good working practices to ensure a safe working environment for yourself and others.
- Supporting the public area cleaners as required.

**PERSON SPECIFICATION**

**DISIRABLES**:

- Previous experience of working as a cleaner.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal communication skills.
- The ability to respond quickly and positively to a range of work situations.
- Flexible approach to working hours and tasks as business needs dictate.
- Enthusiastic and positive outlook.

**About Us**

The Coniston Hotel Country Estate & Spa is an award-winning destination hotel near Skipton on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales.

We are a family run, privately owned organisation founded in 1969 by the Bannister family, who are actively involved in the day-to-day running of the business. Over the past 50 years our 1,400 acre estate has gone from strength-to-strength and now boasts 70 bedrooms, two luxury self-catering cottages, The View Restaurant, Blossom Kitchen, Macleod’s Bar & Lounge and a Five-Bubble rated spa - Nàdarra Spa - as well as an array of on-site activities such as clay pigeon shooting, Landrover Experience, archery, fishing, e-biking and walking.

The vast range of activities, combined with flexible function spaces, makes The Coniston a popular choice with corporates, attracting off-site meetings and team building sessions from clients across the UK and abroad. We are also recognised as a leading wedding and private events venue in our region, with a tailor-made offering from an intimate barn ceremony to a magnificent marquee reception, as well as a range of picture perfect outside locations.

We prides ourselves on delivering exceptional customer service and take great pleasure in building relationships with guests. Everyone that walks through our doors instantly becomes part of our story; and we feel privileged to be part of theirs too.

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

**Salary**: Up to £9.55 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Tips

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Skipton, BD23 4EA: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- housekeeping: 1 year (preferred)