Housekeeper

We are looking for housekeepers to join our team. Collegiate is a thriving and happy co-educational day school for pupils aged 3 to 18, located in Stapleton, Bristol. The School occupies a glorious thirty acre campus and has all of it's facilities on-site.

The hourly rate is £9.80 per hour. Other benefits include uniform, free parking on site, a defined contribution pension scheme and 6.6 weeks paid holiday including bank/public holidays each year, on a pro-rata basis for part-time hours.

We have part-time housekeeper opportunities with working hours between 6am and 12pm, Monday to Friday, both term time only and all year round.

What you'll be doing:

• General cleaning and housekeeping of all areas of the school, including any spills, allocated communal areas and bathrooms
• Sweeping, vacuuming, dusting and mopping of floors, corridors and rooms
• Working independently in an allocated area and as part of a team of housekeepers
• Maintaining the highest level of cleanliness throughout the school on a daily basis
• Ensuring cleaning materials are safely stored
• Assisting with the laundry
• Stocking of the linen cupboards 
• Ensuring health and safety issues are reported

What you'll need to be:

• Polite, professional and friendly
•  Reliable, punctual and trustworthy
• Discreet, tactful and able to observe professional standards
• Physical fitness to meet demands of the role

If you are interested in this position and would like to email with an expression of interest or phone to arrange a chat about the role, please click on the 'apply' button and you will be redirected to the School's website with contact details.

Successful applicants will be required to complete a full application form as part of safer recruitment checks.

 We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce. Collegiate School is proud of its diverse student body and dedicated to attracting and retaining staff who feel respected and able to give their best, ensuring a diverse and inclusive workforce that better reflects our community. We aim to truly represent all sections of society and applications are welcomed for all suitably qualified candidates.

 Collegiate is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include: 

-      To promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young persons for whom they are responsible or come into contact with; 

-      To be supportive of and committed to the School’s policies on Child Protection; 

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.