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General Assistant (Domestic)

General Assistant (Domestic)

Eton College

Windsor and Maidenhead

  • Expired
Salary:
£13,712 per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
19 November 2019

Job overview

General Assistant (Domestic)

General Assistants are key roles within the College, and have an important part to play in making the boys’ experience of College life the best it can be. As a General Assistant (Domestic) you could be working anywhere within our boarding houses, but it is likely that you will spend most of your time undertaking general cleaning duties, such as cleaning boys’ rooms, bathrooms, and common areas of the house, which may include dining rooms and kitchens. The work that you do helps to ensure that the house is as welcoming and homely as possible.

This position is working 39 hours per week as set out below:

Monday - 7.00am - 1.30pm

Tuesday - 7.00am - 1.30pm

Wednesday - 7.00am - 1.30pm

Thursday - 7.00am - 1.30pm

Friday - 7.00am - 1.30pm

Saturday - 7.00am - 1.30pm

Sunday - Off

Main Duties

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

  • Making sure that the House is clean and tidy by undertaking general cleaning duties to the high standard expected. These cleaning duties include, but are not limited to:

- vacuuming bedrooms, corridors and common areas;

- wiping down surfaces;

- cleaning the boys’ bathrooms and toilets;

- washing walls, mirrors and skirting boards; 

- cleaning windows;

- stripping and making beds, sending the bedsheets to Laundry once per week;

- assisting moving mattresses and small items of furniture;

- helping to send the boys’ clothes to Laundry once per week;

- emptying bins and putting out bins as required on refuse collection day;

- cleaning kitchens and dining rooms to the standard of cleanliness required by Health and Safety legislation;

The Ideal Candidate

Skills and Competencies Required

You may enjoy this role, if:

  • You have a flexible approach to work and a ‘can do’ attitude;
  • You enjoy engaging with young people and you are keen to develop good relationships with the boys, and you will always act in the boys’ best interests;
  • You have great attention to detail and take pride in your work – you’re keen to deliver the highest possible standards and you understand the impact your work has on boys who are away from home, especially boys who have recently joined the College and who are in unfamiliar surroundings;
  • You enjoy working as part of a team and you are happy to get stuck in and support your colleagues;
  • You’re able to work unsupervised and use your own initiative;
  • You have good verbal communication skills;
  • You are punctual and well presented;
  • Ideally you will have worked in a similar role, or have previous cleaning, serving or housekeeping experience, however this is not essential if you have the right attitude and you are keen to learn.

Benefits

Eton College offers a wide range of benefits, including an 11% employer contribution to your pension (with 4.9% employee contribution), a cycle to work scheme and free access to the College’s sport and leisure facilities.

Salary

£13,712 per annum

Hours

39 hours per week

Closing date: 19th November at midnight

Full details and an application form are available from our website:

https://recruitmenthub.etoncollege.com/members/?j=58&jobboard=TES 

Eton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

About Eton College

Eton College is a charity for the advancement of education. At its heart sits an independent boys’ boarding school which leads a dynamic range of educational activities and an expanding network of educational partnerships. The charity’s primary purpose, determined from its Christian foundation in 1440, is to draw out the best of young people’s talents and to enable them to flourish and make a positive impact on others through the course of a healthy, happy and fulfilling life. Founded to offer transformative educational opportunities to boys with limited life chances, currently over 100 boys pay no fees at all.

With an extensive curriculum both within and beyond the classroom, a focus on pastoral excellence, and a growing expertise in digital education through its digital education platform, EtonX, Eton College stands in the vanguard of educational developments. Its award-winning flagship embedded research facility, The Tony Little Centre for Innovation and Research in Learning, is at the core of these new developments, informing Eton College's own educational practice, as well as sharing best practice across the sector.

In addition, Eton Connect coordinates over 1,000 cross-sector partnerships between schools, charities and other organisations working together for the benefit of young people and teachers. Through research, digital resources, summer schools, visits and events, Eton Connect brings people together who are determined to increase the range of learning opportunities available to young people. Last year, Eton Connect coordinated activities for over 5,400 state school pupils, with over 2,000 pupils continuing to visit its museums and collections each year.

As it looks forward, the ambitions of the charity will continue to broaden, from maintaining and developing new partnerships to the plans for opening selective state sixth form colleges in partnership with Star Academies in Middlesbrough, Dudley and Oldham. Its partnership with Holyport College, an Ofsted outstanding state-maintained boarding school, is one of the strongest, closest and most reciprocal cross-sector partnerships in the UK. Amongst other partnerships, Eton College also co-sponsors the London Academy of Excellence, an outstanding sixth form in Newham, East London.

Headmaster Simon Henderson

https://www.etoncollege.com/

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