Deputy Domestic Services Manager

Are you an experienced cleaner with experience in a supervisory or managerial role?

Do you want to join a supportive and busy Domestic Services team, where you can play a key role delivering cleaning services?

You will be joining a team which is responsible for cleaning across the St. Edward’s site, which includes teaching spaces, leisure spaces and boarding houses. You will support the Domestic Services and Lettings Manager in the overall day to day management of the Domestic Services team.

This will include monitoring the levels of cleanliness throughout the school and organising deep cleans when necessary, as well as monitoring the school's Domestic Services and white goods budget and ordering cleaning consumables.

You will also be responsible for the smooth delivery of the facilities reception services, including signing in visitors and contractors and taking delivery of couriered post and parcels.

About you

Good working knowledge of cleaning best practice and health and safety practices is essential.

You will also need experience of cleaning in a supervisory or managerial role, as well as good communication skills and proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel.

Benefits

In return the school offer an attractive benefits package including:

• A friendly and inclusive working environment
• Free meals
• Free Nuffield Health Gym membership (including membership for your partner and children under the age of 21)
• Free car parking
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Defined contribution pension scheme with Scottish Widows. The standard employee contribution rate is 5% with the employer contributing 8%. From 1st September 2022, enhanced contributions by the employee will be matched by the employer, up to the cap of 12%

For further details and to download an application form from the school website please click the apply button.

The deadline for applications is Sunday 4th February 2024.

St Edward’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

St Edward’s School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, sex, religion, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Please see our Equal Opportunities & Dignity at Work policy on our website for further details.