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Domestic Cleaner
Uppingham School, founded in 1584, is a leading co-educational independent boarding school Its 875 pupils, aged 13-18, are accommodated in 15 boarding houses, taught by over 20 academic departments, and participate in numerous extra-curricular activities such as sports, music, and drama. The academic programme is supported by business units responsible for marketing, estates, finance, human resources, IT, catering, cleaning, health and safety, and enterprise/ conferencing. The School employs almost 600 staff and operates seven days a week across the year.
Job purpose
To lead a team of Domestic Cleaners to provide a home from home for pupils by cleaning the houses and central buildings to the highest of standards, and in houses by serving meals and undertaking laundry. The role typically has two distinct areas of working, although there can be an overlap.
Cleaning - To ensure the cleanliness of school central buildings is maintained to a high standard whilst working effectively and efficiently within a framework of good practice.
Domestic - In addition to cleaning, domestic duties include meal presentation, service and laundry. Pupils and conference delegates typically take breakfast, lunch and dinner in their own houses.
Responsibilities
To work under the direction and guidance of a Team Leader or Assistant Cleaning Manager to carry out the following tasks:
- Be courteous to colleagues and pupils and provide a welcoming environment to parents, contractors, conference delegates, and other visitors.
- Work independently to complete the daily/weekly tasks assigned by your line manager to a high standard.
- Individual areas maybe changed or assigned on a rotational basis, and you may be required to assist colleagues in another area.
- Keep all areas clean. This will involve washing, dusting, polishing, vacuum cleaning and sweeping as appropriate.
- Maintain the environment to a good state of comfort and cleanliness e.g., programmed deep clean of carpeted and non-carpeted areas, soft furnishings, and bedding; fixtures and fittings; windows and walls; maintain storage areas.
- Makeyourlinemanagerawareingoodtimeoftheneedforreplacementmaterialsand equipment for the satisfactory performance of duties.
- Comply fully with Health & Safety and Hygiene regulations and Infection Control guidelines, best practice, regulations, and the School Health & Safety Policies and guidance, including:
- Chemical safety (COSHH)
- Comply fully with, ensuring, for example, the wearing of protective clothing as required.
- Comply fully with the Schools policies and procedures.
- Ensure that issued uniform is always worn, and is kept fresh, clean and presentable.
- Attend professional training as required.
- Hand in any lost property promptly.
- Assist with laundry operations as required.
- Undertakesuchotherdutiesasmaybedeterminedfromtimetotimewithinthegeneral scope of the post.
And additionally for house-based staff:
Work at special House functions, which may involve evening and weekend working (minimum of 8 evening events per year).- Work in the dining room: clearing breakfast and laying out tables & serving at lunchtimes.
- Respond to unusual events requiring added cleans and change bedlinen as required.
- Wash and iron pupils’ clothes and fold bedding and linen.
- Clean domestic kitchenettes including surfaces, large and small equipment, e.g., microwave and other ovens, fridges, and freezers to a high standard. Dispose of refuse.
Qualifications, skills and experience, personal qualities required
Skills and Experience
Knowledge of cleaning procedures.- Reasonable numeracy and literacy.
- Ability to work with minimum supervision.
- Ability to work with others.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to organize workload and balance priorities to meet deadlines.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Knowledge of health & safety requirements (desirable)
- An understanding of COSHH (desirable)
- Previous experience of using industrial cleaning equipment (desirable)
Location: Uppingham
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 23.35 hours per week, 36 weeks per year. Plus an additional 105 annual clean down hours.
5/6 days per week on a rota basis, hours of work are expected to be 9.15am – 2.25pm.
In addition, house staff are required to work additional hours at school events throughout the year.
Salary: £12,620 per annum
Holiday: The annual holiday entitlement is all Uppingham School holidays apart from the 4 weeks and clean down hours specified above. Public holidays in term time are normal working days.
Benefits:
50% Contribution towards premiums for the School’s private health scheme- Discount on School fees
- Discount at a local nursery in Uppingham
- 25% Discount on holiday club fees
- Westfield healthcare
- Westfield Rewards which gives discounts at various retailers, gyms, and restaurants
- Contributory pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- In house Occupational Health Service
- Membership to dual-use Sports Centre (with a £25 annual joining fee)
- Free staff lunches during term-time
- Free annual Flu vaccinations
- Complimentary staff ticket for select School performances
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Pension scheme, contribution scheme: employee contribution matched by School by factor of two, up to 10% maximum
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