Cleaner
Part time at £12.60ph.
Flexible hours available
We are recruiting a cleaner to join our team. You will join the Property Team who look after the site and will be responsible for ensuring that the public areas of The Bishop’s Palace are clean and welcoming to the public.
The Bishop’s Palace is a heritage Visitor Attraction. The 13th century medieval palace that has been home to the Bishops of Bath and Wells for over 800 years with breath-taking gardens, surrounded by a moat, drawbridge and iconic gatehouse you couldn’t ask for a more beautiful and inspirational place to work. As a charity, The Palace Trust, has the mission to protect The Bishop’s Palace by ensuring financial stability through engaging a wide range of people for their enjoyment and learning.
Main duties include:
Clean, sanitise and restock toilets/restrooms
Sweeping, vacuuming, mopping in the Palace building, offices and meeting rooms
Cleaning, dusting, polishing and waste removal across public areas and offices
Notify Property Manager of deficiencies or repairs required
Carrying out / assisting with Deep cleans as per cleaning schedule
To join our team you will have:
Ideally some experience working as a commercial/office cleaner
Good interpersonal and communication skills
High level of attention-to-detail and take pride in your work
Good organisational abilities and use your initiative
Ability to work unsupervised and deliver quality work
Positive and approachable manner
We are happy to discuss hours which could be between 6-15 hours per week. The current hours we are looking for include Friday, Saturday and Sunday 7am until 9.30am. There will also be the opportunity for some additional hours when we have events taking place. This could be every couple of weeks but does vary throughout the year. For the right candidates we would consider cleaning taking place the evening before.
What you will get for the role (including benefits):
You will be working for an independent charity whose main aim is to share, preserve and protect the 800-year Bishop’s Palace, with it’s medieval buildings, moat and spectacular gardens. We reinvest in the team and the site and work with local community groups and organisations as part of our community engagement.
As a member of the team you will enjoy staff benefits which include training and development; opportunity to join the pension scheme; access to the organisations Employee Assistance Programme; staff discount in the Palace cafe plus free admission to the Palace and Gardens.
To apply : please send your CV along with a Covering letter.
Applications will be considered as received and shortlisted applicants will be invited to interview.
Full details of the role including the Job Description can be found on our website.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Anticipated start date August 2025.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £12.60 per hour
Expected hours: 6 – 15 per week
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
Experience:
- Cleaning: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 18/08/2025
