Domestic Assistant/Cleaner (27.5 Hours) (KW11574)

These roles are eligible for the Campus Services New Starter Bonus*

We have two part time vacancies for Domestic Assistant/ Cleaners to provide a high quality service in our student accommodation. You’ll have a key role in helping students transition from living at home to fully independent living and ensuring all our accommodation users have the best possible experience when staying with us.

As a Domestic Assistant/ Cleaner you will be required to clean student kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms in accordance with service level agreements and standards of hygiene and cleanliness. Full details of this role are included in the Job Description.

The hours for these part time positions (27.5hrs) is 10am to 4pm. As this is a permanent day time role, if you are a student at University of Bath, you may consider applying instead to one of our hourly paid roles. These can be more flexible around your availability (see SU Jobs ).

The residences are mainly used by students, but during summer it is also used by external customers so there is an expectation to work weekends on a rota basis during summer. You will work 5 days out of 7 and have days off during the week when you are required to work at weekends. 

Previous experience of cleaning work is highly desirable as is experience of working in a hotel or student accommodation environment. If you enjoy striving to achieve high levels of customer service and working within a team then this could be the role for you. We’re interested in your personality, whether you can offer a warm welcome and be a team player.

Responsibilities include:

Cleaning accommodation areasReporting maintenance issuesEnsuring health and safety guidance is followedActing as the face of the department, engaging with students and visitors

Further information:

The University of Bath's Campus Services houses over 5000 students throughout the academic year and during the summer months, external companies use our accommodation services for conferences, summer camps and away days.

The Campus Services department was created in August 2022 by combining all the facilities teams across the University into one department to support our University strategy, where strong campus services are essential to underpin excellence in education, research and experience for students, staff, visitors and commercial customers alike.   

With over 400 staff, Campus Services consists of a diverse range of teams including Residence Living, hospitality, retail, cleaning and portering, security, postal services and landscaping.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact campusserviceshr@bath.ac.uk.

Campus Services New Starter bonus*. In addition to the great benefits Campus Services’ offers, we can offer you a bonus. This is payable the month after successfully passing your six months’ probation. Please note as this bonus is pro rata for part time roles, it’s £700.

This role is also eligible for the Campus Services Refer a Friend bonus*. If a University staff member has ‘referred’ you to apply for this vacancy they may be eligible for a bonus. Please ensure when applying you select ‘Campus Services Employee Referral’  when answering the question ‘Where did you learn of this job?' and email campusserviceshr@bath.ac.uk the name of the person who referred you.

*Both bonuses are subject to terms and conditions.

What we can offer you:

a very generous employer contributory pension schemegenerous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balancewe are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangementsan excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforcea wide range of personal and professional development opportunitiesa number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for: Relocation allowance, Visa Reimbursement, Interest-Free Loan.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams. 

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Closing Date: 07 Apr 2024

Department: Operations & Facilities Support

Salary: 11.35 per hour