Domestic Assistant (Full-Time)

This role is eligible for the Campus Services New Starter Bonus* (£1,000) and Campus Services Refer a Friend bonus. 

We have a vacancy for a full-time Domestic Assistant  (36.5 hours a week) to provide a high quality cleaning service in our student accommodation.

The University of Bath Accommodation department houses over 4000 students throughout the academic year and during the summer month’s external companies use our accommodation services for conferences, summer camps and away days.

About the role:

As a Domestic Assistant you will be required to clean student kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms in accordance with service level agreements and standards of hygiene and cleanliness. 

Other responsibilities include the setup of student and guest rooms, reporting maintenance requirements and ensuring health and safety within the workplace.

The residences are used by students and external customers and cleaning is required in some areas at weekends, therefore there is an expectation to work weekends on a rota basis. Weekend rota work requirements apply mainly during peak periods. 

You will work 5 days out of 7 and have days off during the week when you are required to work at weekends. The hours for this role are 9am to 5:20pm. 

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. 

Full details of this role are included in the Job Description. 

We offer a generous package of pay, benefits and services including: 

This role is eligible for the Campus Services New Starter bonus*. Apply today and if you are appointed, you’ll receive £500 two months after starting and £500 on the next possible pay date after successfully passing your six month probation period. Please note this bonus is pro rata for part time roles.

This role is eligible for the Campus Services Refer a Friend bonus*. If a University staff member has ‘referred’ you to apply for this vacancy, please ensure when applying you select ‘Campus Services Employee Referral’  when answering the question ‘Where did you learn of this job?’ and email [email protected] the name of the person who referred you.

*Both bonuses are subject to terms and conditions.

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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