General Assistant

Joining our housekeeping team, you will be responsible for providing a high-quality cleaning and domestic service in the student accommodation. During term time your duties will be cleaning of communal areas, and cleaning of any empty properties. In vacation periods, you will deep clean vacant flats in preparation for summer business.

The role of General Assistant will include:

• Providing high quality cleaning services for bedrooms, kitchens, pathways and communal areas


• Identifying and reporting any hazards and faults to ensure a safe environment is maintained


• Organising stores on site and carrying out checks of equipment, replacing when necessary


• Any other tasks as required by management, Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.

We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Students is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.


• Previous cleaning or housekeeping experience is desirable


• Ability to work on own initiative and with fast changing requirements


• Previous experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workloads


• Excellent customer service and communication skills


• A team player who is willing to help colleagues as and when required
  
  As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:


• 25 days leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays (pro rata)


• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary


• Life Assurance


• Employee Advice Service including counselling


• Cycle to Work scheme


• Voluntary health plans


• Employee discounts


• Wellbeing support and tools


• Employee recognition scheme