Casual Cleaner/Laundry Assistant

ISC group; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A prestigious educational institution in Harrow is seeking support staff for cleaning and laundry services on a casual contract. Candidates should have prior experience in similar roles, be able to work independently and as part of a team, and maintain high standards of cleanliness. Benefits include free lunch, parking, and access to sports facilities.

Benefits

Free lunch

Free parking

Pension scheme enrollment

Use of sports facilities

Subsidised club memberships

Qualifications

• Previous experience in cleaning and/or laundry services.
• Experience working in a busy department.
• Ability to manage a high workload.

Responsibilities

• Support cleaning and laundry teams during busy times.
• Clean boarding houses and school buildings.
• Collect, load, and unload laundry for processing.

Skills

Experience in cleaning services

Experience in laundry services

Ability to work independently

Good fitness level

Attention to detail

Teamwork skills

Job description

Casual contract, called in as and when needed.

The role:

You will be called upon at busy times to support the cleaning and/or laundry teams. In the team of cleaners, you will clean boarding Houses and other School buildings, bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and communal areas. In the laundry team you will collect laundry from around the site, load and unload laundry from washing and drying machines, fold, press and pack it for delivery back to the correct buildings. For more information please review the job description attached as a separate document to this advertisement.

The skills:

This role will suit a candidate who has previous experience in cleaning and/or laundry services and experience working as part of a team and independently. You will have worked in a busy department of a large service-related organisation, where you managed a high workload whilst being able to follow instructions and complete your work with attention to detail and to a high standard. Your good standard of fitness will enable you to complete physical cleaning tasks and you will have a positive mindset and a willingness to be flexible and supportive within a friendly team to complete any reasonable departmental task.

The benefits:

• free lunch
• free parking
• automatic enrolment in the School’s pension scheme
• use of the School’s sports facilities such as the swimming pool, gym, and running track.
• subsidised membership of the tennis, golf, angling and social clubs.

The environment:

Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill, northwest London, and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 835 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses.

Applications will be processed as they are received and interviews may take place before the closing date, so early application is recommended.

Equality, diversity and inclusion are values that are important to us at Harrow. We believe in diversity of thought and actively welcome everyone regardless of their background to bring their valuable and relevant skills to our community.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All successful applicants must be willing to undergo enhanced child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with any past employer and the Disclosure and Barring Service, and it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

No member of staff will be able to start until these checks are complete and this process takes, on average, a month. Please plan accordingly.