General Assistant

Sanctuary Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - GBP 80,000; Full time

Job description

Sanctuary Students provide safe and secure accommodation to thousands of students around the country. We believe that our strength lies in our dedicated staff who help students with their everyday needs.

Cleaner

Dinwiddy House, Kings Cross, London, N1 9NF

£13.43 per hour

35 hours per week

We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic and self‑motivated individual to join our team as a General Assistant based at Dinwiddy House in London. You will be responsible for providing a high‑quality cleaning and domestic service in the student accommodation, maintaining a clean and friendly environment at all times.

Daily duties will include cleaning communal areas and void (empty) properties, weekly service cleaning of occupied properties and cleaning communal areas including kitchens, lounges & stairs. Joining a team of 20 you will also provide a housekeeping and bed‑making function, within on‑call, patient, and relative accommodation.

The role of General Assistant will include:

• Providing high quality cleaning services of the premises including kitchens, bedrooms and communal areas
• Preparing rooms for vacation guests – clearing, cleaning and bedmaking
• Being a friendly face around site that can signpost students to the office for help
• Identifying and reporting any hazards and faults to ensure a safe environment is maintained
• Keeping inventory of cleaning stock and informing your team leader if stock is low
• Completing set programmed works across site

Skills and experiences:

• Previous general cleaning or housekeeping experience is essential
• Ability to work on own initiative and with fast changing requirements
• Previous experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workloads
• Basic practical experience in operating cleaning machinery
• Excellent customer service and communication skills
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety regulations
• Understanding of written instructions and how to maintain simple written logs
• Some basic understanding of computer skills – you will need to partake in online training

Why work for us?

• 25 days leave rising to a maximum of 30 days (plus public holidays)
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Wellbeing support and tools

Job Reference: 227508

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Sanctuary Students is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.