Domestic Assistant (Full Time & Part Time)

These roles are eligible for the Campus Services New Starter and Refer a Friend bonuses*

About the role

As a Domestic Assistant, you’ll play an important role in providing clean, safe and welcoming accommodation for students and visitors at the University of Bath.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Cleaning bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens and communal areas to a high standard.
• Preparing student and guest rooms for occupancy.
• Reporting maintenance issues, accidents and incidents.
• Following health and safety procedures and using cleaning equipment and materials safely.
• Providing friendly and helpful service to students, visitors and colleagues.
• You’ll work both independently and as part of a team, with opportunities to support different accommodation areas as required.

We currently have full-time and part-time opportunities:

• 27.5 hours per week (part-time), worked on a shift basis of 9:00am–3:00pm or 10:00am–4:00pm.
• 36.5 hours per week (full-time), typical shifts include working 9:00am–5:20pm Monday to Thursday and 9:00am–5:10pm on Friday.

Please indicate in your application form whether you would prefer the part-time or full-time role, or whether you would like to be considered for both opportunities.

About you

We’re looking for someone who takes pride in their work, enjoys working as part of a team and is committed to providing excellent customer service.

You’ll have a friendly and approachable manner, good communication skills, and the ability to work independently and use your initiative. You’ll also be comfortable with physically demanding tasks, willing to follow health and safety procedures, and flexible in responding to changing priorities.

Previous cleaning experience or a cleaning qualification is desirable but not essential, as training will be provided. Basic computer skills and a willingness to learn are also beneficial.

Further information

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact campusserviceshr@bath.ac.uk. To find out more about the department please see Working in Campus Services

Campus Services New Starter bonus*. In addition to the great benefits Campus Services’ offers, this role is eligible for a £1,000 bonus. This is payable the month after successfully passing your six months’ probation.

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, that you select ‘other’ and note their name when answering the question ‘Where did you learn of this job?'. The referrer must be noted at time of application to be considered.

• Both bonuses are subject to terms and conditions.

We consider ourselves to be a 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 and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
• Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• Local discounts and more
• A family-friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance

Find out more about our benefits hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.

Be Well at Bath

We’re committed to creating a health-supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at their best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Bath.

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