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

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

About the role

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.

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
• 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. 

Further information

Previous experience of cleaning work is highly desirable as is experience of working in a hotel or student accommodation environment. 

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. 

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. 

What we can offer you

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

Find out more about our benefits.

Campus Services New Starter bonus*. In addition to the great benefits Campus Services’ offers, we can offer you a £1,000 bonus. This is payable the month after successfully passing your six month probation. Please note this bonus is pro rata for part time roles.

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 you select ‘Campus Services Employee Referral’  when answering the question ‘Where did you learn of this job?' and email campusserviceshr@bath.ac.uk the name of the person who referred you.

*Both bonuses are subject to terms and conditions. If you have any questions regarding the T&Cs, contact campusserviceshr@bath.ac.uk

We consider ourselves 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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