Supply Housekeeper
East Kent College
Date: 22 hours ago
City: Canterbury
Contract type: Full time
About The Role
Join EKC Group – Where Every Space Matters!
East Kent Colleges Group is looking for a dedicated Housekeeper to help keep our campus spotless and welcoming. Supply work offers you flexibility, as and when work is required.
As a supply worker on our bank of staff list, you'll mostly work at Canterbury College, however there will also be opportunities across our group in Ashford, Broadstairs, Dover in Folkestone. If you are interested in working at our other sites, this can also be facilitated.
The shift work can vary throughout the day, from early morning to evening work. You can let us know what shifts you can do.
Your Role: Maintain the cleanliness of the college buildings and grounds, ensuring a safe and pleasant environment for students and staff. Prior experience working within health and safety guidelines is beneficial.
If you're passionate about creating clean, inviting spaces, come and work with us. Plenty of our supply workers are successful in applying for permanent positions with us at a later date.
About You
We are seeking to appoint a positive, proactive, and efficient Housekeeper to join our team.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
Preferred Experience & Skills:
If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [email protected]
About Us
Outstanding Ofsted Provider
East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.
As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.
It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.
If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.
We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.
Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.
We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.
We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.
Join EKC Group – Where Every Space Matters!
East Kent Colleges Group is looking for a dedicated Housekeeper to help keep our campus spotless and welcoming. Supply work offers you flexibility, as and when work is required.
As a supply worker on our bank of staff list, you'll mostly work at Canterbury College, however there will also be opportunities across our group in Ashford, Broadstairs, Dover in Folkestone. If you are interested in working at our other sites, this can also be facilitated.
The shift work can vary throughout the day, from early morning to evening work. You can let us know what shifts you can do.
Your Role: Maintain the cleanliness of the college buildings and grounds, ensuring a safe and pleasant environment for students and staff. Prior experience working within health and safety guidelines is beneficial.
If you're passionate about creating clean, inviting spaces, come and work with us. Plenty of our supply workers are successful in applying for permanent positions with us at a later date.
About You
We are seeking to appoint a positive, proactive, and efficient Housekeeper to join our team.
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
- Work both independently and as part of a team.
- Perform a variety of cleaning tasks, including the use of machinery.
- Maintain a safe and secure environment for students, staff, and visitors.
Preferred Experience & Skills:
- Previous experience in a commercial cleaning environment or the ability to learn quickly.
- Commitment to maintaining high cleanliness standards.
- Ability to work unsupervised.
- Some technology/computer experience would be an advantage.
If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [email protected]
About Us
Outstanding Ofsted Provider
East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.
Commitment to Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.
As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.
It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.
If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.
Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.
We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.
Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.
We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.
We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.
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