Housekeeping Supervisor Evenings

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Housekeeping Supervisor to join the Facilities team. Your role will be to provide high quality support to the Housekeeping Lead in the supervision of the provision of a high standard of housekeeping, accommodation and laundry service during the evening shifts.

Role Requirements:

• Monitor and inspect buildings to ensure cleanliness and hygiene standards are met and maintained in each of the site buildings.
• Co-ordinate work schedules for Housekeepers during the evening shifts.
• Assist staff where required to complete work schedules.
• Assist the Housekeeping Lead in ensuring that ordering and safe storage of cleaning materials and equipment is monitored and sufficient stock is maintained.
• Assist the Lead in delegating responsibility for communal areas on a daily basis and in initiating cleaning of carpets, curtains and high dusting on a rotating schedule.
• All maintenance issues reported by the Housekeeping team to the Supervisor should be raised in a timely manner through Topdesk.
• Inspect, fault find, escalate any repairs and/or services required whilst auditing housekeeping services.
• Conduct routine housekeeping services/audits as outlined in the planned preventative maintenance (PPM) schedules and ensure any works are to agreed service levels.
• Prioritise work to complete assignments in a timely manner.
• Ensure that any works carried out conform to legislative requirements and British safety standards.
• Assist the Housekeeping Lead to ensure that the ordering and storing safely of laundry cleaning materials and equipment is monitored and sufficient stock is maintained.
• All maintenance issues reported by the Laundry Operative to the Supervisor should be raised in a timely manner through Topdesk.
• Inspect, fault find, escalate any repairs and/or services required whilst auditing laundry services.

The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.

Staff Benefits:

• Attractive salary and a valuable range of benefits, including our staff flexible benefits platform, on-site nursery, free eye tests, enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms and time off for gender reassignment.
• Additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
• Free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability).
• The ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable), Teacher’s pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme.
• Opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.

Many roles at The Children’s Trust are exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020) and as such, are subject to an Enhanced DBS check. Successful applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, which will disclose all unspent convictions and adult cautions and any spent convictions or adult cautions that would not be protected.

To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all.

In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn.