Domestic Assistant

Working Hours: 15 hours per week, including evenings and weekends.

We have an opportunity to join our award-winning NYES Management, Catering and Cleaning team at Bewerley Park Outdoor Centre, Bewerley, Pateley Bridge, Harrogate HG3 5JB. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic member of staff to join our team at Bewerley Park Outdoor Learning Centre’s catering and cleaning operations.

You will bring flair and creativity to the role, assisting with the catering on site and in providing the highest standard of cleaning and room set up, providing excellent customer service throughout, contributing to attracting new clientele as well as retaining existing clients.

To achieve this, you will be required to undertake, as required, internal cleaning of all centres. Areas to be cleaned may include:

• teaching
• catering
• residential and office buildings including kitchens and dining rooms
• dormitories
• residential areas
• classrooms
• stores
• toilets
• wash blocks
• drying rooms
• office areas
• meeting rooms
• staff rooms
• lobbies
• other communal areas

In this role you will:

• clean all allocated areas to a high standard and leave these areas tidy and safe for students, staff and visitors
• provide other ad-hoc domestic and laundry services as required
• assist with food preparation, presentation, cooking, service, washing up, clearing, and cleaning of equipment used maintaining high hygiene standards
• undertake light sewing and laundry repairs where required
• undertake any training as required by management
• use initiative to solve simple problems
• report issues / defects/ potential hazards to managers as soon as possible
• help ensure all facilities staff provide a high standard of customer care and support the smooth running of the centre at all times

As part of the role, there is some weekend and evening work required depending on the needs of the site. For any weekend shifts over 4 hours, you will receive an additional payment of £15, and any over 6 hours you will receive £30.

What can we offer you? In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier. These include:

• a local government pension scheme with 15.1% employer contribution
• salary sacrifice schemes
• employee discount benefits including shopping, supermarkets, gym discounts and more!
• travel loans
• Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.

We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk. NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies. We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Council’s purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services, we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.