Domestic Assistant (full-time and part-time opportunities)
You may be eligible for Campus Services New Starter and Refer a Friend bonuses.
About Us
The University of Bath's Campus Services houses over 5,000 students throughout the academic year, and during the summer months external companies use our accommodation for conferences, summer camps, and away days. The department was created in August 2022 by combining all the facilities teams across the University into one department to support our University strategy, in which strong campus services are essential to underpin excellence in education, research, and the experience of students, staff, visitors, and commercial customers alike. With over 400 staff, Campus Services consists of a diverse range of teams, including Student Living, Hospitality, Retail, Cleaning and Portering, Security, Postal Services, and Landscaping.
About The Role
As a Domestic Assistant, you’ll have a key role in helping students transition from living at home to fully independent living and ensuring all our accommodation users have the best possible experience when staying with us.
Shift Options
- 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.
Responsibilities
- Cleaning accommodation areas.
- Reporting maintenance issues.
- Ensuring health and safety guidance is followed.
- Acting as the face of the department by engaging with students and visitors.
Weekend working on a rota basis is expected, primarily during the summer peak period.
About You
- Enjoy striving for high standards of customer service.
- Love working as a team.
- Be personable with a friendly approach.
Previous cleaning experience or knowledge of working in a hotel or student accommodation is beneficial, but not essential.
Benefits
- 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.
- 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.
Terms and Conditions of Employment
Right to work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.
Anonymous shortlisting: We seek to reduce unconscious bias that enters the assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. Personal details such as your name may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.
We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under‑represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university.
For an informal discussion about the role, please contact campusserviceshr@bath.ac.uk.
