Housekeeper (part-time) Okehampton, England
Job description
Join our housekeeping team working one or two days a week 9.00-15.00.
Our family run youth hostel and activity centre on the edge of Dartmoor national park sleeps up to 125 people, creating a busy environment so this is an ideal position for an individual who enjoys working within an energetic team delivering a positive experience to all our guests.
What you’ll be doing:
- Housekeeping and cleaning: preparing rooms – emptying bins, hoovering, making beds, cleaning bathrooms and straightening out the social spaces.
- Ensure excellent levels of cleanliness are consistent throughout the hostel to meet YHA brand standards
- To ensure that our housekeeping deliver an efficient and time effective service
- Support the hostel to achieve its KPI's and delivers an excellent customer experience
What you’ll get in return:
- Min wage
- Flexible working hours
- Holiday
- The opportunity to work in an amazingly unique site
- YHA Membership
- Uniform and training provided
- Opportunity to take part in free adventure activities and bike hire on days off
What we’re looking for:
- Ability to self-motivate prioritizing their own time
- Good organizational skills
- A positive attitude and willingness to learn with a degree of flexibility
- Someone who loves working in a team environment, but can also work alone
- Customer facing / Hospitality experience is great but not essential
- Demonstrate previous experience working within housekeeping / Cleaning
- Show good attention to detail and drive for high levels of cleanliness
- Have experience working within a busy hotel, hostel or similar environment
If you're interested, please send your CV in us
YHA is a charity. We work with 500,000 children and young people a year through stays in our 150 hostels; adventure in our activity centres and through our leading work in volunteering, traineeships, apprenticeships and youth employment. We have a thriving schools programme and work with partners to support access for those children and families who have challenging lives.
Our people share a set of values and a common purpose: to improve the health, wellbeing and life chances of all, but especially young people with challenging lives.
Our ‘HEART’ values help guide our behaviours and we want to see people who are:
- HELPFUL- Hospitality experience is great but not essential, but we do want people who are proactive, flexible and willing to learn
- EFFICIENT – Hardworking with an eye for detail to ensure our guests receive the best possible standards during their stay
- AUTHENTIC – Straightforward, honest and passionate about building rapport with new people
- RESPECTFUL- Genuinely interested in people, empathetic and professional
- TEAM SPIRITED- responsible and enjoy working in a team environment, but can also work alone
Please note: In order to become an employee at YHA you must be able to produce evidence of your Right to Work in the UK and a satisfactory DBS check must be completed before a start date can be confirmed. YHA is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment and a DBS check will be carried out for all successful applicants.
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 12-18 per week
Salary: £10.42 per hour
Benefits:
- Company events
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
Experience:
- housekeeping: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Expected start date: 05/06/2023
