Housekeeper- Weekend Northampton, England
Job description
Housekeeper
Castle Ashby, Northamptonshire
£10.42 per hour + tronc share (details below)
Friday-Sunday 9.30am-3.00pm
15 hours per week
What we need
We are looking for a Housekeeper to work flexible hours as part of the housekeeping team ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness and presentation for our guests in the public areas and bedrooms. Your hours will vary seasonally but we envisage them being 15 hours per week as a minimum up to a maximum of 40 hours per week in the peak months.
Your responsibilities will include:
- To ensure that all guest rooms are cleaned and presented to the highest standard
- To ensure all public areas are kept clean and tidy
- To undertake deep cleans as and when required
- Maintain stocks levels of cleaning products and room consumables
- Report any maintenance issues to the relevant team
About us
Set at the heart of the 10,500-acre Castle Ashby Estate in Northampton, The Falcon has recently been re-imagined by Lord and Lady Northampton and is country retreat with 29 bedrooms, a destination restaurant and Wellness Centre for those in need of rest and renewal.
About you
The successful candidate will have:
- Previous experience in a housekeeping role
- Experience of managing COSHH
- Due to our beautiful rural location, your own transport would be useful
What we offer
In return, we offer the opportunity for you to become part of The Falcon Family where our values mean everything to us and we treat our people as well as we treat our guests. Our benefits include:
- Generous tronc share – we can’t guarantee it but currently our tronc share is between £2.5k - £6k per annum and we are confident it will get even better!
- Discounted hotel stays for you and your friends and family
- Discount off food and drinks in our restaurant
- Discounted wellness experiences including fitness training and yoga classes
Why work for us?
Being a 24 hour / 7 day a week business, we strive to offer flexibility by working with our employees to understand their preferred working hours. In addition, as a business we always prefer to promote internally, having career growth is a real possibility at The Falcon. Finally, we live and breathe well-being. This is at the heart of what we offer our guests and we are working hard to ensure this translates through to our employees. We frequently ask them for their feedback on how we can improve.
But don't just take our word for it! One of our employees recently wrote a testimonial for us. She said 'Reliability, professionalism, and trust are a few key behaviours that all members of the Falcon family display, throughout all departments in the hotel. I believe these traits are what keep the team so close. I have gained knowledge and experience whilst working in one team and I have been given the opportunity to become a member of a different team, which I am greatly looking forward to.'
Our Values:
Heart Led Leading with our hearts and acting with compassion.
Hard Working We do all that we can, to the best of our ability, all the time.
Empowerment Being a positive role model, influencing and teaching each other.
Authentic Our actions match our words, being ourselves and knowing what we believe in
Reliable As a family, we can rely on each other. If we say we’ll do something, we do it, we don’t let the Family down, we can count on each other.
Trust Trusting each other and being able to talk freely about worries and fears, keeping confidences.
Job Types: Permanent, Part-time
Part-time hours: 15 per week
Salary: £10.42 per hour
Benefits:
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
Schedule:
- Weekends only
Supplemental pay types:
- Tips
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Northampton: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Housekeeping: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
