Part-time Housekeeper London, England
Job description
PART-TIME HOUSEKEEPER REQUIRED FOR UHNWI IN KENSINGTON
Location: Kensington, London
Contract: Part-time, Permanent (15 hours weekly, Zero Hours contract)
Salary: £22 gross per hour, negotiable
Status: Live-out
A great opportunity has become available for a Housekeeper to assist an UHNWI in their London residence on a part-time basis. The property is occupied about half the year, with the clients visiting for a few weeks at a time.
Reporting to a House Manager and working as part of a small established team, you will be an excellent team player with brilliant housekeeping and laundry skills, as well as prior experience working in high-end private households. Ensuring that very high standards of cleanliness are maintained across the property, you will be jointly responsible for laundry, ironing, and deep cleaning.
You will also care for antiques, art works and fine furnishings, so it is essential that you must have excellent knowledge of how to care for luxury furnishings and surfaces and have a good understanding of the use of appropriate cleaning products. The ideal candidate will be self-sufficient, organised, and trustworthy, as well as having the ability to work autonomously when required.
Working hours are from 9pm-2am, working 3 days per week, to include weekends. Assistance can be provided with transport home if no public transport is available.
DUTIES TO INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
· Daily cleaning including dusting, vacuuming, mopping, cleaning bathrooms, kitchen and living areas
· Changing bed linen, making beds, and tidying and cleaning bedrooms
· Laundry and ironing
· Packing and unpacking for the principal
· Polishing silver, glass, marble, and wood surfaces
· Rubbish and recycling management
· Laying/clearing tables, serving at the table, serving drinks etc.
ESSENTIAL CRITERIA:
· Prior housekeeping experience in a high-end private household
· Fluency in English and the right to live and work in the UK
· Hardworking, dedicated and high attention to detail
· Able to work independently with little supervision, good team player
· London based
· Trustworthy, reliable, and discreet
· Excellent checkable references
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent, Zero hours contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 15 per week
Salary: £22.00 per hour
