About The Role

**Please note that this is a temporary role for 6 months**

We are seeking a Group Housekeeping Manager to play a key role in delivering exceptional service standards and ensuring the smooth daily operations of the housekeeping department.

In this role, you will guide and support a housekeeping team across six College sites in East Kent, maintaining high standards of cleanliness and fostering a positive, team-oriented environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Support and coordinate housekeeping team leaders in daily operations.
Ensure high standards of cleanliness and presentation across all College sites.
Conduct regular inspections and audits.
Manage the equipment and materials budget.
Facilitate recruitment, training, and ongoing professional development for team members.
Collaborate with College departments to coordinate housekeeping needs for events and guest services.
Maintain a safe working environment, including risk assessments and hazardous substance control.

With a department consisting of eight team leaders and 84 staff across six College sites, this is a hands-on role. You will work closely with the Deputy Director of Facilities and Estates to enhance operational efficiency.

Alongside our priority of excellent student experience, we also focus on our employees. Here are just some of our benefits when working for the East Kent Colleges Group:

Competitive salary and holiday entitlement (38 days FTE + bank holidays)
Access to 100's of online discounts via our Rewards Scheme (Inc. Restaurant, Grocery, Retail, Gym, Holidays)
Access to cycle to work, car leasing and tech purchasing schemes
Generous pension scheme with 18% employer contribution
Being part of and leading the company with a Eco-Sustainability focus of being Net-Zero
Additional time off for your child's first day at school, moving home and for interviews
My 10 Days initiative - bid for up-to 10 days off work to pursue voluntary work
Being part of a community focused employer, with charity Community Days, and an Annual Staff Celebration Day

About You

As a Group Housekeeping Manager you will:

Have strong team leadership skills with excellent attention to detail
Be a good communicator and have excellent organisational skills
Have a proactive approach and hands-on attitude
Be able to to motivate and manage a large team

Previous experience within in a educational setting or working across multiple sites is desirable

No need to spend time updating your CV, just click apply and complete our short application form. You can save your progress as you go, and we’ll review all applications and get back to all candidates after the closing date.

If you are interested in an informal chat about the role, or have any queries, please email us on [email protected]

About Us

Outstanding Ofsted Provider

East Kent Colleges Group is an Ofsted Outstanding rated provider. It is proud to be the first General Further Education college organisation in the country to have received the Outstanding grade against each of the strands under the new Ofsted inspection framework. An inclusive provider, our colleagues place our students and the communities we serve at the heart of everything they do across EKC Group and this is illustrated in our ‘Strong’ skills grading by Ofsted.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we ensure that all staff are aware of their responsibilities for upholding these principles.

As a designated establishment, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore have an obligation to carry out checks to ensure that staff are suitable to work with children and vulnerable adults. These checks include conviction/caution self-declaration, Enhanced DBS check and obtaining sufficient referencing.

It is a criminal offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so.

If you are successful in being shortlisted to interview, your suitability to work with children and vulnerable adults will be explored as part of the interview process.

Commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

East Kent Colleges Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all members of our communities. We are particularly keen to increase the diversity of our staff body and encourage applications from candidates where there is underrepresentation in our workforce.

We are proud to hold the Positive About Disability Award and are a Disability Confident Employer. This confirms our commitment to interviewing all applicants who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification. With any successful candidate, we will explore any reasonable adjustments to a role due to a health needs or disability.

Similarly, we have a commitment to Care Leavers (Care Covenant Pledge) and to current or previous Armed Forces personnel (Armed Forces Covenant Pledge) with a commitment to interview applicants who meet the positions essential criteria and who have declared this on their application.

We welcome applications from anyone wishing to work flexibly and those considering a return to work from a career break.

We do not engage with agencies for permanent staff and have an in-house recruitment team.

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