Position: Housekeeper

Salary Banding : £20,748 - £21,403.20 per annum (dependent on qualification/s and experience)

Hours: Full time / Permanent / Mon-Fri / 40 hours

Location: Sale, Greater Manchester

We are currently recruiting for a passionate Housekeeper to join our wonderful Sale Day Nursery and Preschool. Our nursery is situated in Trafford, Greater Manchester, opposite Sale Grammar School.

Our Nursery is proudly rated as “Outstanding” by Ofsted, and consists of spacious and highly resourced rooms, as well as a fantastic outdoor area which gives our children the freedom to explore.

As a Housekeeper working with us, you can expect a competitive salary, excellent training and development as well as a caring and passionate place to work.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Keep the Nursery a clean and safe environment for the children, staff and families
• Encourage and model behaviour which is appropriate in a child environment being professional at all times adhering to our Heart Principles
• To maintain a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene of the children’s bathroom and nappy change areas throughout the day
• To carry out daily laundry duties as required
• To respond appropriately to issues requiring confidentiality: for example being aware of personal information regarding children
• Support, promote and implement policies and procedures
• Work in co-operation and partnership with the Nursery team, providing high standards of cleaning to ensure the smooth running of the nursery day
• Be prepared to help where needed, including undertaking of certain domestic tasks within the nursery e.g. supporting over meal times and cleaning of equipment
• Ensuring products and materials are appropriate for a nursery environment and stored and used in line with COSHH guidelines.
• To take reasonable care of yourself and others and to comply with company Health and Safety guidelines whilst understanding the importance of keeping everyone safe and the part you play.
• Demonstrate a proactive approach using your initiative and showing resilience to take responsibility for getting things done

Experience (Desirable):

• Experience of working within the cleaning industry
• Experience of using cleaning products and equipment

Knowledge (Desirable):

• Sound knowledge of COSHH
• Understanding of Health & Safety requirements

Skills and Competencies (Essential):

• Sufficient understanding and use of English to ensure the well-being of the children, for example you must be able to summon emergency help and to understand instructions, to ensure our compliance with paragraph 3.26 of the EYFS
• Good written and verbal communication
• High standards of cleanliness and hygiene practices

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you experience any problems, please email europe.recruitment@brighthorizons.com and we will be happy to help.

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for the appropriate level of criminal record disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application that you disclose any information requested in respect of applicable convictions and cautions (including, as applicable any reprimands or final warnings). This post may be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, in which case applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are ‘spent’ under the provision of the Act unless the conviction or caution is “protected” as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). Any such ‘protected’ conviction or caution is not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. All guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found in the DBS filtering collection, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dbs-filtering-guidance . The fact that a pending charge, conviction, caution, reprimand or final warning has been recorded against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this role but any failure to disclose any such information will result in dismissal or disciplinary action.