East Kent College
Yarrow casual Housekeeper
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About The Role
The Yarrow Hotel has exciting new positions available in our 28-bedroom hotel we are looking to appoint a Housekeeper. As a Housekeeper you will be responsible for the upkeep, cleanliness and adequate provision of rooms ready for the Yarrow Hotel Guest Journey.
In your role as Housekeeper you will ensure all rooms are cleaned to the specified standard within the time allocated and to maintain systems for ensuring all areas of the hotel are checked for cleanliness against established standards.
Please note if we receive a large number of suitable applications, we may close the advert early.
About You
Our Housekeepers are expected to act as an Ambassador for the Yarrow Hotel delivering individualised and personalised services for business and leisure travellers; whereby guests will feel refreshed and recharged, so they can get more done, business or pleasure. You are to provide a personal, confident, conversational, direct and affirming service to make guests feel refreshed and recharged and want to return. You must have the inside knowledge of your hotel and local area to ensure that our guests get the most out of their stay.
The successful candidate will have:
- Good communication and interpersonal skills both verbal and written e.g. customer service
- Good organisational skills in order to provide an effective and efficient service
- A flexible approach to work and the ability to act on own initiative
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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.
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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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