Job Description:

Eastbourne College is looking to recruit a Domestic Assistant to clean all designated areas to the required standards.

1. Job Title: Domestic Assistant

2. Responsible to: Cleaning Supervisor

3. Job Summary

The post holder will be part of the College’s cleaning team, responsible for ensuring that all designated areas are cleaned to the required standards.

There will be a requirement to work in different locations other than the designated one to provide additional support in houses during holiday periods and on an ad hoc basis.

4. Duties and Key Responsibilities

a. Code of Conduct

Maintaining good time keeping hours including relief times for breaks as dictated by employment contract.

Referring any personnel issues relating to the working environment initially to the Cleaning Supervisor

Ensuring that issued attire is worn and kept in a clean and presentable standard

Complying with College Health & Safety Policy.

b. Cleanliness

Ensuring a high standard of cleanliness across all areas of responsibility as tasked by the Cleaning Supervisor.

These areas could include but are not limited to changing rooms, pupils bedrooms, toilets, washrooms, showers, common rooms, communal corridors, waste disposal.

Duties to include vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, dusting, sanitizing as required using equipment provided such as backpack vacuums, scrubber dryers & carpet cleaners.

Complying with College Personal Protective Clothing/Equipment Policy

Compliance with the safe use of chemicals policy and COSHH requirements, this includes the use of warning signs (i.e. wet floor etc)

Ensuring full support to the Facilities team for the delivery of the cleaning service to the Summer Letting programme.

c. Fire & Evacuation

Being aware of the College Fire evacuation procedure

Report out-of-date, discharged or damaged fire extinguishers.

d. First Aid

Being aware of location of first aid boxes and reporting procedures.

e. Security

Maintaining a vigilant approach to potential breaches of security such as unlocked buildings, insecure equipment, open doors and windows and intruders on site and reporting any concerns to the Cleaning Supervisor or Soft Services Manager

Ensuring that keys when not in use are returned to the secure location in which they are kept

f. Other Duties

Perform other such duties within the scope of this position, as may be determined by the Cleaning Supervisor or Soft Services Manager.

Ensure that any faults or required repairs are reported to the Cleaning Supervisor as soon as possible or in their absence the Soft Services Manager or maintenance department directly.

g. Safeguarding Duties

The post holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom they are responsible, or with whom they come into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the School’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy Statement and staff code of conduct at all times.

The post holder will be engaging in regulated activity. There are particular safeguarding issues requiring attention for this post.

This role may require the postholder to be aware of protecting the physical safety of pupils and at times be in a setting that requires them to respect the privacy of pupils. They may be the responsible adult in a scenario and must be aware of all relevant procedures in that setting.

If in the course of carrying out the duties of the post the post holder becomes aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the School they must report any concerns to the School’s Designated Safeguarding Lead or, if they are the School’s DSL, to the Headmaster and relevant agencies.

1. Person Specification

Essential

Experience of working in a commercial cleaning environment.

Physically fit with the stamina to carry out the role over a wide estate.

Work as part of a team

Liaise effectively with all staff

Work without day-to-day supervision on your own initiative

Work to demanding and often very tight schedules

Be flexible in the duties undertaken and to work within all reasonable requests

Willingness to undertake training programmes as required for the job, e.g. COSSH, risk awareness, manual handling

Be willing to undertake Health & Safety Regulations training (provided by the College)

Desirable

Experience of similar work in a similar environment

Knowledge and understanding of COSSH

Manual handling and lifting training

2. Terms and Conditions

Salary: £12.71 per hour wef April 2026

Hours of Work:: 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 1pm, all year round.

Pension: After three months’ service you may be automatically enrolled into the Eastbourne College WorkSave Pension Scheme (details are available from the HR Department), depending on your level of earnings, however you may also choose to opt in to the pension scheme. Initially the College will contribute 1% of your gross salary and you must also contribute 1% but after one years’ continuous service the College will contribute 5% of your gross salary and you can choose whether to contribute also. You may choose to opt out of the pension scheme.

Holiday: Four weeks paid annual leave plus Bank Holidays to be taken by arrangement with the Soft Services Manager.

Other benefits include:

Life Assurance

Employee Assistance programme.

Free use of College sports facilities including pool and gym

Two free Theatre tickets to Charity performances

3. Application Process

To apply, please visit https://www.eastbourne-college.co.uk/contact/eastbourne-college-vacancies/ and click the ‘Apply Now’ button to complete the mandatory application form. An up-to-date CV and covering letter may be uploaded with this online application form.

For further information please contact Human Resources Department on hr@eastbourne-college.co.uk or tel: 01323 452288.

Closing date for applications is Friday 27 March 2026

4. Safeguarding and Equal Opportunity Statements

Eastbourne College (Incorporated) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check, pre-employment medical questionnaire and positive references.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Charity is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) to assess their suitability to work with children.

Eastbourne College (Incorporated) welcomes applications from all sectors of the community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our pupil intake. We consider the most important factor to be the right skills, abilities and attitude for the job which will ultimately improve the wellbeing and education of the pupils.