Hours of work: 13 Hours per week, Sunday to Saturday
Salary: £12.71 per hour
Contract: Fixed term, up to 12 months
Place of work: The Bowes Museum
The Role
To support and provide a high standard of cleaning and care throughout the museum spaces helping maintain an excellent standard of cleanliness and presentation for our visitors. The role will involve daily cleaning tasks, housekeeping duties and deep cleans throughout the museum.
The Person
We are seeking an enthusiastic self-motivated person with an eye for detail, that is passionate about helping maintain one the region’s foremost attractions for our visitors to enjoy. We want every visitor to have an amazing day out and the standards of presentation we set are very important.
As a member of one of the wider museum team, you will be a strong advocate in demonstrating the museum’s values and behaviours.
Inclusion and Diversity
We believe that diversity and equality within our workforce, programmes and approaches is crucial to our mission of being inclusive and relevant to our communities. We want everyone to feel welcome. We, therefore, particularly welcome applications from candidates under-represented at The Bowes Museum and within the heritage sector, including Global Majority candidates and/or candidates with disabilities.
Main duties and responsibilities
· To carry out daily cleaning duties for the museum opening, in galleries and public toilets to our set standard.
· Maintain staff areas such as, offices, breakroom, kitchens and toilets to our set standard.
· Liaise with the Operations Team and Collections Team to report defects and feedback on the schedule.
· To use the equipment and cleaning agents as instructed.
· Annual deep cleans of key museum areas.
· Monitoring and replenishing stocks.
· Taking accountability for overall museum cleanliness and presentation
· To uphold Health & Safety regulations and requirements in the workplace, including fire drills, risk assessments and COSHH.
· To work weekends and public holidays on a rota basis.
· Represent the Museum in everything you do. Communicate with visitors about process.
· To undergo any training required, to carry out any of the roles described in this job description, competently and safely.
· To work in line within the museums environmental and sustainability policies at all time.
· To work in a manner that actively supports the museums values and behaviours.
· To carry out other tasks of a cleaning or general nature that would normally be expected of someone in this position. In addition to any other duties deemed necessary by your line manager.
Full job description here - https://talent.sage.hr/jobs/d76bc01d-643b-43fc-b0a9-2bda34ec0eaa
Pay: £12.71 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site parking
Work Location: In person
