Housekeeping Manager

Closing date: April 25th, 2025

Housekeeping Manager

Location:             Liverpool L3

Salary:                  £34,995.00 per annum

Hours:                  37.5hours per week, shifts from 8am-8pm including weekends and bank holidays

Job Type:             Permanent/Fixed Term

Shortlisting:        28th April

Interviews:     7th/8th May

 

Why this role would be great for you

As a Housekeeping Manager at YMCA Together you will naturally be an empathetic and caring person wanting to provide high standards of cleanliness within our services for those experiencing homelessness. Your role as a housekeeping manager will be to oversee the day-to-day management of our housekeeping team to deliver effective, clean and safe services.

 

What your week may look like

  • Completing housekeeping audits in relation to service delivery and compliance at agreed frequencies.
  • Reviewing housekeeping efficiencies and introducing innovation
  • Supporting teams to be fully compliant with Health, Safety and Environmental policies
  • Ensuring housekeeping standards are always delivered to a high level by your team
  • Undertaking a range of people duties, including recruitment, inductions, training and development plans.
  • Monitoring and acting on areas identified as needing improvement
  • Supporting teams learning & development within the role
  • Participating in team meetings, supervisions and reflective practice encouraging open, honest and transparent feedback where continuous improvement is encouraged.
  • Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of adults/children/young people who are at risk
  • Being flexible and responsive to the changing needs of the service, ensuring our SHREK values runs through all of the work that you do
  • Promoting a supportive and inclusive culture within the service, valuing people and their diversity.

 

What can we offer you

Working with YMCA Together comes will a whole host of benefits. We hope that people will find personal fulfilment and purpose by working with alongside people in our services. Our teams are compassionate and supportive, fostering a strong sense of community. With opportunities for professional growth, YMCA together offers training to support your role and personal development.

For a full list of benefits see here: Careers Page | YMCA Together

 

 The skills we are looking for

  • EXPERIENCE– Ideally you will have a background of working within residential settings. A good attention to detail delivering a high standard of cleanliness with well-rounded problem-solving skills and decision-making abilities
  • KNOWLEDGE – A good understanding of relevant and appropriate legislation, including knowledge of cleaning materials and equipment. An understanding of health and safety requirements in the workplace
  • COMMUNICATION – Excellent communication, fostering a respectful, collaborative and professional approach to a diverse range of people who you work alongside always ensuring confidentiality
  • EMPATHY and RESPECT – The ability to empower people to deliver high standards of work, showing empathy whilst maintaining professional boundaries
  • COMMITMENT – The ability to work in an innovative and solutions focused way, including reflecting and learning as you go, and a willingness to flex and adapt approaches as needed
  • ORGANISATION – Strong time management and the ability to manage to prioritise tasks
  • COMPUTER LITERACY – You will be IT literate and have experience of working with multiple software programs such as Microsoft Office and Outlook.

 

What is a nice to have

  • Good knowledge of the cleaning industry
  • Experience of working within residential settings
  • Knowledge of British Institute Of Cleaning Science standards
  • NVQ in relevant discipline

Even if you don’t feel that you have all of the relevant skills and “nice to haves” we would still like to hear from you and invite you to fill out our application form.

YMCA Together is an equal opportunities employer, values diversity and is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation

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If you would like to apply not directly through the website, please email your completed application form to recruitment@ymcatogether.org.uk

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