Part Time Housekeeper -Nr Overstrand, Norfolk- RR1781

We are looking for a wonderful part time Housekeeper  to help support a lovely family in Norfolk.

Hours: 20 hours per week – Thursday and Friday 8am-4pm and a Sunday 8am-12 midday.

Overall job purpose:

The role of the Housekeeper is to provide a pro-active, consistent general housekeeping service to the family.

The following is intended to provide guidance as to duties but it is not exhaustive.

• Ensure that the Hall is tidy and organised at all times.
• Work alongside other part-time cleaners, assisting with deep cleans from time to time.
• Help with laundry, ironing and bed linen changes for the household, when they are at home.
• Basic cooking if required
• Ensure that you always remain aware and alert to the family’s needs, responding to those needs in a timely, polite and efficient manner, even when busy.
• To always work with the utmost discretion and sensitivity with regards to the family and their guests.
• To ensure that the house is ready for any events or entertaining, including preparing guest bedrooms, if required.
• Loading and unloading the dishwasher and emptying the bins.
• To be flexible and responsive to support other members of the Estate team, so that a high level of service is consistently delivered, and they operate as one team.
• Identify and alert house owner of any maintenance issues arising concerning fixtures and fittings in the Hall.
• Replenish log baskets and lay fires, as required.
• To walk and feed the dogs, as required.
• Possibly feed the chickens and let them out on arrival as required.
• To undertake any other relevant activities or errands which fall under the general scope of this role.

Personal Qualities

• Possess previous housekeeping experience, ideally in a private household.
• Be friendly, reliable, hardworking, discrete and trustworthy.
• Be flexible, energetic and pro-active.
• Be able to work as a team player as well as a stand alone employee
• Be good at taking direction but also able to work under your own initiative and solve problems.
• Have a genuine commitment to work to the highest possible standards with excellent attention to detail.
• Have a positive attitude and an ability to work calmly under pressure.
• Have the right to live and work in the UK
• Possess a full, clean UK driving licence and ideally have their own car (due to the rural location of family home)
• Be a non-smoker.

Other

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a DBS check and will need to have excellent previous employment references before starting.

Weekend and bank holiday working will be required.

Package:  competitive annual salary on an employed basis.

This is a wonderful position in a beautiful coastal location. The family are lovely so it will be a warm and friendly environment to be a part of.

For more information, please contact Rebecca info@ruralrecruitment.co.uk