Our private clients based just outside Newbury, Berkshire are seeking a flexible, experienced Part-time Assistant Housekeeper to work alongside other friendly household staff.
This is the principals’ main large country residence — the family are there most weekends and occasionally during the week.
You must have good references, be discreet, motivated, happy to take instruction from the Head Housekeeper, and confident to work unsupervised once familiar with work patterns.
Candidates need to be local and able to get to the property with ease.
A driver with their own car is essential for travelling to the property and running errands.
The family has a dog, several cats, and horses.
Days of work: 5 days per week, Monday to Friday
Hours: 20 hours a week, 9am and 1pm with flexibility to work occasional weekends as required.
Duties include (but not limited to):
- Laundry – washing, preparing and listing items for dry cleaning, ironing, care of wardrobes
- Cleaning – both light and heavy duty of the household.
- Servicing and cleaning of all rooms whilst the family is in residence, at the direction of family, house manager or housekeeper.
- Bed making and servicing of bedrooms and bathrooms of bedrooms when bedrooms are in use
- Cleaning of fireplaces and re-laying of fires throughout the house
- Cleaning kitchen, washing up, washing floors.
- Pool Pavilion & outside areas. Sweep & clean poolside, Gazebo & BBQ areas. Clean kitchen, toilets & shower areas in Pool Pavilion & replace any missing items.
- Cleaning of estate offices; vacuuming, dusting, polishing.
- Cleaning kitchen area and emptying dishwasher. Clean sink/toilet. Removal of all rubbish and recycling.
Salary: £20,800 gross per annum
To start: ASAP
Unless otherwise specified a minimum of 2 years relevant experience is required to receive the advertised rate of pay.
Randolphs is an employment agency and employment business authorized to advertise the role on behalf of our client
