Housekeeper – Part Time
Harcombe House, Chudleigh, Nr Exeter
13 hours per week. The rota is based across two weeks and worked as follows:
Week 1
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Friday - 10.00 – 16.30 (30-minute unpaid break)
- Saturday – 10.00 – 17.00 (30-minute unpaid break)
Week 2
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Monday – 08.30 – 16.30 (1-hour unpaid break)
- Saturday – 10.00 – 17.00 (30-minute unpaid break)
About us
Fire Fighters Charity offers specialist, lifelong support for members of the UK fire services community, empowering individuals to achieve mental, physical, and social wellbeing throughout their lives. Harcombe House, near Exeter is the perfect setting for our beneficiaries and guests of Fire Fighters Charity to recover.
We’re now looking for a Housekeeper to join our team. Please see our short video here giving you a glimpse of our working environments. https://vimeo.com/571152138/6c02b5762c
The Benefits
As an Employee of the Charity, we pride ourselves on ensuring you have great employee benefits along with a caring and supportive working environment.
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Salary of £8,113.39 annum (£12.00 per hour)
- Pension: 8% pension contributions (Pension contributions are paid by the charity on your behalf. No employee contribution is required)
- Annual leave: 25 days’ holiday rising to 27 plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
- Life assurance: 3 x basic salary
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and support including Headspace App and an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Uniform and training is provided.
The Role
As a Housekeeper, you’ll be delivering the highest standards of cleanliness and presentation for our guests and visitors at Harcombe House. You will contribute to providing a hospitable and welcoming environment for all. You will take pride in your work and have the ability to work as part of a small team.
Housekeeping experience and a basic awareness and understanding of Health and Safety is desirable.
This role is subject to a Standard Disclosure and Barring Services Check.
The Charity is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. When recruiting our new team members, regardless of the role, we are looking for people who share our values to help us to achieve our strategic plan.
How to apply
To apply for the role, please submit a short CV and covering letter via our online recruitment portal. If you do require any assistance with submitting your application or require an application form, please contact us.
If you would like to arrange a visit to Harcombe House to see our facilities, we would love to show you around. More information about us and the role can be found on our website or please contact Linda Dunscombe, Head Housekeeper on 01626 853639 or via email recruitment@firefighterscharity.org.uk
Closing Date 23rd March 2025
Please note that we reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. We will operate a rolling interview porcess, so please do not delay submitting your application.
Due to the number of applications, we receive, we are unable to contact applicants who are not shortlisted for interview. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful this time.
