Job summary
- Main area
- Housekeeping
- Grade
- Non AfC
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- Trac ID 7499266
- Employer
- Havens Hospices
- Employer type
- Voluntary Sector
- Site
- Fair Havens & Little Havens
- Town
- Southend On Sea
- Salary
- £26,000 £26,000.00 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 16/10/2025 08:00
Employer heading
Housekeeping Team Leader
Non AfC
Job overview
We’re Hiring: Housekeeping Team Leader
Are you passionate about creating clean, welcoming spaces and inspiring a team to do their best work? We’re looking for a Housekeeping Team Leader to join our dedicated team at Little Havens Hospice in Thundersley where your efforts will make a real difference every day.
What we’re looking for:
- A natural leader who’s organised and proactive
- A team player who’s not afraid to roll up their sleeves
- Someone who takes pride in a clean and welcoming environment
Why join us?
Because working here means more than just a job; it means being part of something meaningful. You'll be supported, appreciated, and know you're making a difference.
Ready to lead with purpose?
Apply now and be part of something bigger.
Main duties of the job
In this vital role, you’ll be responsible for:
- Supporting and motivating our housekeeping team
- Keeping supplies well-stocked and ordered
- Creating and managing the housekeeping rota to ensure full shift coverage
- Escalating any staffing gaps to management in good time
You'll be the go-to person for keeping things running smoothly behind the scenes — so that others can focus on delivering life-changing support to our community.
Working for our organisation
At Havens Hospices, we care for children, young people and adults with complex or incurable conditions. Our specialist Care Teams can support them and their family living throughout illness, death and bereavement in the comfort of their own home and through our hospice services, Fair Havens and Little Havens.
Working at Havens Hospices allows you to give the gift of time to patients and families, creating memories. Although you may not be giving direct care to our patients, your contribution will have an immediate effect on our care services.
In return for your expertise and passion, you will receive a competitive salary package, and most of all, by making the most of every day you work at Havens Hospices you’ll be helping us continue ‘Making every day count’ for those who need us most.
At Havens Hospices we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our employees and patients and expect all colleagues to share this commitment.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Prepare the rotas in advance to ensure all shifts are covered. (Including the booking of A/L cover)
- Ensure stock rotation of cleaning products and linens.
- Ensure ordering is up to date and stock levels are maintained.
- Provide monthly 1-1 support meetings for the housekeepers in your team.
- Raise any issues with the above points directly with the Soft Services Manager.
- Cleaning to include toilets, bathrooms, administration areas, care areas, accommodation areas and reception areas.
- Dusting, cleaning, washing/ironing, cleaning at higher levels/ vacuuming.
- Some lifting and moving of furniture and equipment will be required.
- Maintain cleaning standards following the cleaning schedule applicable to the area of work.
- Use the correct cleaning products and equipment for the job and report any deterioration in standards and health hazards.
- Ensure that all floor surfaces, furniture, fixtures, fittings, and equipment are cleaned in the relevant manner.
- Carry out spot cleaning to ensure spillages are dealt with swiftly and efficiently.
- Check daily and replenish disposables as and when required.
- Ensure that the Hospice is always safe and tidy (e.g., move clutter, tidy areas etc)
- To support the cleaning at other sites as required.
- To take part in any deep cleaning required throughout the organisation.
- Report any maintenance requirements or any equipment that is defective on the Hospice reporting system.
- Dispose of waste in accordance with the Hospice Waste Management Policy.
- To foster a good working relationship with trustees, employees, patients, and visitors.
- Communicate with patients and family in a polite and courteous manner.
- Utilising your communication skills, build and maintain a large team of housekeeping volunteers for each site ensuring that volunteer management and compliance is maintained at the highest level to minimise turnover of volunteers.
- To participate in annual appraisal process including monthly 1-1 meetings
- To be prepared to develop skills and competencies to meet the demands of the role as it evolves over time.
- To identify own on-going educational needs and discuss with your Line Manager to achieve those development needs.
- To always conduct oneself in a professional manner.
- To advise your line manager on any additional or excess resource requirements
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience working in a housekeeping role
- Good level of IT skills, using Microsoft Office suite, including Teams, Outlook, Excel and Word.
- Experience of running a small housekeeping team
- Clear understanding of COSHH guidelines
- Experience of undertaking audits
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE or equivalent in Maths & English, or demonstrable good standard of literacy and numeracy skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Christie
- Job title
- Soft Services Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01702220350
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