Cleaner 20 hours

Hours per Week: 20

Closing Date: 23.59 hours GMT on Thursday 12 March 2026 (unless otherwise stated*)

Would you like to join our friendly and professional housekeeping team? You will play a vital role in ensuring our award-winning accommodation, lecture theatres and conference rooms, hospitality outlets, flats, toilets, and public areas are maintained to our high standards. These areas are used by staff and students during term time and then conference guests and holiday makers in vacation periods.  

These roles are Ongoing, 20 hours, Monday - Sunday, 06:00-10:00 working 5 days out of 7. 

What will you bring to the role?

Cleaning experience is not essential; our training and induction plan means you will be provided with all the support you need. You will need to take pride in cleaning to a high standard whilst providing excellent customer service. You will be a reliable team worker with good communication skills, able to work with minimum supervision and follow specific work schedules.

What we can offer in return:

As a member of our team, you can expect a friendly, open and collaborative working environment and support in your development and wellbeing. You'll enjoy a range of great staff benefits including:

• 43 days' leave per year (personal leave, bank holidays and additional days allocated for the Christmas period, pro rata for part-time staff)
• Excellent pension scheme with generous employer contributions
• Corporate employee-funded healthcare plan, in partnership with Benenden Health

For more information about what you can look forward to if you join us, visit our dedicated webpage: Working at Kent

We are ambitious for our people, our communities and the region we serve – join us in making the world a better place. Visit our website for more on who we are: http://www.kent.ac.uk/about/

Please see the links below to view the full job description for this post. For further information regarding the application process, please contact peopleserviceshr@kent.ac.uk quoting reference number CS-386-26

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*Occasionally we may need to close a vacancy before the published deadline due to a high number of applications being received, therefore we strongly advise you to submit your application as soon as possible. (All vacancies will be open for at least one week.)

PLEASE NOTE: We prioritise applications from current University of Kent redeployees. We will let you know if this post is to be filled by a redeployee as, in this instance, your application will unfortunately not be taken forward.

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