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Housekeeper (Part Time) or Housekeeper / Handyperson (Full Time)

Employer
Heart of England Forest
Location
Dorsington, Stratford-upon-Avon, with daily travel across the Heart of England Forest sites
Salary
£20,592 p/a (pro rata)
Closing date
7 Jun 2022

Job Details

This is not your average housekeeper role, but we are not your average organisation - are you that exceptional person we are looking for? 

About us

The Heart of England Forest is looking for an experienced and reliable housekeeper to join our staff team, helping to create a great place to work and a high quality visitor experience for those enjoying a self-catering break. This is a flexible role which can be offered:

•    Part time housekeeper (24+ hours per week to suit, which must include Mondays and Fridays 09:00 to 17:00 with flexibility for the remaining hours)
OR
•    Full time housekeeper / handyperson (40 hours per week which must include Mondays and Fridays 09:00 to 17:00 with flexibility across the whole week for the remaining hours)

The Heart of England Forest is an exciting and ambitious charity working hard to create a huge new woodland in the heart of the country that will benefit people and wildlife for generations to come.

We take our mission very seriously; it has never been more important to invest in our natural environment.  Planting trees and creating new woodlands is no longer just a positive ambition for the country, it’s absolutely essential. It is the simplest solution to help mitigate climate change and create new green spaces that can help reconnect people and communities with nature and the natural environment.

Our goal is to reach 30,000 acres of semi contiguous forest by planting 13 million native broadleaf trees. To date we have planted more than 2 million trees.  The significance and scale of our work cannot be underestimated: The Heart of England Forest - already the largest new native broadleaf forest in the country – will become one of the largest forests in the UK.

If you share our ambition, we have an exciting opportunity for you to join us.  The charity is a rewarding place to work and offers its staff a number of benefits. 

Please visit our website to download a job description / person specification and an application form. Please note that CVs will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application form. 

About the role

Housekeeper (Part Time) OR Housekeeper / Handyperson (Full time)
Salary £20,592 p/a (pro rata)

This varied role has a responsibility for a high level of cleaning across the charity’s offices, meeting spaces and classrooms, welfare facilities Forest-wide, including changeovers at two new holiday lets.

Along with a keen eye for detail the role also requires good organisational skills to ensure stock control, safe storage and distribution of cleaning products and kitchen supplies at numerous welfare facilities across the Forest as well as provisions required for each holiday cottage guest. 

Working autonomously in a variety of environments including offices, conference facilities, farmyards and luxury holiday accommodation the role will best suit a self-motivated individual who takes pride in their work and while happy to work alone can also be an excellent team player. 

We can offer flexibility around when duties can be carried out. The post holder will be comfortable carrying out term time daily cleaning of indoor classroom facilities outside of usual school hours and regular cleaning of the offices outside of usual office hours. Holiday lets changeover days are Fridays and/or Mondays. 

A full time option is available, which will include handyperson duties across the Forest buildings including basic maintenance of fixtures and fittings, decorating, grounds maintenance and liaison with contractors. 

It is possible that the role could be filled as a job share for the right applicants. 

Location 
The post will be based in the Heart of England Forest head office in Dorsington. The post holder must have the willingness and ability to undertake travel across the Heart of England Forest and will need to ensure their vehicle has an up to date MOT and is insured for business use.

What do we offer? 
•    The chance to join an ambitious charity and play a part in creating and conserving a huge Forest for the benefit of people, wildlife and the environment 
•    Competitive salary with a Living Wage Foundation accredited employer 
•    28 days holiday (pro rata) plus bank holidays 
•    Contributory company pension 
•    Group Income Protection Scheme 
•    Group Life Assurance Scheme 
•    Employee Assistance Programme 
•    Death in Service benefit 
•    Medical cash plan 
•    Mileage allowance for business travel between sites

 

Closing date: Tuesday 7th June 2022
Interview date: Wednesday 22nd June 2022

Company

Planting tomorrow’s great native woodland

The Heart of England Forest is an exciting and ambitious charity. We want to help reverse centuries of woodland decline and plant one of the largest forests in England. Our goal is to create a huge, unbroken woodland – a refuge from the modern world where people can rediscover nature and wildlife can flourish. It’s an ambitious vision, which we’re determined to make happen, one tree at a time.

The Heart of England Forest is not only a perfectly positioned lung for the Midlands, but a breath of fresh air for the nation. With over two million new native trees planted so far, we are restoring our native woodland – providing a safe and permanent habitat for wildlife as well as an escape for people from the urban environments surrounding it.

The Forest stretches up the Warwickshire / Worcestershire border, from the present-day borders of Shakespeare’s Forest of Arden to the edge of the Vale of Evesham – the north Cotswolds to south Birmingham. It’s an area dense in cities, towns and industry. Which is why we’re creating a place to walk under shady canopies and through airy glades, away from the bustle of city life.

The UK has less than a third of the native tree cover of many other European countries, including France, Germany and Italy. Planting tomorrow’s great native woodland has already started. With 7,000 acres of land, the Forest currently consists of 600 acres of mature woodland and almost 4,500 acres of new planting. We have planted an incredible 2 million trees so far, that’s over 23% of the way towards our goal of a 30,000-acre forest. But with patience and your support, who knows how far it will grow!

Company info
Website
Telephone
07729102847
Location
Colletts Farm Office
Dorsington
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 8AU
GB

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