Job Ref: 215172088

Date: 2021-11-16 12:48:20

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Our clients require a Live-in Housekeeper and general maintenance, Domestic Couple to work at their beautiful private Estate in a rural location in Buckinghamshire. Their preference is an experienced Couple who have a strong background in providing a similar service

The roles would include –
– First point of contact for all visitors and contractors
– Meet and greet all visitors by providing a personal welcome
– Ensuring meeting spaces, reception and client facing areas are always presentable and any faults or issues are reported in a timely manner and are dealt with asap
– Ensure the house is appropriately stocked
– Carrying out periodic audits of household stock items
– Ensure each room is appropriately presented throughout the estate grounds
– Ordering all cleaning materials to enable the team to undertake their roles and working with other household staff
– Projects and house maintenance
– Maintaining and updating household manuals
– Scheduling home maintenance and repair work, and supervising the project and any contractors on site
– Ensuring projects remain on track
– Assisting housekeeping team with cleaning duties and overseeing their work to ensure the house is maintained to the highest standards
– Supervision and entertainment to two small dogs with separation anxiety

Housekeeper
– Clearing away the kitchen and breakfast room, including cleaning oven and putting items into the dishwasher
– Tidying and cleaning bathrooms, bedrooms and living areas
– Check common areas daily to ensure clean and tidy
– Polishing furniture items as required
– Cleaning mirrors and removing fingerprints and smudges from windows
– Emptying rooms of all rubbish and taking the rubbish bags to the back door for collection
– Laundry carried out in timely manner – Collecting clothes, washing, and ironing all items
– Arrange for Dry cleaning to be sent and documented

Person Specification:
Experience cleaning private households or significant experience of cleaning in hotels or other such accommodation
Ability to work well on their own – self-motivated to get the job done
Sets high standards
Able to communicate effectively at all levels
Gets on well with others and is a team player
You may be required to undertake other duties from time to time as the client may reasonably require. You must have a flexible attitude and be prepared to undertake any work relating to the Employer and their family affairs.

Accommodation: 4-bedroom detached house within the estate – separate but close by to the residence. Non-smoker essential. NO PETS

Working hours: Monday to Friday, 7.30am–6.00pm, with flexibility expected

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