Housekeeping Team Member

From spotless spaces to smiling faces, your work matters, every single day

Location: Atlantic Point

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 30 hours per week, 5 days per week between 7am and 10pm

As a Housekeeping Team Member, you'll play a key part in creating a welcoming, safe, and comfortable environment where our students can thrive. You'll work closely with colleagues in student experience and facilities, making a real impact every day. From maintaining high standards across communal areas to ensuring shared spaces are clean, well presented, and inviting, you'll help deliver a positive experience that makes our accommodation feel like home.

Your impact

• Taking pride in the presentation of our communal and shared areas, making them places students love to live in.
• Being a friendly, supportive presence for our students and colleagues, always ready to help or signpost support when needed.
• Ensuring safety and sustainability are at the heart of how you work, keeping our properties safe, clean, and environmentally conscious.
• Taking ownership of your space and never walking past a problem without acting on it or raising it.

Your background

You don't need to fit a box or follow a traditional path - what matters most is your mindset. We're looking for curiosity, openness to learning, and the drive to make a difference. Whether you're solving problems, leading change, or supporting our students day to day, it's your attitude and approach that will help shape something bigger.

Required skills

• Have previous experience in housekeeping and a passion for maintaining high standards of cleanliness and presentation.
• Demonstrate great attention to detail and take pride in delivering excellent service.
• Bring a positive attitude, showing flexibility and a willingness to get involved in all aspects of the role.
• Be approachable and friendly, building positive relationships with students and colleagues.
• Thrive as part of a supportive team, contributing to a welcoming and well kept environment for everyone.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• A performance related bonus paid twice a year for our operational teams, or annually for support functions.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy up to 5 extra days and earn up to 5 additional days for long service (FTE equivalent).
• A generous pension scheme where contributions range between 4% and 11% depending on how much you save.
• Life assurance worth 4 times your salary.
• Share save scheme allowing you to purchase Unite Students shares at a discounted rate.
• Enhanced family leave, including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non birthing parents.
• Medicash (Health Cash Plan) to claim back routine medical care costs such as dental, optical, physiotherapy, etc.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support you when you need it.
• 20% student rent discount at our direct let properties for your children, siblings, their children, or other students depending on you.