Summer Scout (Casual/Fixed Term - up to 33 hours per week)

Summer Scout (Casual/Fixed Term - up to 33 hours per week)

Application Deadline: 1 June 2026

Department: Housekeeping

Employment Type: Fixed Term - Part Time

Location: Oxford

Compensation: £15.50 / hour

Description

Our team of Housekeeping staff are responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the College. Each Scout is responsible for an area and cleans to the frequency and standard set. They are observant, thorough, have good time management and are able to multitask. During conference periods they are required to prepare guest bedrooms. The Housekeeping team has four supervisors who each have a team of seven or eight scouts. The scouts have to clean other areas of the College as instructed by their supervisor.

Main Purpose of Job: Cleaning and associated tasks as directed.

Responsible to: Housekeeping Manager

Liaison with: Other Scouts and Housekeeping Supervisors, Maintenance Team, Conference guests

Main Tasks

• Daily cleaning of conference bedrooms, meeting/office rooms and communal areas as directed or in accordance with Cleaning Schedules.
• Daily disposal of waste/rubbish.
• Daily cleaning of bathrooms/toilets.
• Daily cleaning of corridors, landings, stairways and communal areas.
• Reporting damage, breakages or any other related problems to the Housekeeping Team Leader.
• Servicing rooms during conference periods, which includes bedroom set up.
• Ensuring that equipment and cleaning materials are used responsibly and in compliance with College risk assessment and COSHH regulation.
• Aiming to reduce the College's direct impact on the environment and improve the sustainability of our operation.

The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you will be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by your changing role within the College's organisation and the overall objectives of Lady Margaret Hall.

Person Specification

• Physically fit including the ability to work at heights and carry out lifting.
• Experience in a scouting role or similar.
• Ability to work well as a team member.
• Good spoken English.

Terms and Conditions

The post is part time, in accordance to the shift roster and will involve weekends. The normal working period will be in the morning.

The hourly rate is £15.50 for up to 33 hours per week until 30 September 2026.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

Equal Opportunities Policy

A principal aim of this College's Equal Opportunities Policy is to ensure that in the recruitment, selection, training, appraisal, development and promotion of employees, the only consideration must be that the individual best meets, or is likely to meet, the requirements of the programme or post.

Lady Margaret Hall is committed to providing a learning, working and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all its members are respected, and which is free from prejudice, intimidation and all forms of harassment, including bullying. We seek to ensure that no one suffers, either directly or indirectly, as a result of discrimination.

This post is subject to recruitment monitoring to ensure that the selection process is consistent with the law and the College's Equal Opportunity Policy and Code of Practice. To this end, applicants are asked to complete a Recruitment Monitoring Form, which is also available on the College website. The information supplied on the form will play no part in the selection process, and will not be seen by any member of the selection panel.