Housekeeper

About The Company

Leicester City Football Club, also known as the Foxes, is a top-flight English football club, in their sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. In 2015/16, ranked as 5000-1 outsiders, Leicester City were crowned Premier League champions. 

In 2010, the Club was bought by Asian Football Investments, a Thai-led consortium fronted by King Power’s founder and Chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha. The stadium was named King Power Stadium in 2011 and one year later in 2012, King Power International became sole owners of the Club. 

Leicester City Football Club is an ambitious and forward-thinking club. It is deeply committed to the local community and its supporters and continually strives to ensure that every point of engagement with fans is truly world class including the experience on matchdays.

The Club is now continuing to make significant strategic investments across the whole organisation and major expansion plans are in hand. It is an extremely exciting time for the Club with plans for a new state-of-the-art 180-acre training ground soon to open. 

About The Role

Based at Leicester City’s new world class training ground, the Housekeeping Team will play an essential role in ensuring the highest degree of cleanliness, hygiene and safety for all users of our new facility.

You will be responsible for delivering a first-class cleaning schedule covering a unique environment, ranging from internal office and meeting room areas, to gymnasiums, pools and washrooms as well as external areas of the site. 

The successful candidate will be flexible to work a rota system, working in liaison with the wider team to ensure the fabric of the building remains at a high standard.  You will also evidence an ability to work autonomously, driven by your own high standards, demonstrating honesty, integrity and a high degree of professionalism.

Who We’re Looking For 

The ideal candidate will have significant experience of working in a commercial cleaning environment and will desirably have experience of various environments (e.g. clinical and/or sports training, hotel, leisure facilities)

We’re looking for a professional individual who has the ability to maintain high standards of work whilst prioritising and multi-tasking to meet the demands of the large and varied site. 

Benefits Package 

Leicester City Football Club offers a competitive salary and pension scheme with life assurance to all its permanent employees. Employees are able to benefit from free onsite parking as well as an onsite staff restaurant. Employees also benefit from up to 33 days’ annual leave including bank holidays.

Contract Type – Permanent
Hours Per Week – 37.5

Leicester City Football Club is an equal opportunities employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Leicester City Football Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, you may be subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service and prior to taking up any role.

A shortlist of suitable applicants will be compiled shortly after the closing date and successful candidates will be contacted about the interview process.

If you feel you have the qualities and experience we are looking for please apply by sending your CV, along with a covering letter, by email to recruitment@lcfc.co.uk

A detailed job description can be found here.

Closing Date – 10 April 2020