Housekeeping Supervisor (Evenings)

About The Role

Based at Leicester City Football Club’s new world-class training ground, the key duties of this role is to assist the Executive Housekeeper in delivering the highest degree of cleaning standards and customer care at our new facility. Working regular evenings (6pm - 1:30am), the postholder will be required to supervise the evening team of Housekeepers, ensuring that the daily requirements are effectively communicated and standards are met by conducting reviews and audits amongst their own requirements to conduct general cleaning duties.

Who We’re Looking For

We’re looking for somebody who, by their supervisory experience, can demonstrate their ability to engage a team to pursue high standards. The successful individual will possess strong communication skills across internal and external stakeholders (e.g. in-house colleagues alongside external cleaning contractors) and the ability to manage their time between their own cleaning duties and the requirement to organise work and conduct reviews. The Club is looking for an individual who possesses strong knowledge of the relevant Health and Safety legislation and can demonstrate their ability to work autonomously and with integrity whilst working anti-social shift patterns. 

About The Club

Knowing some of the history of Leicester City Football Club helps you appreciate the sense of community, spirit and family for which the Foxes are renowned for.

Formed in 1884, the Club has been in the Premier League since 2014 when the Foxes returned to the Premier League as the Championship title winners. In 2016, Leicester City became Premier League champions. This remarkable achievement qualified them for the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the Club’s history and reached the quarter-finals.

Under the stewardship of King Power and the Club’s CEO Susan Whelan, Leicester City Football Club 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. Investment in the Club continues, with the opening of our new 180-acre training ground in north Leicester.

Ultimately, the Club’s vision is as exciting as it is simple: we believe that together, it’s possible. We value and respect individual difference and recognise that the diversity of our staff contributes to our success off the pitch. Our inclusive culture and approach is supported by our Stonewall Diversity Champions partnership, our Time to Change pledge and our status as a Disability Confident employer.

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 subsidised staff restaurant. Employees also benefit from up to 33 days’ annual leave including bank holidays.

Contract Type – Permanent
Hours Per Week – 35 hours (6pm - 1:30am)

Leicester City Football Club is an equal opportunities employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identify or expression, 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.

Due to the urgency of filling this vacancy, suitable candidates will be interviewed as and when they apply, the role will be shut down as soon as a suitable candidate has been sourced.

If you feel you have the qualities and experience we are looking for please apply by sending an application form, along with a covering letter, by email to recruitment@lcfc.co.uk. To progress your application, candidates must also complete an Equality Monitoring Form; this will be treated in confidence to your application and will aid LCFC in our obligations and commitments to support diversity and inclusion.

A detailed job description can be found here.