Part time Housekeeper Cleaner (Newbury)
| Posting date: | 19 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £20,400 per year |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 18 September 2025 |
| Location: | Newbury, West Berkshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Harmony at Home Nanny Agency Berkshire |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 855192 |
Summary
Part time Housekeeper/Cleaner 3 days a week Newbury Berkshire 855192
The Assistant Housekeeper/Cleaner will be required to do some, or all of the tasks listed below as part of their daily duties. This role is Wednesday- Friday and the hours are 8am and 4pm including an hour for lunch and Salary is £20,400. There will be times when the Housekeeper/Cleaner will be asked to perform tasks not specifically listed, but in keeping with this role, as part of the day to day running of a large country house and estate.
The duties include but are not limited to:
• Laundry – washing, preparing, and listing items for dry cleaning, ironing, care of wardrobes
• Cleaning – both light and heavy duty of the household, fabrics, fixtures, fittings, furniture, coverings, chattels, objects d’art, pool house and outside areas. Will include silver & brass polishing. Training will be given where necessary.
• Servicing and cleaning of all rooms whilst the family is in residence, at the direction of family, house manager or housekeeper.
• Turning down, bed making and servicing of bedrooms and bathrooms of bedrooms when bedrooms are in use
• Cleaning of fireplaces and re-laying of fires throughout the house
• Setting tables, serving and clearing of tables, polishing tableware and glass care.
• Kitchen – light and heavy duties, to include helping chef/ Housekeeper with preparation, cleaning and washing of vegetables from garden, washing up. Cleaning kitchen equipment and washing floors.
• Cleaning of estate offices, vacuuming, dusting and removal of waste.
• Driving and shopping errands as necessary.
Hours – 24 hours a week, Wednesday to Friday between 8am and 4pm incl. hour for lunch with flexibility to work occasional weekends as required. Salary £20,400.
Live out position. Own driver essential.
Ideal candidate will have good references and experience, be discreet, motivated, happy to take instruction from Housekeeper and confident to work unsupervised once familiar with work patterns. They will be happy to be part of a friendly team.
Minimum Experience Level for this job: 2+ years working in a similar role
Training and Qualifications needed for this job: No
Days : 3 days a week Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Hours: 8am – 4pm
Job Start Date: September
Pay: £20,400.
Driver : Yes
This is a permanent Housekeeper position
To apply for this job please contact Philippa immediately on 01635 36465 / 07988 908231 or send an up to date version of your CV to: mailto:Philippa@harmonyathome.co.uk
P J Day Limited T/A Harmony at Home Berkshire acting as an Employment Agency. We support the principle of Equality and Diversity in employment wholeheartedly and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. You must also have an up to date DBS on the update service and a 12 hour Paediatric First Aid Certificate or be willing to obtain, along with minimum of 2 professional referees one of which must be your current or last employer that are immediately contactable.
Please apply below. This job has an ID code of: 855192
The Assistant Housekeeper/Cleaner will be required to do some, or all of the tasks listed below as part of their daily duties. This role is Wednesday- Friday and the hours are 8am and 4pm including an hour for lunch and Salary is £20,400. There will be times when the Housekeeper/Cleaner will be asked to perform tasks not specifically listed, but in keeping with this role, as part of the day to day running of a large country house and estate.
The duties include but are not limited to:
• Laundry – washing, preparing, and listing items for dry cleaning, ironing, care of wardrobes
• Cleaning – both light and heavy duty of the household, fabrics, fixtures, fittings, furniture, coverings, chattels, objects d’art, pool house and outside areas. Will include silver & brass polishing. Training will be given where necessary.
• Servicing and cleaning of all rooms whilst the family is in residence, at the direction of family, house manager or housekeeper.
• Turning down, bed making and servicing of bedrooms and bathrooms of bedrooms when bedrooms are in use
• Cleaning of fireplaces and re-laying of fires throughout the house
• Setting tables, serving and clearing of tables, polishing tableware and glass care.
• Kitchen – light and heavy duties, to include helping chef/ Housekeeper with preparation, cleaning and washing of vegetables from garden, washing up. Cleaning kitchen equipment and washing floors.
• Cleaning of estate offices, vacuuming, dusting and removal of waste.
• Driving and shopping errands as necessary.
Hours – 24 hours a week, Wednesday to Friday between 8am and 4pm incl. hour for lunch with flexibility to work occasional weekends as required. Salary £20,400.
Live out position. Own driver essential.
Ideal candidate will have good references and experience, be discreet, motivated, happy to take instruction from Housekeeper and confident to work unsupervised once familiar with work patterns. They will be happy to be part of a friendly team.
Minimum Experience Level for this job: 2+ years working in a similar role
Training and Qualifications needed for this job: No
Days : 3 days a week Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Hours: 8am – 4pm
Job Start Date: September
Pay: £20,400.
Driver : Yes
This is a permanent Housekeeper position
To apply for this job please contact Philippa immediately on 01635 36465 / 07988 908231 or send an up to date version of your CV to: mailto:Philippa@harmonyathome.co.uk
P J Day Limited T/A Harmony at Home Berkshire acting as an Employment Agency. We support the principle of Equality and Diversity in employment wholeheartedly and oppose all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. You must also have an up to date DBS on the update service and a 12 hour Paediatric First Aid Certificate or be willing to obtain, along with minimum of 2 professional referees one of which must be your current or last employer that are immediately contactable.
Please apply below. This job has an ID code of: 855192