Housekeeping Assistants

Covent Garden

The Royal Ballet School is one of the world’s greatest centres of classical ballet training. Our mission is to nurture, train and educate exceptional young dancers for the Royal Ballet companies and other leading UK and international companies and to inspire the future of classical ballet training. Our vision is to be the best classical ballet school in the world.

We are seeking one or two reliable and hardworking individuals to join our Housekeeping team and be integral in keeping the School’s premises clean, tidy and safe for our students, staff and visitors all times.

Day to day you will maintain a high standard of cleaning in the dance studios at either The Royal Ballet School, Upper School, before our students arrive for the day, or at our boarding house on Mercer Street, Covent Garden, as well as carrying out deep cleaning when required.

Due to the close proximity of these two sites we are able to offer these as two separate posts or one to one person working across both sites.

You will have an up to date knowledge of Health and Safety, including COSSH, with demonstrable experience of cleaning commercially or domestically. The ability to work alone as well as with others is essential, along with a positive, can-do attitude.  Reliable, punctual and hardworking, you take pride in your work, are eager to learn and are able to follow written and verbal instructions.

Salary: £10.55 per hour

Hours: Upper School only: Monday to Saturday, 5.30 am – 7.30 am (2 hrs per day, 52 weeks per year)

Jebsen House only: Monday to Friday, 10am – 1pm (3 hrs per day, 52 weeks per year)

Upper School and Jebsen House: Monday to Friday, 6am–11.30am and Saturdays, 6am–8am (29.5 hours a week)

Location: Upper School, Floral Street, Covent Garden and our boarding house on Mercer Street, Covent Garden. We also have boarding houses in Pimlico, London and Richmond and you may be required to be flexible and able to cover across all sites if required.

Annual leave: 30 days per annum

In return we offer a contributory pension scheme, Lifeworks, local discounts, season ticket loan, and cycle to work scheme. We also provide run monthly ‘lunch & learn’ sessions and seated massages.

Please note that you must complete an application form, CVs are not accepted.

Interviews: TBC

Read the Upper School job description

Read the Jebsen House job description

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check and further pre-employment checks to comply with boarding school recruitment regulations.

We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. At The Royal Ballet School we are committed to creating an environment where every one of our employees feels part of our team and can flourish, regardless of their background.