Housekeeper/Kitchen Porter Couple - Hell Bay Hotel
If you love creating calm, beautifully kept spaces as a Housekeeper, or rolling up your sleeves and diving into the buzz of a busy kitchen as a Kitchen Porter, you’ll feel right at home with our team at Hell Bay.
Due to limited accommodation, these roles are only suitable for a couple or two friends willing to share a room. Regretfully, we cannot accept single applications for this vacancy.
Department: Hell Bay Hotel
Salary: From £12.75 per hour, dependent on experience
Benefits: Tips, accommodation and all meals provided
Hours: Full time, 2 days off per week
Contract Length: Seasonal, July - October
The Role
Housekeeper
We’re looking for a hardworking and detail-focused housekeeper to join our friendly team on the beautiful island of Bryher.
In this hands-on role, you’ll be responsible for cleaning guest rooms and public areas to the highest standard, as well as checking for any maintenance or decoration issues and reporting these to the maintenance team.
You’ll also assist with laundry, changing linen and ensuring linen is correctly stored away, in addition to cleaning of communal guest and staff areas within the hotel.
If you take pride in creating welcoming spaces and want to be part of a close-knit team in a truly unique island setting, we’d love to hear from you.
Kitchen Porter
Your role will be an integral part to our kitchen teams, with responsibilities for cleaning and sanitising kitchen equipment, utensils and work areas, as well as washing all dishes, pots, pans and other kitchenware to a high standard.
Food deliveries will require your assistance in storing correctly, and the role will require an organised individual to keep all areas clean and tidy, and health and safety rules to be adhered to at all times.
You may occasionally be required to assist with food preparation and cooking under the supervision of the kitchen staff.
Please note: this position may involve standing for long periods of time and lifting heavy objects. Training will be provided for specific tasks and responsibilities.
Our Ideal Candidate
Housekeeper
- A perfectionist with a keen eye for detail
- Experienced in or have good knowledge of housekeeping
- Good at working efficiently as part of a team
- Willing to undergo any training provided to assist in the role
- Well-presented and maintain smart appearance (uniform is provided)
- Consistently hard working, flexible and enthusiastic
Kitchen Porter
- Previous experience working in a culinary or food service environment is preferred but not required
- Ability to handle and prepare food safely and hygienically, training will be provided if you do not hold the current necessary food hygiene certification.
- Strong attention to detail and cleanliness
- Good communication skills and ability to work well in a team
- Ability to follow instructions and work efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed
About Hell Bay Hotel and Tresco Island
At the heart of the Isles of Scilly archipelago, 28 miles from the Cornish coast, Tresco Island is a family‐run business comprising the whole island of Tresco and the Hell Bay Hotel on the neighbouring island of Bryher.
On the island of Bryher, Hell Bay Hotel stands as Scilly’s highest-rated hotel and restaurant. Our boutique hotel offers 25 suites, a 3AA Rosette restaurant, a Crab Shack and wellness facilities - a haven of calm amidst the wild seascape of Bryher's west coast.
Just across the water on Tresco island sits timeshare and rental cottages, a 16-bedroom inn, two restaurants, a world-famous garden, a spa, an art gallery, a shop and a working farm, Tresco is a subtropical island known for its deserted bays, aquamarine seas and exceptional guest experiences.
Working & Living Here
If the opportunity to live and work on a subtropical island isn't enough, there's a range of great benefits and perks, including:
- On-island accommodation, minutes from the beach
- Paid travel to/from the island for the start and end of contract
- Competitive pay
- 20% off in our restaurants, pub, spa and shops
- Free scheduled boating and camping kit hire, and discounted watersports equipment hire, to help you explore
- And many more...
In order to process any application, we require confirmation you are eligible to work in the UK. Unfortunately, if you are not, we are unable to help with the necessary paperwork to assist with this.
