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Housekeeping Assistant - job post

The Royal Household
3.7 out of 5 stars
Edinburgh EH8 8DX
£13.45 an hour - Permanent
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Job details

Pay

  • £13.45 an hour

Job type

  • Permanent

Shift and schedule

  • Weekend availability
  • Every weekend
  • Day shift

Location

Edinburgh EH8 8DX

Benefits

Pulled from the full job description

  • Annual leave
  • Employee discount
  • Company pension

Full job description

Housekeeping Assistant

Household / Department

Master of the Household’s Office

Section / Branch

Hospitality

Location

the Palace of Holyroodhouse

Contract/recruitment type

Permanent

Starting salary

An hourly rate of £13.45 per hour

Hours of work

Please see full details in advert section

About the role

It’s working as a team to achieve exceptional results

It’s being encouraged to gain new skills. And it’s delivering extraordinary service in incredible surroundings. This is what makes a career with the Royal Household so different.

We’re looking for passionate, conscientious, and detail-focused individuals to join our Housekeeping team.

Key responsibilities

  • Working across public areas, facilities, front and back-of-house spaces, and bedrooms, you'll help ensure every environment is presented at its very best.
  • Joining our professional team, you’ll take pride in the cleaning, care, and upkeep of a wide range of interiors, furnishings, and historic items.
  • Learning from experienced colleagues, you’ll develop specialist skills and techniques, always striving for the highest possible standards.
Please note that while this role offers exposure to a variety of tasks, the primary focus will be on preparing the Palace for evening events, particularly through janitorial duties’.
Hours of work
32 hours per week with flexible shift options: either 4 days out of 7 (including Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from 10:30 - 19:00, or 5 days out of 7 (including Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from 12:30 - 19:00.

About you

Essential Criteria

  • Previous housekeeping or hospitality experience would be an advantage but is not essential. We’re interested in your proactive approach and ability to tackle new challenges.
  • With attention to detail, you take pride in your work and aim for the highest standards.
  • You’ll enjoy working as part of a team and are happy to get involved in a rage of tasks to support others.
  • Well organised and with good time management skills, you can meet deadlines and work efficiently to get jobs done.

Benefits

We know that to deliver our best work; we need to feel at our best. That’s why at the Royal Household we offer a generous benefits package designed to support your wellbeing and life priorities.

Enjoy 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 days (plus bank holidays) dependent on the length of time you have worked for us.

Our excellent non-contributory pension plan (we’ll contribute 15% and you can contribute more if you wish) is highly valued by our employees, as is complimentary lunch on-site to keep you fuelled throughout the day.

We also offer a range of leave options to support your life priorities, such as parental pay and leave and volunteering days, as well as benefits to support your physical and mental wellbeing.

Other perks include 20% off at our Royal Collection Trust Shops and complimentary admission tickets across all our locations, along with many more exclusive employee discounts.

Find out more about the full range of benefits available to our employees here.

Vacancy Closing Date: 10/06/2026, 23:55

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