Abbey Housekeeper

The Iona Community is seeking an Abbey Housekeeper to lead our housekeeping team and help make Iona Abbey a clean, well-organised and welcoming home for guests, staff and volunteers.Working as part of the Resident Team is more than a job; it is a way of life. You will live and work alongside colleagues and guests, sharing in daily tasks, worship and recreation.Working with a Deputy Housekeeper and up to four volunteers, you will take part in all cleaning duties and ensure that the Abbey accommodation, Welcome Centre toilets and other Community properties on Iona are kept to a high standard. You will also ensure the smooth running of the Refectory and Scullery, working with the Kitchen Team.This is also an important guest-facing role. For many guests, the housekeeping team is the most visible team at the Abbey, and you will often be the first person they turn to with a question between programme activities. The post involves early and late shifts in line with the flow of Abbey life.We are looking for someone with:A strong commitment to the ministry of hospitality and the common life, and a pastoral nature that welcomes people whoever they areExperience of cleaning, ideally in a hospitality settingProven ability to supervise and support people and to lead by exampleWell-developed organisational skills and attention to detailExcellent interpersonal skills, ideally from a customer-facing environmentA good understanding of Health & Safety and environmental regulationsThe ability to work well under pressure, adapt to change and take independent initiativeThe ability to undertake a hands-on role involving some physical work and manual handlingA willingness to live in a residential community and cover for colleagues when necessaryAwareness of, and sympathy with, the Iona Community’s Christian commitment, purpose and valuesExperience of managing volunteers and good computer skills, including Microsoft 365, would be welcome but are not essential.This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. The post-holder must be, or become, a member of Scotland’s Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme.Due to the nature of this post, it will not be possible to consider applicants who do not already have the right to work in the United Kingdom., None specified

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The Iona Community is an ecumenical Christian community of men and women from different walks of life and different traditions in the Church engaged together, and with people of goodwill across the world, in acting, reflecting and praying for justice, peace and the integrity of creation; convinced that the inclusive community we seek must be embodied in the community we practice.

Our mainland office is located in Glasgow. Today, we are about 280 Members, mostly in Britain, with 1450 Associate Members and 1250 Friends worldwide. The Iona Community welcomes people from all walks of life at its centres on the islands of Iona and Mull. It trades through Wild Goose Publications and the Iona Community Shop on Iona, and resources a wide range of church and community organizations through its Wild Goose Resource Group and Youth Resource Team. The Iona Prayer Circle is a worldwide network which prays for people and places in distress. Coracle is the bi-monthly magazine of the Iona Community, which seeks the exchange of thoughts and ideas as a basis for finding common ground.