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Church Housekeeper
- Part time
- On site: Edinburgh
- £24,500
- £21,000 - 30 hours per week. permanent.
- Closing 30 July 2025

- Advertised from 3 July 2025
Role
Thank you for your interest in joining the Operations Team at Ps & Gs Church in Edinburgh. We are looking for a proactive Housekeeper to help care for our buildings and to ensure they are clean, tidy, and well-presented for various church activities and events. We are looking for someone who is willing to work early mornings and who has prior cleaning or housekeeping experience.
On average we welcome over 1000 people through the doors each week, for services, events and different activities. It is therefore very important that our facilities are kept clean and tidy.
The key objective is to ensure that our buildings are clean and tidy, ready for services and events. You will:
- have overall responsibility for high standards of cleanliness and presentation of our church buildings
- carry out regular routine and deep cleaning of all interior spaces
A full job description and person specification can be downloaded below or from our website.
Benefits
- The salary for this role is £24,500 (pro rata for 30 hours per week: £21,000)
- You will be entitled to five working weeks holiday per year, plus five designated public holidays, plus five public holiday days allocated pro rata.
- You will be enrolled in a direct contribution pension scheme with an 8% employer contribution (Usually NEST however other arrangements can be negotiated).
- You are entitled to prayer and study or personal development training days, 4 per year.
Key Information
- The role part-time, 30 hours per week, excluding breaks, working over 5 days.
- Work days are Monday- Friday, and will ideally be 7:00-13:00, though there will be room for some negotiation to arrive at a mutually agreeable pattern at job offer stage.
- Extra cleaning shifts will be available - paid at our casual workers hourly rate (Real Living Wage), to which this role will have first-refusal.
- Diversity – The Ps & Gs Vestry believes that diversity enables us to thrive and develop and is committed to race equality, welcoming applications from UK Minority Ethnic backgrounds.
- The role is permanent and has a mutually-reviewable probationary period of three months.
- The notice period is two months.
- The role reports to the Facilities Manager and is appraised annually.
- You must already have the right to live and work in the UK.
Application notes
To apply, please complete an application form (available below or at www.psandgs.org.uk/jobs) and return alongside your CV to David Shanks (david@psandgs.org.uk) by the closing deadline shown below.
Key Dates
- The application closing date for this post is at 12 noon on Wednesday 30 July 2025.
- Initial interviews will take place in early August 2025 in person at Ps & Gs Church.
- Start date is as soon as possible after interview in August/September 2025.