About Us

West Dean is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence for art, design, craft, and conservation education.  The work of staff and students, frequently rooted in traditional skills, is both innovative and world leading.

Our programmes are delivered across two sites in the UK:  West Dean, the idyllic Grade II listed rural campus in the stunning South Downs near Chichester (West Sussex), and our prestigious new Bloomsbury site in the heart of London.  These inspiring locations provide the ideal environment in which students can work across disciplines and forge exciting new collaborations. 

We are making bold and ambitious moves as an organisation with the expansion of our portfolio, the redevelopment of our estate and our strategic push on diversity and sustainability.

About The Role

We have an exciting new opportunity for a casual Housekeeper & General Cleaner to join our Housekeeping team at West Dean, near Chichester, playing a pivotal role in the care and upkeep of our historic properties.

The successful candidate will work with our housekeeping team to ensure that the West Dean properties are kept in a clean and orderly condition, to meet and exceed our customer expectations.

What You Can Offer Us

Successful candidates will need excellent cleaning skills with great attention to detail, have the ability to work on their own initiative, as well as with a team, and be physically able to do prolonged standing, walking and undertake medium lifting (GOR).

There is some customer interaction, so excellent customer service and communication skills are essential.

How to Apply

If you’re excited to be part of our Housekeeping team, we’d love to hear from you! Please apply via our careers site:  Careers at West Dean

Please note:  candidates for this role will need to be able to demonstrate a current Right to Work in the UK

• Please view the Housekeeper General Cleaner Casual 05 2025 document (opens in a pop up)