Cleaner

Department of Education; Shire Of Moora; On-site; AUD 31,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation (12%)

Flexible working hours

Generous leave entitlements

Professional development opportunities

Salary packaging

Job summary

The Department of Education invites applications for a permanent part-time cleaning role at Moora Residential College in Moora, Western Australia. You will perform internal and external cleaning, report maintenance issues, and support a safe, welcoming living environment for students.

As a 0.63FTE position, you will follow the Fundamentals of Cleaning Guidelines, participate in vacation cleaning tasks, and work with the College Manager to maintain high standards of hygiene and safety for

Qualifications

• Permanent part-time role commencing October 2026.
• Experience in cleaning (carpets, floors, toilets) preferred.
• Adherence to safety guidelines and ability to follow procedures.

Responsibilities

• Carry out internal cleaning duties: carpets, floors, toilets, furniture, windows, rubbish, dusting.
• Perform external cleaning duties: verandas, rubbish removal, windows, cobwebs, drinking troughs.
• Complete vacation cleaning tasks: vinyl floors, window cleaning, carpets, gym floors maintenance.
• Report faults, maintenance issues and safety concerns to the College Manager.

Skills

Cleaning

General maintenance reporting

Teamwork

Job description

This is a permanent part-time (0.63FTE) position commencing October 2026. For more than 40 years, we have provided a high-quality boarding experience for students. Our college has an excellent reputation and consistently receives great reviews from parents. We are known for creating a welcoming environment, providing delicious and healthy food, communicating well with parents, and organising fun activities. Our college is located in Moora, a small farming community about 170 km northeast of Perth. The town has a pharmacy, a dentist, doctors and a district hospital.

Role

The successful applicant will carry out internal cleaning duties, including the maintenance of carpets and hard floor surfaces, toilet cleaning, furniture and fittings, window cleaning, dusting, rubbish removal, and other items of general cleaning.

They will perform external cleaning duties, including the cleaning of verandas and covered areas, rubbish removal, cleaning of drinking troughs, window cleaning, removal of cobwebs, and other general cleaning.

This applicant will be expected to complete vacation cleaning duties, including the stripping and sealing of vinyl floors, window cleaning, shampooing of carpets, pressure cleaning of verandas and undercover areas, maintenance of gymnasium floors, and other such duties as required in the Fundamentals of Cleaning Guidelines.

The successful applicant will be expected to report all faults, maintenance (including graffiti), incidents and issues to the College Manager as they clean and maintain student residential colleges in accordance with Department and occupational safety and health standards, training and procedures.

Professional Benefits

• 12% employer contributed superannuation.
• Flexible working arrangements are genuinely considered to create healthy work life balance including, flexible working hours and part-time arrangements
• Generous leave entitlements including annual, personal, long service and parental leave
• Professional development opportunities and study leave/assistance
• Access to salary packaging (in accordance with relevant industrial instruments)

Want to know more? Full details of the role, selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF). For more information about this opportunity, please contact Lauren Franklin, Manager, Moora Residential College on [phone] or [e-mail]

We are committed to building the leadership capability of our people ( Building Leadership Impact ) .

Equity and Diversity

We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our workplaces and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Eligibility

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.
• consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education’s Screening Unit before you start.
• obtain or hold a current Working with Children Check
• complete Fundamentals of Cleaning training as soon as practicable

Applications close: 4.30pm (AWST) on Monday, 12 October 2026.