Cleaner

School Talent; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Moving house day

Employer pension contributions up to 8

Family friendly policies (enhanced_mat

ESM Discount and Benefits Scheme

Employee Assistance Service

Cycle to work scheme

Car leasing salary sacrifice scheme

Annual professional review process

Funding towards professional quals

Job summary

Erskine Stewart Melville is recruiting multiple cleaners to join the Domestic Services Team on a supply basis in Edinburgh. The roles are 30 hours per week with a starting rate of £12.71 per hour to maintain a clean and welcoming environment across Queensferry Road and Ravelston sites.

Responsibilities include dusting, damp wiping, cleaning classrooms and offices, and ensuring corridors and sports facilities are spotless.

Qualifications

• Ability to use cleaning equipment and machinery.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to work as part of a team or independently.

Responsibilities

• Dusting, damp wiping and touch point cleaning.
• Cleaning corridors, walkways and classrooms.
• Sweeping, vacuuming and mopping floor areas.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Job description

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Job Reference schooltalent/TP/45733/2863

Number of Positions:

5

Contract Type:

Supply

Working Hours:

Location:

Edinburgh

Closing Date:

27/10/2026

Department:

Domestic/House Keeping

Region / Division:

ESMS

Job Role:

Operational/Professional Services

The Role

Erskine Stewart Melville are currently recruiting for a number of cleaners to join the Domestic Services Team on a supply basis. The role is 30 hours a week with a salary of £12.71 per hour.

The purpose of the role is to maintain a clean and safe environment across our Queensferry Road and Ravelston sites, ensuring classrooms, offices, corridors, staff rooms, and sports facilities are spotless and welcomingand will include such duties as:

• Dusting, damp wiping and touch point cleaning.
• Cleaning corridors, walkways and classrooms
• Sweeping, vacuuming and mopping floor areas.

The successful candidate must have the ability to use cleaning equipment and machinery, good communication skills and be able to work as part of a team, or independently.

To learn more about this role, please access the job description provided.

ESM is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. The successful candidate will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right work in the UK.

Employees get access to a range of benefits including:

• Paid moving house day
• Employer pension contributions of up to 8%
• Family friendly policies, including enhanced maternity leave
• Membership of the ESM Discount and Benefits Scheme, including a range of discounts at 130,000 retail and entertainment locations
• Employee Assistance Service
• Cycle to work scheme
• Car leasing salary sacrifice scheme
• Annual professional review process
• Regular salary reviews
• Funding towards professional qualifications

Values

We are looking for individuals who can embody and promote ESM values of Kindness, Confidence, Resilience, Integrity, and Curiosity while role modelling behaviours in line with our school pillars of Ambition, Innovation, and Community.

ESM is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and Disclosure Scotland.

All staff working at ESM have direct access to young people therefore all posts within the school are considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 27th October at 12 noon. We anticipate that interviews will take place shortly after.

About ESM

Welcome to Erskine Stewart Melville, a school for 3-18 year olds, in the heart of Edinburgh, where innovation thrives.We are committed to the individual ambitions of every student by pushing the boundaries of traditional academia.

Our school cultivates creativity, critical thinking, andcollaboration. We empower our learners to dream big and surpass their own expectations, using progressive teaching and learning.Our approach provides an expansive range of academic and extra-curricular opportunities, as well as a dedicated wellbeing programme that supports the whole child.

The people that work for us are passionate, pioneering and strive for excellence in everything they do. We value the incredible contributions they make to school life, we invest in their careers and we support their ambitions so that they flourish professionally and personally.