Cleaner - Wallsend

Northumbria Police; Wallsend; On-site; GBP 14,627 - 20,832; Part time

Job summary

Northumbria Police is looking for a Cleaner to join their Business Services Department in Wallsend. This role is vital for maintaining clean, safe, and functional police stations. You will use specialist equipment and chemicals and must have a willingness to learn.

The position offers 15 hours per week on a fixed-term contract, with a possibility for extension. A successful application will require vetting clearance and medical checks.

Qualifications

• Ability to work alone and as part of a team.
• Reasonable level of fitness.
• Punctual and reliable.

Responsibilities

• Using specialist equipment and chemicals to clean washrooms and kitchens.
• Vacuuming and mopping floors.
• Use of floor machines such as floor scrubber/dryers.
• Emptying bins and general cleaning duties.
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of health and safety legislation.

Job description

Salary: £12.87 per hour (plus a Real Living Wage supplement)

Hours: 15 hours per week, 6am – 9am Monday to Friday

Contract: 12 month fixed term contract (possibility for extension)

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Business Services Department as a Cleaner.

Our Business Services team keep things running smoothly for all of us here at Northumbria Police. They are a large team covering various services, including maintenance, health and safety, and supporting Front Line Policing. We’ve got a great opportunity to join the Business Services team as a Cleaner, where you’ll play an integral part in keeping our stations clean, safe, and functional.

Unlike your typical cleaning role, you’ll be working behind the scenes in our operational police station. You’ll take pride in your work and be part of a fantastic team who work hard to achieve great results. It’s a busy role – with a great sense of achievement at the end of each shift.

What will I be doing?

• Using specialist equipment and chemicals to clean washrooms and kitchens.
• Vacuuming and mopping floors.
• Use of floor machines will be required such as floor scrubber/dryers.
• Emptying bins and other general cleaning duties.
• Maintaining up to date knowledge of health and safety legislation and complying with cleaning safety standards.
• This is a physical role which also requires working at height.

This is a really important role in our Police Force, so we are looking for someone who takes pride in what they do. You don’t need to have been a cleaner before – you just need a willingness to learn, the ability to work alone and as part of a team. It’s also essential that you have a reasonable level of fitness and that you are punctual and reliable.

We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance and medical information.

Terms of appointment

This is a fixed term role subject to a six-month probationary period.