Cleaner - 15 Hours

TKAT; Rainham; On-site; GBP 7,000 - 9,000; Part time

Job summary

Rainham School for Girls is seeking a dedicated cleaner to join our cleaning team. The role is 15 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, with working hours from 3:00pm to 6:00pm. The successful candidate will help maintain a clean, hygienic environment that supports staff and pupils throughout the school day.

We emphasise safeguarding and equality of opportunity. Applicants will be expected to meet safety checks, including enhanced DBS where required, and to uphold TKAT's commitment to inclusion

Responsibilities

• To provide a clean and pleasant working environment for staff and students.
• Maintain the highest possible standard of hygiene to minimise health risks.
• Be responsible for ensuring equality of opportunity for all and safeguarding of children.

Job description

Rainham School for Girls is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic cleaner to join our cleaning team. The role is 15 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, Working hours 15.00pm – 18.00pm.

Job Purpose:

To provide a clean and pleasant working environment in order to facilitate the effective use of the school by those staff and students who occupy it.

To maintain the highest possible standard of hygiene in order to minimise health risks to students, staff and visitors.

Be responsible for ensuring equality of opportunity for all. T

ake responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children within the school and trust.

Work inline with the school ethos and the trusts’ vision.

Rainham School for Girls represents a culture of high aspiration, high expectation and success. Our aim is to provide an outstanding learning experience for all students within a safe, disciplined and caring environment. Career progression is fully encouraged by the school, which is supported through our outstanding CPD programme.

We are part of one of the biggest Multi-Academy chains in the South East of England - The Kemnal Academies Trust so progression can also be Trust wide. We passionately believe in collaborative working and actively promote school to school support. This includes accessing support from our strong Teaching School Alliance who offer a range of high quality professional development opportunities for staff at all levels.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of applications. If you have not had any communication within 10 days of the closing date please take this as confirmation that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Safeguarding

TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full safer recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

Access to interview

Be Who You Are at TKAT - should you be selected and invited to interview please let us know if you require us to adapt the recruitment process to enable you to participate as your authentic self. We want applicants to be able to engage with us in ways that support who they are and we are committed to making adjustments within the recruitment process and within the workplace.

Our Commitment - Equal, Inclusive, Diverse

TKAT is committed to inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity by encouraging and welcoming differences, listening to individual experiences, aspirations and accomplishments and learning how to grow better together. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic.

TKAT recognises the value of enabling our employees to develop their career and balance this with their commitments and interests outside of work. In TKAT we promote flexible working practices and opportunities to promote a positive work life balance.

Rainham School for Girls represents a culture of high aspiration, high expectation and success. Our aim is to provide an outstanding learning experience for all students within a safe, disciplined and caring environment.

Career progression is fully encouraged by the school which is supported through our outstanding CPD programme. We are part of one of the biggest Multi-Academy chains in the South East of England - The Kemnal Academies Trust so progression can also be Trust wide. We passionately believe in collaborative working and actively promote school to school support. This includes accessing support from our strong Teaching School Alliance who offer a range of high quality professional development opportunities for staff at all levels. We also have 1 hour a week built into the school day for CPD to fully capitalise on the power of collaboration and sharing of good practice.

TKAT are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be expected to hold or be willing to obtain an enhanced DBS disclosure and full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references.

TKAT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit.

Applications will be considered on receipt and an appointment may be made before the closing date. Any offer of employment for this post will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.

Hours

15 hours per week

Competitive

30-10-2026

Job attachments

CleanerJobDescriptionPersonSpecification.docx1.pdf