Cleaner Caretaker

Worcester Community Trust; Worcester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in Worcester is seeking a Cleaner Caretaker for their hubs. The role involves ensuring cleanliness, safety, and providing excellent customer service. Candidates should have some experience in cleaning, basic maintenance skills, and strong communication abilities. This position offers flexible working hours and opportunities for training and development.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Extra day off for birthday

Health scheme for eye care and dental care

Training and CPD opportunities

Company life insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and maintenance.
• Ability to work flexible hours including weekends.
• Strong interpersonal skills for customer interactions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the hub is clean, tidy, and welcoming.
• Open and secure the building for hirers.
• Complete Health and Safety Checks as required.

Skills

Attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Basic maintenance skills

Job description

Cleaner Caretaker - Horizon Hub or KGV Hub

Salary: £12.21 per hour
1 x 16 hours a week position available
1 x 10 hours a week position available

About Worcester Community Trust

Worcester Community Trust is a registered charity that runs six community hubs in the City of Worcester providing facilities for community activities and services for people of all ages. We aim to be at the centre of thriving communities and for our centres to be the hub of community activity to achieve our vision: Worcester: A City where people feel connected, supported and empowered. This is your opportunity to be part of a dynamic team helping the Trust achieve ambitious plans for growth.

Worcester Community Vision and Mission

Vision – Worcester: A City where people feel connected, supported, and empowered.
Mission – Bringing Communities Together by delivering services and activities for all.

Value & Behaviours

We collaborate, working together with local people and partners to achieve more
We are Inclusive, access for all, welcome diversity, and valuing uniqueness
We are Ambitious, We value innovation and creativity, driving progress, dynamic and visionary organisation.
Delivering Excellence, Investing in our staff, volunteers and infrastructure to provide quality and professional services

WCT recognise that value and strength of differing perspectives and experiences within our organisation and are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to be representative of the population we work in. We particularly encourage applications from candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people.

Key Responsibilities for Cleaner Caretaker:

To support the running of the Horizon Hub or KGV Hub, ensuring it is clean, welcoming and safe. To support with keyholding planned around bookings and ensuring our customers have a great experience.

Key duties:
• Ensure that the hub is opened for hirers at the agreed times and that the building is secure af-terwards.
• Use initiative, ensuring the hub is clean, tidy and safe for hirers.
• Carry out specific cleaning as instructed by your line manager.
• Advise your line manager of restocking requirements for cleaning products monthly.
• Liaise with hub managers and the maintenance team to report anything broken or not working safely/correctly.
• To be able to rectify small maintenance faults, such as changing light bults, fuses, batteries.
• Set up furniture and equipment for groups where required.
• Complete daily, weekly, monthly Health and Safety Checks in the building (training given)
• Welcome visitors to the hub as they arrive and deal with any queries they may have.
• Be personable and able to communicate with customers.

This role may require weekend and evening working to suit the needs of the Hub. Flexibility is key to this role. (KGV Hub role is fixed hours and days, so flexibility is less of a requirement at this site).

What you get…
• Be part of an amazing, welcoming passionate community!
• We help you put your skills to use to create positive social impact.
• A voice and input into shaping and influence services and decisions.
• The ability to develop your role and skills.

What we offer…
• Opportunity for flexible working
• Get an extra day off for your birthday!
• Health Scheme -which contributes towards Opticians, Dentist, Therapy and more
• Great opportunities for training and CPD
• Company Life insurance

Representing the City
At WCT we want to be an organisation that’s representatives of the communities we serve, which is why we strive for diversity of age, ethnicity, sexual orientation, physical and mental ability, gender identity and perspective. We are a local employer and invest in the skills, training, and experiences of our local communities. We are particularly interested in hearing from applicants from areas local to our hubs and also people who represent the Asian and African Heritage communities and LGBTQIA communities in our city. If there are any aspects of the role you feel like you don’t have experience of, but still think you’ll make a good candidate please complete the form or covering letter and outline why you’d be the best person for the role.

Deadline: Deadline for both applications is Sunday 3rd August 2025.
Interview date: Friday 8th August
For a full job description and an application form please visit https://www.worcestercommunitytrust.org.uk/recruitment/

If you prefer to apply via CV please include a Covering letter outlining how you fulfil the essential and if relevant, desirable criteria of the person specification for this role. Please email these to [e-mail]