Cleaner - Margate

Porchlight; Margate; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Porchlight is seeking a reliable and professional cleaner to maintain hygienic environments in our supported housing and office locations in Margate. This role offers flexible working hours and a chance to make a significant impact in the lives of residents, ensuring their homes are clean and dignified. Join us to help create welcoming spaces while supporting a vital community service.

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning environments is preferred.
• Full driving license and vehicle for travel required.
• Confidence in working alone with vulnerable individuals.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine and ad hoc cleaning tasks in various locations.
• Maintain hygienic and safe environments for residents and staff.
• Engage professionally with vulnerable residents.

Skills

Dependability

Empathy

Attention to detail

Job description

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Porchlight provides safe and supportive accommodation to people experiencing homelessness, mental health challenges, or other vulnerabilities. We're looking for a reliable, professional cleaner to help us maintain welcoming, hygienic, and safe environments across our supported housing and office locations.

This role involves a mix of routine and ad hoc cleaning tasks in communal areas, void properties, and office spaces. You’ll play a key part in ensuring our homes and workplaces are clean, comfortable, and dignified for residents, staff, and visitors.

We’re looking for someone dependable, practical, and empathetic. You’ll be confident working alone, understand the importance of cleanliness and infection control, and be comfortable engaging professionally with vulnerable residents.

• We welcome applications from candidates who prefer to work 3 full days or reduced hours over 5 days.
• This role will require travel within East Kent, so the post-holder should have a full driving license and the use of a vehicle, subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Base: Margate with travel within East Kent

Working pattern: 22.5 hours per week. Flexible – 3 full days or reduced hours over 5 days Monday to Friday.

This is a fixed-term role for one year from appointment as we pilot in-house cleaning services. If successful, there is potential for the position to become permanent.