Cleaner/Porter - Chelmsley Wood

West Midlands Police; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional police authority in the United Kingdom is seeking a part-time Cleaner/Porter to maintain cleanliness across various police buildings. Responsibilities include general cleaning and porter duties. Applicants should have communication skills, ability for manual handling, and basic IT skills. This role offers training and the opportunity for progression while commuting to different sites may be required. Competitive benefits include enhanced leave and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Competitive pension scheme

Enhanced annual leave

Wellbeing support package

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role, preferably across multiple sites.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Willingness to learn and develop skills for the role.

Responsibilities

• Perform general cleaning and porter duties in operational police areas.
• Maintain and report on cleaning equipment.
• May require commuting to other sites.

Skills

Communication skills

Manual handling

Basic IT skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Facilities Management currently has a Cleaner/Porter vacancy within our Corporate Asset Management Department.

The department consists of 3 key business areas: Fleet Services, Estates and Facilities Management, that provide a wide range of enabling support services including acquisitions and disposals, maintenance and servicing of police buildings and vehicles.

The successful applicant will be responsible for carrying out general cleaning and some porter duties within areas of an operational police station or partner building, that consist of offices, washrooms and welfare areas, custody suites and forensic areas.

Full training will be given commensurate with the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) standards.

There may be a requirement to commute to other sites from time within reasonable travelling distance, to cover absences of colleagues.

Cleaner/porter operatives are required to work across the police estate of West Midlands, covering Birmingham. We currently have the following Part Time vacancy:

Chelmsley Wood: 20 hours per week: Monday to Friday 07:00 - 11:00am

Salary - Please note the salary stated is pro rata

Key Responsibilities

• Damp dusting furniture, fixtures and furnishings, suction cleaning and wet mopping floors and stairwells, washing walls and other vertical surfaces and tiled areas up to a height of 3.53m (11ft) using high level cleaning equipment.
• Cleaning kitchens and welfare areas including cleaning and defrosting refrigerators, cleaning inside units and cupboards.
• Maintaining cleaning equipment and to report any faulty equipment or materials.
• Report any maintenance defects that are noted in the building.
• There may be a requirement to carry out porter duties that involves manual handling of furniture and goods, and clearing/cleaning external areas as instructed.
• You will be expected to undertake learning that equips you with the skills to safely carry out any other duties commensurate with the purpose and grading of the post.

Person Specification

• Experience of working within a similar role, and ideally across multiple sites.
• Excellent communication skills and be able to understand both written and verbal instruction.
• Basic IT skills to use apps such as email and e-learning packages.
• Ability to undertake work that involves manual handling.
• Desire to undertake learning and development in order to demonstrate competency in performing all duties within role, such as safe use of cleaning equipment and machinery, manual handling and lifting equipment.
• Agility to commute to alternative areas of work within the police estate as required.
• Ability to work on own initiative and possess good interpersonal skills.
• Some weekend working or bank holiday working will be required as per your job description.

Benefit Statement

• Fair remuneration with progression opportunities and access to a very competitive pension scheme.
• Enhanced annual leave in addition to public holiday entitlements.
• Discounts across travel, parking, daily costs of living and leisure activities.
• A comprehensive wellbeing package including 24/7 support, free eye tests and flu jabs.
• Comprehensive benefits including pension, Blue Light Card, and employee assistance programme.

Vetting

Successful applicants will be required to pass Recruitment Vetting and Counter Terrorism Clearances scrutiny prior to commencing their role, this will include a full background & financial disclosure as part of the vetting process.

Medical

Successful candidates will be subject to a medical assessment which may include a drug or hearing test.

Interview

TBC

Contact

For further information email: [e-mail]

Disability Confidence

West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a ‘Disability Confident Interview Scheme’ - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example: in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

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