Cleaning Assistant - New Woolwich Waves

GLL; London; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

GLL is seeking a Cleaning Assistant for the new Woolwich Waves Leisure Centre in London. This full-time position offers an exciting career opportunity with extensive learning and development support. The ideal candidate will have a proactive attitude, strong attention to detail, and experience in a busy cleaning environment. You'll be part of a charitable organization that values community involvement and offers competitive employment benefits.

Benefits

Access to a pension scheme

Health Assurance and counselling services

Discounted leisure centre membership

Free annual eye tests

Qualifications

• Knowledge of Health and Safety and COSHH.
• Conscientious and committed attitude.
• Ability to multitask in a busy environment.

Responsibilities

• Day-to-day cleaning and maintenance of the centre.
• Adhering to Health and Safety standards.
• Conduct area checks and complete deep cleaning.

Skills

Attention to detail

Customer care skills

Team player

Job description

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Cleaning Assistant - New Woolwich Waves, London

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Client:

GLL

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

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Posted:

02.07.2025

Expiry Date:

16.08.2025

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Job Description:

GLL is looking for a Cleaning Assistant to work at the new Woolwich Waves Leisure Centre. If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Cleaning Assistant, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Cleaning Assistant job, it's a career.

This is a rare opportunity to work at GLLs flagship facility set to open this year. The new Woolwich Waves Leisure Centre will be one of the largest flagship centres that GLL has operated. Designed by the Britannia project team and at a cost of over £115m, the new centre will boast:

Large leisure pool with flumes, toddler pool and a large wet play park

25m, 8-lane fitness pool

20m training pool

Spa Experience with health suite and treatment rooms, all adjoining the training pool to give a true health club style spa experience * 200-station gym over two floors

Four studios – Group Cycle, Elevate, and two fitness studios

6-court sports hall

Soft play and party rooms

Creche

Meeting room

As a Cleaning Assistant, you’ll be enthusiastic and hard-working with a real attention to detail as you’ll be responsible for the day-to-day cleaning and maintenance of the centre, including the open plan female changing rooms. Our leisure centres can be very busy, so you’ll need to thrive in this setting. Adhering to Health and Safety requirements and regulations is crucial, so you’ll need to be hard-working and conscientious to carry out all duties to meet our high customer care standard. Ideally, you’ll have experience of cleaning in a busy working environment with good customer care skills and knowledge of COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health). If you don’t yet have it, we’ll provide full training on how to use appropriate machinery and chemicals.

What you’ll do:

Day-to-day cleaning and maintenance of the centre.

Adhering to Health and Safety requirements and regulations.

Clean, restock, and supply designated areas.

Complete deep cleaning as required and scheduled.

Conduct area checks.

Perform stock checks and maintain supply rooms.

What you need:

Knowledge of Health and Safety and COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health).

Conscientious and committed attitude.

Ability to carry out all duties to meet our high customer care standard.

Be a great team player.

Ability to multitask between busy areas of the centre based on customer feedback.

As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else. As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!

The basics:

This is a Full time, permanent. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible. Working from home is not possible in this role.

We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay.

We can offer a career, not just a job, with extensive Learning & Development support available.

A uniform will be supplied and must be worn.

GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in.

As a staff-owned organisation, you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.

Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:

Access to a pension scheme.

Health Assurance and access to Counselling services.

Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme.

Free annual eye tests.

Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!

GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:

The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you.

Access to team building and fun events such as treks, concerts, outings, etc.

Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people – ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.