Cleaning Coordinator

Royal Mail Group; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading postal and delivery service provider is seeking a Cleaning Coordinator in Preston. You will oversee a cleaning team, handle administrative tasks, and conduct cleaning operations. Reliable and self-motivated candidates with a background in cleaning are encouraged to apply. This full-time role offers £12.21 per hour with additional shift allowances and benefits.

Benefits

22.5 days annual leave

Additional £4.06 for night shifts

Car parking

Employee referral scheme

Defined Contribution pension scheme

Qualifications

• Reliable and self-motivated with attention to detail.
• Experience in cleaning and administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a team of cleaning operatives and allocate tasks.
• Conduct quality checks and ensure health and safety policies are followed.
• Perform cleaning tasks such as mopping and vacuuming.

Skills

Previous experience and knowledge of cleaning industry

Effective Communication skills

Effective IT skills e.g., Excel, Word

Ability to train cleaning operatives

Ability to prioritise and organise work

Ability to liaise with customer

Job description

Overview

Royal Mail P&FS are recruiting for a Cleaning Coordinator at Preston Mail Centre, Fulwood, Preston, PR2 9GG

Job Reference Number: 328840

Pay: £12.21 per hour (additional £4.06 per hour when working night shift) plus £125 per month coordinator allowance

Benefits: 22.5 days annual leave, rising to 25 after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays, uniform, PPE, employee referral scheme and Defined Contribution pension scheme plus car parking.

Contract type: Permanent

Working hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. This is a cover role so you could work 6am to 2pm, 2pm to 10pm or 10pm to 6am.

About the Role

As part of Royal Mail Property & Facilities Solutions you will work either as part of a team or as the only cleaner on site, ensuring we continue to deliver the high standards of service our customers expect.

Responsibilities

Cleaner Coordinator - The coordinator role requires you to oversee a team of cleaning operatives on a single site, whilst supporting the Soft Service Manager with the achievement of efficient day-to-day operations and developing a positive workplace culture. In this role, you will allocate daily tasks to the cleaning team, manage material use and stock control, conduct quality checks ensuring health and safety policies are followed, and monitor the team’s attendance, schedule, and overtime.

You will be involved with HR matters, for example conducting return-to-work interviews, supporting the SSM with recruitment and training of cleaning operatives, and playing a key role in resolving operational problems.

Cleaner - responsible for a variety of tasks including mopping, toilet cleaning, washing walls, vacuuming, emptying bins, dusting and sanitising surfaces to a high standard.

We require someone who can operate a variety of cleaning equipment; full training is provided with a first-day induction. This role is physically challenging and involves manual handling activities.

Flexibility is key as you will be happy to continue completing the Cleaning Operative duties alongside the additional Cleaning Co-ordinator responsibilities.

About You

You should have a combination of cleaning and administrative experience. The ideal candidate will be reliable, self-motivated with a keen eye for detail. You’ll be able to work on your own initiative, organising your own time, as you’ll be managed remotely.

• Previous experience and knowledge of cleaning industry
• Effective Communication skills
• Effective IT skills e.g., Excel, Word
• Ability to train cleaning operatives on relevant cleaning tasks
• Ability to prioritise and organise work to be undertaken
• Ability to liaise with customer

About Us

Royal Mail Property & Facilities Solutions is responsible for upgrading and safely maintaining one of the largest corporate real estate portfolios in Europe, with over 2,600 sites. Royal Mail Property & Facilities Solutions employs 3,000 employees and is owned by Royal Mail Group Ltd.

Five centuries in business has made Royal Mail more than a household name. We connect companies, customers and communities across the country, delivering a one-price-goes-anywhere universal postal service to more than 29 million addresses across the UK.

What happens next?

Before you apply, make sure that you can get to the location for the hours stated, and the total weekly hours are in line with your expectations. After you apply, your application will be reviewed and if you are successful, you will be invited to an online or telephone assessment. This will last around 15-20 minutes, consisting of 7 questions and 5 supplemental Yes/No questions. There will not be a face-to-face interview in this process.

Trust is important to everything we do in Royal Mail P&FS. We want to build that trust from the very beginning of your journey with us. The first step is your assessment, and we mean your assessment. We want to give you the opportunity to present us with your best examples. As a result, we will provide you with your questions ahead of the assessment taking place to allow you time to prepare in advance. We want to be transparent about what kind of qualities we are looking for and what a job with Royal Mail P&FS entails.

Please note, once our maximum number of applications has been reached this vacancy will close.