CLEANING OFFICER

Lancashire County Council; Borough of Wyre; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Local government pension

On-site parking

Wellbeing services

CPD opportunities

Opportunity to make a difference

Job summary

Lancashire County Council is recruiting for a Cleaning Officer at Longridge High School. The post covers 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 3:30pm–7:30pm, with additional duties during school closure days. Start date is 4 January 2027.

The role supports a clean and safe environment for pupils and staff and offers pension benefits and on-site parking. The ideal candidate is reliable, punctual and a good team player, with a strong work ethic and commitment to confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Reliable and punctual
• Team player with ability to meet deadlines
• Commitment to high cleanliness and hygiene standards
• Maintain confidentiality

Responsibilities

• Support cleaning team at Longridge High School
• Help maintain a clean and tidy environment for pupils and staff
• Assist with cleaning duties as scheduled by line manager

Job description

Location Longridge High School, Preston Road, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire, PR3 3AR (820 on roll)
Tel: [phone]
School website: www.lhs.lancs.sch.uk Summary Cleaning Officer

Salary: NJC APT&C Grade 2, Point 2(£23,656 FTE)

Hours: 20 hours over 5 days per week 3:30pm-7:30pm Monday - Friday plus 20 days closure cleaning

Start Date: 4th January 2027

Responsible to: Schools Operational Manager

We prepare every young person for life through a consistent approach to excellent behaviour, good manners, and hard work, embodied in our school’s core values ‘Respect, Learn, Grow, Together’.

We are looking for: A highly motivated and organised individual to support our cleaning team at Longridge High School. The ideal candidate will play a key part in keeping our school clean and tidy for our pupils and staff.

• A pleasant and friendly manner and be motivated ad enthusiastic.
• A commitment to achieving high standards of cleanliness and hygiene and a strong work ethic
• To be reliable and punctual
• An ability to work as a team and work to deadlines
• A strong commitment to the school and follow the staff code of conduct
• An ability to maintain the highest standards of confidentiality

• A caring a supportive environment
• A fantastic local government/teacher pension scheme
• On-site parking
• Access to wellbeing services
• Encouragement of further CPD
• The opportunity to make a difference

Closing date for applications: Monday 23rd November 2026 2pm

Shortlisting: Tuesday 24th November 2026

Interviews: Tuesday 1st December 2026

Longridge High School is committed to ensuring the safety of all its children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe In Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Proposed Interview Date: 01/12/2026

Equal Opportunities statement An Equal Opportunities Employer welcoming applications from all sections of the community

Rehabilitation Rehabilitation The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Information provided by you or the Disclosure and Barring Service will be dealt with in a confidential manner in accordance with the DBS's Code of Practice.

You may view the Code of Practice on the DBS website at www.gov.uk/dbs or alternatively a copy is available on request. Lancashire County Council has a Handling of DBS Certificate Information Policy and a Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-offenders this is available from the recruiting manager to applicants who are asked to complete a DBS application.

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The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all people in terms of recruitment, selection and employment, and is a Disability Confident employer, which means that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria in the person specification will be interviewed. However, commitment to this standard is on an individual school basis and, therefore, if you are applying for a position within a school, you will need to check with the school whether they have made the decision to comply with this standard.

Please note that we can only consider applications from candidates who are legally entitled to work in the UK.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.