Cleaning Operations Manager

GEDU Global Education; Dudley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Dudley is seeking a Cleaning Operations Manager to oversee daily cleaning operations. The role involves leading a team of cleaners, ensuring safety and hygiene across campuses, and maintaining quality standards. Successful candidates will have supervisory experience in cleaning services and a strong understanding of health and safety protocols. The position offers an opportunity to contribute to an excellent environment for students, staff, and visitors.

Qualifications

• Proven supervisory experience in cleaning or facilities services within busy environments.
• Understanding of Health & Safety, COSHH, manual handling, and risk assessment.
• Strong communication, organisational, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise cleaners across shifts, ensuring adherence to standards.
• Plan daily deployment and ensure adequate staffing.
• Conduct audits/inspections and rectify any defects promptly.

Skills

Supervisory experience in cleaning or facilities services

Knowledge of Health & Safety and COSHH

Strong communication and organisational skills

Experience in planning rotas and audits

Proficiency with MS Office

Practical knowledge of cleaning chemicals

Flexible and proactive approach

Job description

Cleaning Operations Manager

Cleaning Operations Manager at GEDU Global Education

The Cleaning Supervisor is responsible for leading daily cleaning operations across GBS campuses to ensure safe, hygienic, and welcoming environments for students, staff, and visitors. The role combines hands‑on duties with operational leadership, driving quality standards, statutory compliance, sustainability goals, and excellent service delivery. The postholder acts as the first point of escalation for cleaning‑related issues, coordinates response to incidents, and ensures planned and periodic tasks are completed to great quality.

ROLE And RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead, motivate, mentor and supervise cleaners across shifts, ensuring adherence to schedule, standards and procedures.
• Plan daily deployment and rota coverage, ensuring adequate staffing and coordinating agency or contractors when required.
• Take part in cleaning services for classrooms, offices, libraries, washrooms, receptions, circulation areas and external areas.
• Ensure completion of routine, periodic and deep‑clean schedules (e.g., floors, carpets, washroom descaling, kitchens, windows, high‑level dusting) to agreed specifications.
• Uphold colour‑coding systems, infection‑prevention protocols and quality assurance processes aligned with industry best practice.
• Conduct regular audits/inspections of tasks completed; record findings, rectify defects promptly and follow through on corrective actions.
• Monitor and operate relevant systems (e.g., Timetabler, Jira), responding within agreed SLAs.
• Manage stock levels for consumables and materials; ensure timely ordering, secure storage, cost and usage control.
• Complete monthly stocktakes; maintain accurate stock control records and support internal audit requirements.
• Ensure safe use, maintenance and availability of cleaning equipment and machinery; coordinate servicing, repairs and training.
• Complete and record checks on cleaning machinery and equipment for health & safety; elevate defects to Facilities Manager for repair and remove unsafe items from service.
• Maintain COSHH documentation, risk assessments, method statements and safe systems of work for all tasks and chemicals.
• Empty and disinfect waste bins and receptacles; ensure safe segregation and disposal of rubbish in line with environmental legislation and GBs procedures.
• Support waste management and recycling programmes, ensuring correct segregation, presentation and traceability (confidential waste, WEEE, toner, general/recycling).
• Collect data and prepare KPI reports (audit scores, SLA compliance, attendance, consumables usage, complaints) for the Facilities Manager.

Maintain a training matrix for cleaners, scheduling refreshers and keeping accurate records of all training completed; contribute to training plans, toolbox talks, inductions and ongoing coaching for the team; promote continuous improvement.

ESSENTIAL SKILLS And EXPERIENCE

• Proven supervisory experience in cleaning or facilities services within busy environments.
• Demonstrable understanding of Health & Safety, COSHH, manual handling and risk assessment.
• Knowledge of cleaning methods, materials, equipment and quality standards; ability to set and check standards.
• Strong communication, organisational and problem‑solving skills; able to prioritise and adapt to changing needs.
• Experience in planning rotas, allocating work, conducting audits and maintaining compliance records.
• Proficiency with email, MS Office and basic IT systems.
• Practical knowledge of professional cleaning chemicals and aids across different surfaces and finishes.
• Flexible, proactive, ‘can‑do’ approach; able to work under own initiative while meeting service standards.