Cleaning Operative

CATS Global Schools; Llanelli; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

St. Michael’s School in Wales is recruiting a part-time Cleaning Operative for term-time (36 weeks) with a DBS check for safeguarding. Salary is hourly paid at £12.73, with a maximum of 40 hours per week or split between two part-time posts.

Working hours are Monday to Friday during term-time, with holidays outside term time. The post reports to the Cleaning Supervisor and focuses on maintaining high standards of cleanliness, health, safety and COSHH compliance across designated areas of the

Responsibilities

• To clean designated areas to set standards as required
• To ensure that the highest possible standards of cleanliness are maintained
• To comply with Health and Safety and Fire regulations
• To immediately report any hygiene problems or incidents such as accident, fire, flood, theft, breakages or damage
• To ensure adequate supplies of soap, hand towels and toilet tissue in the appropriate designated areas
• To maintain cleaning equipment in good working order and report any defects
• To replenish cleaning materials as required and ensure that they are stored and handled in the correct manner
• To attend such meetings and training courses as required
• To be conscious for the need for security, closing and locking any windows and doors necessary
• To undertake any allied domestic tasks
• To comply with Health and Safety and Fire regulations
• To ensure adherence to all procedures related to Health and Safety and COSHH regulations
• To ensure that all accidents and incidents are reported, including notifiable diseases
• To ensure the security of the school site
• In addition to the duties outlined above, all employees are required to take care of their own and other people’s health and safety
• You may be required to undertake such other reasonable duties from time to time as the School may reasonably require
• St. Michael’s School is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of its pupils and expects all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment.

Job description

ABOUT ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL
Our school continues to go from strength to strength, with many school years being oversubscribed due to demand for places. There are tremendous benefits to working in the independent schools’ school sector and St. Michael’s is one of Wales’ leading schools. Our summer 2022 exam results place us 11th coeducational independent school in the UK (Sunday Times) and we are nearly always in the top 50 of all schools. In 2021 we were named as Welsh Independent Secondary School of the Decade by The Sunday Times, as well as 2024 Best Value for Money Independent School in the UK by the Daily Telegraph. These achievements are down to our hard working staff who go above and beyond in everything that they do and our highly motivated pupils, whose conduct and enthusiasm supports them to achieve great things. Pupils wear their uniform with pride, their behaviour is exemplary and a strong pastoral system ensures that rewards and sanctions create a supportive and optimistic climate which allows learning to take priority.

Post: Cleaning Operative

Closing date: 3rd November 2026

Interviews: Friday 6th November (tbc)

DBS: An Enhanced DBS check with Children’s Barred List information will be required for this role.

Contract type: Part-time, term time (36 weeks)

Reports to: Cleaning Supervisor

Responsible for: Assisting in promoting the highest standards of housekeeping within the school

Salary: Hourly Paid - £12.73

Hours per week: Maximum of 40 (full-time) OR the hours may be split between two part-time positions.

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, term-time only (36 weeks per year). The exact hours will be agreed with the successful applicant(s).

Holidays: To be taken outside of the term time calendar

Job Description & Person Specification

Principal responsibilities/duties

• To clean designated areas to set standards as required, transferring, when necessary, to different areas of the school.
  
• To ensure that the highest possible standards of cleanliness are maintained.
  
• To comply with Health and Safety and Fire regulations.
  
• To immediately report any hygiene problems or incidents such as accident, fire, flood, theft, breakages or damage that the job holder has noted.
  
• To ensure adequate supplies of soap, hand towels and toilet tissue in the appropriate designated areas.
  
• To maintain cleaning equipment in good working order and report any defects.
  
• To replenish cleaning materials as required and ensure that they are stored and handled in the correct manner.
  
• To attend such meetings and training courses as required
  
• To be conscious for the need for security, closing and locking any windows and doors necessary, and ensure that members of the cleaning team vacate the buildings at the appropriate time.
  
• To undertake any allied domestic tasks.

Health and Safety

• To comply with Health and Safety and Fire regulations.
  
• To ensure adherence to all procedures related to Health and Safety and COSHH regulations.
  
• To ensure that all accidents and incidents are reported, including notifiable diseases.
  
• To ensure the security of the school site.
  
• In addition to the duties outlined above, all employees are required to take care of their own and other people’s health and safety.
  
• You may be required to undertake such other reasonable duties from time to time as the School may reasonably require.

St. Michael’s School is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of its pupils and expects all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment.

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