Cleaning Operative - St Crispin's School - 11748_1759238989

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A local council in Scotland seeks a Cleaning Operative for St Crispin's Special School. Responsibilities include maintaining cleanliness across school premises and ensuring safety. Candidates should be capable of flexible working hours, with a salary range of £25,322 - £25,623. This role offers secure employment and opportunities for progression within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Paid annual leave

Excellent pension scheme

Employee benefits and colleague discount scheme

Qualifications

• The post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
• The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme.

Responsibilities

• Empty litter and recycling bins.
• Clean all surfaces, internal glass, floors, furniture, fixtures and fittings.
• Perform emergency and reactive cleaning as required.

Job description

Overview

Place: Cleaning Operative, St Crispin's Special School

Salary: £25,322 - £25,623 (pro rata for part time and sessional)

Hours: 15 per week, 40 weeks sessional

Monday - Friday: 4pm - 7pm

Role summary

As a cleaner with the City of Edinburgh Council, you will be a key member of our Facilities Management team. You\'ll deliver a vital cleaning service across our estate to ensure our properties are safe and clean places to work or learn in. You will have secure and flexible employment with above-market rates and good conditions while balancing family, caring or studying commitments.

Responsibilities

• To empty litter and recycling bins.
• The cleaning of all surfaces, internal glass, floors, furniture, fixtures and fittings within a group of buildings.
• The cleaning of all sanitary areas, toilets and showers and the replenishment of washroom consumables.
• Emergency and reactive cleaning as required, e.g. removal of graffiti, body fluid spillages, accidental spillages.
• The care and cleanliness of all equipment used in carrying out the above duties.
• Other tasks as may reasonably be required that relate to the role, including supporting cleaning tasks across other buildings where required.
• The post holder will be required to deliver to the cleaning specification requirements and to cooperate with performance measurement so that the overall agreed standards are met.

*Facilities Management has overall responsibility for keyholding to enable opening and closing of buildings that we service. As part of the duties of a Cleaning Operative and in this particular role, you will be required to be a key holder to fulfil these tasks. This typically would include operation of security alarm systems when opening a building, closing accessible windows and doors, switching off lights and ensuring that premises are left safe and secure when closing.

What we offer

• Trusted employer
• Security offered by permanent positions
• Flexible hours to suit (morning, evening or daytime) from 10 to 36 hours
• Sessional hours (school term only) available on some posts
• Paid annual leave (where applicable)
• Excellent pension scheme
• Opportunities to progress to supervisory level
• Employee benefits and colleague discount scheme
• Community connection - looking after your community\'s essential buildings used by your family, friends and neighbours.

Requirements and safeguarding

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre-employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

Approach to interviewing

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we are adopting a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach to interviewing and assessment. This approach helps us understand how you think and how you would apply Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility in your work.

You can find out more about Our Behaviours within the council\'s framework.

Other information

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annual increases until the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

View the Cleaning Operative job description and Sessional Working information in the supporting documents.

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