Cleaning Operative - St John's RC Primary School - 12630_1764257141

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

Job summary

A local government authority in Scotland seeks a Cleaning Operative to ensure a clean and safe environment in various properties. You will be responsible for cleaning surfaces, emptying bins, and conducting emergency cleaning. This role offers a part-time schedule of 15 hours per week, alongside secure employment benefits and an inclusive workplace culture. Key holder responsibilities are involved, along with ensuring compliance with safety standards. Suitable candidates need to be part of the PVG Scheme for safeguarding purposes.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Secure employment

Inclusive workplace culture

Qualifications

• Key holder responsibilities including operation of security alarms.
• Regulated work with children/protected adults requires PVG Scheme membership.
• Suitable for candidates with prior cleaning experience.

Responsibilities

• Empty litter and recycling bins.
• Clean all surfaces, internal glass, and floors.
• Clean sanitary areas and replenish washroom consumables.
• Conduct emergency cleaning tasks.
• Maintain cleanliness of cleaning equipment.

Job description

Overview

Cleaning Operative
St. John's RC PS

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

Hours: 15 per week - 40 weeks sessional
Monday - Friday: 4pm - 7pm

As a cleaner with the City of Edinburgh Council, you'll 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. Enjoy secure and flexible employment with above-market rates and excellent conditions, whilst being able to balance 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.

Requirements / Qualifications

• 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.
• 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’re 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.

Additional information

We’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

To help achieve this, we’re changing the way we interview and assess candidates; we encourage flexible working where possible.