Cleaning Operative - St Thomas of Aquin's High School - 12795_1765363372

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

Job summary

A local government authority in Edinburgh is seeking a Cleaning Operative for St Thomas of Aquin's High School. This part-time role involves delivering essential cleaning services to ensure a safe and clean environment for students. The successful candidate will work 20 hours per week, primarily during evenings, and must be willing to undergo background checks related to working with children. The position offers secure employment, benefits, and opportunities for further training and development.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Paid annual leave

Excellent pension scheme

Employee benefits and discounts

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform emergency cleaning duties as required.
• Experience with keyholding and security systems is preferred.
• Willingness to undergo background checks for working with vulnerable groups.

Responsibilities

• Empty litter and recycling bins.
• Clean all surfaces, floors, and fixtures across multiple buildings.
• Replenish washroom consumables and clean sanitary areas.
• Support cleaning tasks across different properties as needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Teamwork

Job description

Place

Cleaning Operative
St Thomas of Aquin's High School

Salary: £25,322 - £25,623 (pro rata for part time and sessional)
Hours: 20 per week, 38 weeks sessional

Hours: Monday to Friday 4pm until 8pm.

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.

• 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.

As part of our team, you will be valued and respected with a key focus on training and development.

MAJOR TASKS/JOB ACTIVITIES

• 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 re‑active 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.

Please see the supporting documents for more information about the role.

Requirements

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.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we’re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, 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 web page: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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Cleaning Operative job description: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/36823/cleaning-operative-ce…

Sessional Working information: https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/36683/sessional-working-inf…