Cleaning Operative - Wester Hailes High School

The City of Edinburgh Council; Easter Howgate; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Trusted employer

Permanent positions security

Flexible hours

Sessional hours (term-time)

Paid annual leave

Excellent pension

Career progression

Employee benefits

Community impact

Training & development

Job summary

The City of Edinburgh Council is seeking a Cleaning Operative at Wester Hailes High School. The role involves cleaning a group of school buildings, keeping surfaces and facilities clean and safe, with PVG checks and pre-employment screening. Flexible hours and term-time sessional posts may be available.

This permanent post offers secure employment, progression opportunities, pension benefits, and a commitment to developing staff within Facilities Management.

Qualifications

• PVG Scheme check required or PVG update; pre-employment checks
• Flexible hours to suit (evening or daytime) and school-term sessional hours may apply

Responsibilities

• Empty litter and recycling bins.
• Clean all surfaces, internal glass, floors, furniture, fixtures and fittings within a group of buildings.
• Clean sanitary areas, toilets and showers; replenish washroom consumables.
• Carry out emergency and reactive cleaning as required (graffiti removal, spillages).
• Care for and clean equipment used in duties.
• Support cleaning tasks across other buildings when required.
• Deliver cleaning to specification and cooperate with performance measurement.

Job description

Cleaning Operative

Wester Hailes High School

Salary: £26,205 - £26,525 (pro rata for part time and sessional)

Hours: 15 per week, 40 weeks sessional

Working pattern: Monday to Friday 5pm - 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.

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.

Requirements

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 bringOur BehavioursofRespect, IntegrityandFlexibilityinto your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours – The City of Edinburgh Council.

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