Cleaning Operative - Wester Hailes High School - 12666_1764759988

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 searching for a Cleaning Operative to ensure the cleanliness and maintenance of school facilities. This part-time role requires individuals to work independently and manage cleaning duties across various buildings. Successful candidates will need to register under the PVG Scheme. The position offers flexible hours and opportunities for professional growth within a trusted employment framework, emphasizing a diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Benefits

Excellent pension scheme

Paid annual leave

Community connection

Opportunities for supervisory progression

Qualifications

• Registered under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007.
• Ability to undergo a PVG Scheme update check.
• Overseas Criminal Record Check for those out of the UK for 3+ months in the last 5 years.

Responsibilities

• Clean internal surfaces, glass, floors, and fixtures within buildings.
• Maintain cleanliness of sanitary areas and replenish consumables.
• Perform emergency and reactive cleaning including graffiti removal.

Skills

Ability to work independently

Meeting performance targets

Job description

Job Details

Cleaning Operative – Wester Hailes High School

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

Hours: 20 per week, 40 weeks sessional

Monday – Friday 4pm – 8pm

Responsibilities

• Empty litter and recycling bins.
• Clean all surfaces, internal glass, floors, furniture, fixtures and fittings within a group of buildings.
• Clean all sanitary areas, toilets and showers and replenish washroom consumables.
• Perform emergency and reactive cleaning as required (e.g., removal of graffiti, body fluid spillage, accidental spillages).
• Maintain the care and cleanliness of all equipment used to carry out the above duties.
• Support cleaning tasks across other buildings where required.
• Deliver to cleaning specification requirements and cooperate with performance measurement to meet agreed standards.
• Act as a key holder, operating security alarm systems, closing accessible windows and doors, switching off lights and ensuring premises are left safe and secure when closing.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Registered under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 – will need to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check.
• Overseas Criminal Record Check required for any individual who has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out of the UK in the last 5 years.
• Unconditional offer of employment contingent on satisfactory pre‑employment checks.
• Ability to work independent, safely and meet performance targets.

Benefits

• Trusted employer with permanent positions offering security.
• Flexible hours (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 essential buildings used by families, friends and neighbours.

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.

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.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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