Cleaning Supervisor

Places for People; Greater London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 7%

Bonus up to 2%

35 days holiday

Healthcare cashback

Wellbeing support

Gym membership

Life Assurance

Job summary

Places for People seeks a hands-on Cleaning Supervisor to lead a team across communal spaces in our student accommodation portfolio. You’ll oversee daily cleaning operations, ensure standards, and deliver high-quality service.

This full-time role (40 hours) runs Monday to Friday 8am–5pm, with responsibilities including inspections, safety, training, stock control and coordinating routine and deep cleans to support a safe, welcoming environment for students and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience supervising or leading teams within a cleaning, facilities management, hospitality or accommodation environment.
• Experience using cleaning equipment and chemicals safely, including COSHH requirements.
• Experience carrying out cleaning inspections, audits or quality assurance checks.
• Experience supporting employee training, compliance activities or performance management processes.
• Basic IT skills with experience using workplace systems to record information or complete operational tasks.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage daily cleaning operations across communal kitchens, bathrooms, corridors, stairwells, hubs and shared spaces.
• Conduct quality inspections and ensure health and safety compliance in line with COSHH.
• Oversee team training and performance management; support planning and delivery of routine cleaning and large-scale deep cleans.
• Manage cleaning supplies and stock levels, ensuring safe and effective use of materials.
• Deliver an excellent student experience through leadership and high standards of cleanliness across four college communities.

Skills

Team leadership

COSHH knowledge

Quality inspections

Training support

IT skills

Job description

As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we move lives forward every day by building, managing and supporting thriving Communities.

From new homes, social housing and student accommodation to leisure, education and Community initiatives, our work makes a positive difference to millions of People across the UK.

And that takes People who care about doing the right thing.

People who are ambitious, ready to grow and motivated to make a difference through the work they do.

We're looking for Colleagues who bring energy, curiosity and ownership.

People who enjoy being challenged, support those around them and want to keep raising the bar.

Because when we perform at our best, we create more opportunities to invest in our Customers, our Communities and each other.

Experience matters, but it's only part of the story.

If you share our values and want to build a career where your work has real impact, we'd love to hear from you.

More about your role

As a hands-on Cleaning Supervisor, you'll work alongside your team, helping to deliver high-quality cleaning services while providing guidance, support and supervision to ensure standards are consistently met.

You will work with fellow Cleaning Supervisors to manage daily cleaning operations across communal kitchens, bathrooms, corridors, stairwells, hubs and shared spaces, ensuring consistently high standards are maintained for students and visitors.

You’ll be responsible for quality inspections, health and safety compliance, team training and performance management, while supporting the planning and delivery of both routine cleaning programmes and large-scale summer deep cleans. You’ll also help manage cleaning supplies and stock levels, ensuring materials are used safely and effectively in line with COSHH requirements. Through your leadership, you’ll help deliver an excellent student experience across four modern college communities.

This is a full time role, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8am-5pm (1 hour break).

Essential criteria

To be considered for this role, you'll need:

• Experience supervising or leading teams within a cleaning, facilities management, hospitality or accommodation environment.
• Experience using cleaning equipment and chemicals safely, including working in line with COSHH requirements.
• Experience carrying out cleaning inspections, audits or quality assurance checks.
• Experience supporting employee training, compliance activities or performance management processes.
• Basic IT skills with experience using workplace systems to record information or complete operational tasks.

More about you

You’ll be an organised and proactive individual who takes pride in maintaining high standards and supporting others to do the same. You’ll be comfortable prioritising workloads, identifying risks and resolving day-to-day operational challenges within a busy environment. Experience within student accommodation or facilities management would be advantageous. Most importantly, you’ll be committed to delivering excellent customer service and creating clean, safe and welcoming environments for students, colleagues and visitors.

What you’ll get

We know rewarding work deserves rewarding benefits. That’s why, alongside a competitive salary, you’ll have access to a package designed to support you at work and beyond.

You’ll receive:

• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Bonus scheme for colleagues up to 2%
• 35 days holiday (including bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell days
• Healthcare cashback plan for everyday medical costs, with private GP and health support services available
• Comprehensive wellbeing support including counselling, flu jabs, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and access to our Wellbeing Hub, supporting your mental, physical and financial wellbeing
• Access to Our Place Rewards, offering discounts and savings on groceries, travel, shopping, home products and other lifestyle purchases
• Ongoing training, professional qualifications, internal development programmes and career progression opportunities
• Recognition programmes including Star Awards and Colleague Awards, celebrating achievements and recognising great work
• Strong focus on inclusion, wellbeing and colleague engagement
• Free membership to Places Gyms
• Life Assurance to provide financial security for your loved ones, alongside access to will writing services to help you plan for the future with confidence

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

W e understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking.

For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities.