Cleaning Supervisor - The Vale Federation

Buckinghamshire Council; Aylesbury; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution is seeking a Cleaning Supervisor to oversee the cleaning teams at their schools. The role entails ensuring high cleaning standards, safety protocols, and stock management. Candidates should be effective communicators with a keen attention to detail and preferably have prior experience in a school setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in a school environment preferred.
• Ability to adhere to Health & Safety and First Aid procedures.

Responsibilities

• Supervise cleaning teams across two schools.
• Liaise with contractors to ensure standards.
• Coordinate cleaning supplies and stock.

Skills

Attention to detail

Health & Safety compliance

Communication

Job description

Cleaning Supervisor - The Vale Federation

Location: Aylesbury

Term time only: Yes

Salary Type: Bucks pay

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Monday to Friday: 14.15 to 18.15

Interviews to be held: As suitable candidates apply.

About us

At Booker Park School we look for all our young people to be successful learners enabling them to achieve in a caring and supportive environment. The school is a member of the Vale Federation of Special Schools, together with the secondary school Stocklake Park, and its post-16 site Harding House.

Reporting directly to the Premises Manager, the candidate will be responsible for supervising the cleaning teams across both of the schools, including liaising with contractors, to ensure all cleaning is completed to the highest standards, delivering a clean and safe environment for all our pupils, staff and visitors.

Coordinating the cleaning supplies stock and supporting the ordering process are key requirements, hence attention to detail and accuracy of reporting will be required.

Please see attached Job description for further information.

About you

The successful candidate will be someone who is committed to completing a job to a high standard, and is able to observe and adhere to the Health & Safety, First Aid and Emergency procedures.

Experience of working in a school environment would be an advantage.

Please see attached Person specification for further information.

Other information

Visits to the school are welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact Lynne Worley on the number below. For further information on our recruitment process please visit our website on www.thevalefederation.com

Closing date: 22nd June 2025. CVs alone will not be accepted.

Interviews will be conducted as suitable candidates apply.

If you have not been contacted within 3 weeks of the closing date, you must assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

School Address: The Vale Federation, Booker Park School, Stoke Leys Close, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9ET

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.