Cleaning Team Leader

Northumbria Police; Washington; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional law enforcement agency is looking for a part-time Cleaning Team Leader based in Washington. This role involves managing cleaning supervisors across various locations, ensuring service standards and Health and Safety regulations are met. Candidates should have experience supervising staff, strong leadership skills, and be able to travel between sites with a valid UK driving licence. This position offers a salary of £32,874 - £35,772 pa pro rata with mileage costs reimbursed.

Benefits

Mileage reimbursement

Qualifications

• Experience in supervising staff with good leadership skills.
• Excellent planning and organisational skills.
• Valid UK driving licence required for travel.

Responsibilities

• Manage recruitment and development of cleaning supervisors.
• Plan and prioritise workloads for service delivery.
• Conduct audits and inspections to evaluate cleaning standards.

Skills

Supervising staff

Leadership skills

Health and Safety knowledge

Planning and organisational skills

Verbal communication skills

Written communication skills

Problem solving

Job description

Salary: £32,874 - £35,772 pa pro rata (Please note it is Northumbria Police policy to appoint at the beginning of the band)

Location: Based in Washington however managing staff in Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland and will be expected to travel to all locations forcewide.

Hours/Contract: Part Time Permanent, Monday and Tuesday 7am – 3pm

The role

Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Business Services Department as Cleaning Team Leader.

The role involves managing cleaning supervisors and their teams to ensure that service delivery standards and requirements are met and Health and Safety regulations are adhered to.

This is a job share role with another Cleaning Team Leader who works Wed, Thurs and Fri.

What you’ll do

• Manage the recruitment, appraisal, development, mentoring and discipline of allocated staff ensuring they have the knowledge, skills and experience to achieve the required standards and performance
• Manage the Cleaning Supervisors and their teams based in numerous locations within Sunderland, South Tyneside and Gateshead.
• Manage resource levels, plan and prioritise workloads to ensure the cleaning specification and standards are being met in each location
• Coordinate the bespoke training programs put in place for all cleaning staff in line with the force’s requirements and demand.
• Manage the cleaning delivery in line with agreed Service Level Agreements, monitoring and evaluating performance including undertaking agreed quality checks and audits in line with agreed standards.
• Evaluate and monitor all cleaning machinery and equipment to ensure that staff and buildings have the most appropriate equipment available, to support the highest standard of cleaning across the force area
• Carry out regular audits and inspections of standards to assess the quality and output of the cleaning service provided.

This role involves travel, so you'll need access to your own car. Don’t worry—mileage costs are reimbursed!

What you’ll bring

• Experience of supervising staff. Good leadership skills
• Good knowledge of cleaning and Health and Safety
• You’ll need to have excellent planning and organisational skills to ensure a high quality of service to our customers
• You’ll also need a valid UK driving licence to travel between sites when required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to adapt to a variety of stakeholders
• The confidence to manage expectations of numerous stakeholders
• Experience of problem solving at different levels, carrying out investigations, risk management and assessment.

This is a varied role where you’ll also provide support to staff across the force. You’ll need be flexible in your approach and able to manage a variety of people in different roles.