COMM ENT 5763 G1 - Secondary Janitor - Calderside Academy, Blantyre (600331) - 491824

Southlanarkshire; Blantyre; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Local Government Pension Scheme

Up to 33 days annual leave

Public holiday entitlement - up to 10

Sick pay

Flexible working and leave

Employee discounts

Job summary

South Lanarkshire Council is recruiting a Secondary Janitor at Calderside Academy, Blantyre. The role covers janitorial duties, ground maintenance and safety compliance within the school premises.

The successful candidate will ensure safe, tidy grounds, monitor contractors, log faults and liaise with external teams to meet daily needs. Temporary post until 24 December 2026 with shifts including early mornings and evenings.

Qualifications

• Experience in school/estate janitorial duties preferred.
• Understanding of health and safety procedures.
• Ability to work across shifts and maintain records.

Responsibilities

• Keep school grounds.safe, tidy and free from hazards to ensure Health and Safety of staff and visitors.
• Monitor lessee activities and contractors; report issues to line manager.
• Log and report damages to fabric and fixtures and arrange repairs as needed.
• Liaise with external contractors and lessees; ensure Health and Safety and security procedures are followed.
• Communicate with Facilities Manager and team to meet daily customer needs.

Skills

Health and safety awareness

Groundskeeping

Contractor liaison

Job description

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by Thursday 22 October 2026 at 11:55pm.

Please ensure that you read the full advert text and do not submit a CV, as these will be disregarded as they do not form part of SLC application process. If you require to submit additional information to support your application, please upload this under supporting documents.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS MUST APPLY VIA OPPORTUNITY MARKETPLACE.

Location: Calderside Academy, Calder Street, Blantyre, G72 0AX

Hours: 42.5 hours per week (this includes 5 hours lets cover per week)

Work Pattern: Monday - Friday 7.30am - 4pm and Lets cover Monday - Friday 6pm - 9.30pm and Saturday 9am - 12.30pm 1 Saturday every 4 weeks

Salary: £32,153 - £32,862 annual salary

This post is temporary until 24 December 2026.

We are looking to recruit a Secondary Janitor at Calderside Academy. The successful candidate will be responsible for the preparation of all documentation relating to the janitorial and cleaning function within the premises.

The post holder will be responsible for:

• Ensuring unit grounds are kept in a safe and tidy order, free from dangerous articles ensuring Health and safety of staff and visitors.
• To monitor the activities of lessee's and contractors reporting any issues to line manager.
• To log, monitor and report all damage/faults in relation to the fabric and fixtures.
• To liaise with external contractors and lessee's, ensuring all Health and Safety and security procedures are adhered to.
• Ensure unit grounds are kept in a safe and tidy order, free from dangerous articles ensuring Health and safety of staff and visitors.
• To monitor the activities of lessee's and contractors reporting any issues to line manager.
• To log, monitor and report all damage/faults in relation to the fabric and fixtures.
• To liaise with external contractors and lessee's, ensuring all Health and Safety and security procedures are adhered to.
• To effectively communicate with the Facilities Manager; Head of Establishment/Lessee's and Team Members to ensure the customer needs are met on a daily basis.

View the Secondary Janitor job profile

Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Scotland Act 2020.

This post is considered a Regulated Role with Children, in respect of the Disclosure Scotland Act 2020. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Overseas Criminal Records Check

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of 12 months in the past 10 years.

Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

Equal Opportunities and Inclusion statement

The Council is committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce. Therefore, we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, including under-represented groups within our workforce. We are keen to receive applications from candidates who have a disability, who are from a care experienced background, who are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, from a military service background and from those who are new Scots.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile for this position.

As proud holders of the UK Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, the Council is also committed to supporting members of the armed forces community, including service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families. In line with this commitment, service leavers, their close family members, veterans and reservists will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile.

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Council, you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• To increase the value of their pension pot, Local Government Employees can opt to join the Salary Sacrifice Shared Cost AVC scheme.
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working and leave, maternity/paternity leave enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts - including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)