COMM ENT 5943 G1 -Primary Janitor Woodhead Primary School (600318)

South Lanarkshire Council Careers; Hamilton; Presencial; GBP 20.000 - 21.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

South Lanarkshire Council Careers is seeking a Primary Janitor for Woodhead Primary School in Hamilton to support cleaning and facilities operations during term time. The role includes preparing janitorial documentation, maintaining cleanliness of floors, fixtures and sanitary areas, and monitoring standards in line with COSHH regulations.

You will collaborate with the Facilities Manager, log faults, liaise with contractors, and ensure safety across the site.

Responsabilidades

• 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.
• 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 monitor the activities of lessee's and contractors reporting any issues to line manager.
• Ensure unit grounds are kept in a safe and tidy order, free from dangerous articles ensuring Health and safety of staff and visitors.

Descripción del empleo

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received byWednesday 11 November 2026 at 11:55pm.

Location: Woodhead Primary School, Woodhead Crescent, Hamilton, ML3 8TB

Hours: 40 hours per week on a term time basis

Work Pattern: Monday to Thursday 7:30am to 4:00pm Friday 7:30am to 3:30pm Plus 3 hours lets Monday to Friday between 4:00pm and 9:30pm.

Hourly Rate: £14.51 - £14.83

We are looking to recruit a Primary Janitor to join our Facilities team based in

You will be responsible for the preparation of all documentation relating to the Janitorial and Cleaning function within the premises.

Duties also include carrying out the cleaning function on floors, furniture, fixtures, fittings, sanitary areas, walls etc.

You will also be required to monitor standards of cleaning in line with specification/COSHH regulations, reporting any difficult issues to management.

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• 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 monitor the activities of lessee's and contractors reporting any issues to line manager.
• Ensure unit grounds are kept in a safe and tidy order, free from dangerous articles ensuring Health and safety of staff and visitors.

View the Primary Janitor job profile

Preferred candidates identified after theselection eventprocess will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, toensure 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.

Applications to this post are particularly encouraged from male / female applicants

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 Opportunitiesand 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)