Daytime School Cleaner – Welcoming Spaces

Uppingham School; Uppingham; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 16,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Westfield Healthcare

Free Sports Centre membership

Free staff lunches

School fee discount for staff children

Retail, gym, discounts

Cycle to work

Employee Assistance Programme

Occupational Health Services

Free annual flu jabs

Job summary

Uppingham School is seeking a part-time Cleaner to join a warm, friendly team dedicated to maintaining a welcoming, well-kept environment for pupils and staff at the boarding and day school in Uppingham.

Role hours are 9.15am–2.25pm, 36 weeks per year with additional shifts and central cleaning options. A daily hot lunch is provided; extensive benefits include Westfield Healthcare and staff discounts.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cleaning procedures.
• Reasonable numeracy and literacy.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, and with others.
• Good communication skills, and the ability to deal with colleagues, pupils and parents in a pleasant and helpful manner.
• Ability to organise workload and balance priorities to meet deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and high standards of work.
• Good timekeeping.
• Knowledge of health & safety requirements (desirable).
• Understanding of COSHH (desirable).
• Previous experience of using industrial cleaning equipment (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Clean and maintain pupil homes and communal areas.
• Dust, sweep and vacuum, refresh carpets and shared spaces.
• Assist with meal service and laundry as part of daily routines.
• Support central cleaning tasks across buildings when needed.

Skills

Cleaning procedures

Numeracy

Literacy

Teamwork

Time management

Health & safety

COSHH

Industrial cleaning

Job description

Uppingham School is seeking a part-time Cleaner to join a warm, friendly team dedicated to maintaining a welcoming, well-kept environment for pupils and staff at the boarding and day school in Uppingham.

Role hours are 9.15am–2.25pm, 36 weeks per year with additional shifts and central cleaning options. A daily hot lunch is provided; extensive benefits include Westfield Healthcare and staff discounts.