Empty Homes Cleaner (North Kirklees)

Kirklees Council; Dewsbury; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Kirklees Council is seeking a dedicated cleaner for its specialist team, focusing on maintaining high cleaning standards in empty homes. This permanent position in Dewsbury offers a commitment to staff wellbeing, including healthcare benefits and discounts. Ideal candidates will demonstrate attention to detail and effective teamwork in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Employee Healthcare

Discounts with local and national retailers

Culture dedicated to learning and development

Qualifications

• Responsible for cleaning homes, ensuring high standards.
• Ability to work safely and effectively in various environments.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning and clearing empty homes to meet Lettable standards.
• Working safely to ensure quality cleaning services across premises.

Skills

Attention to Detail

Teamwork

Time Management

Job description

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation Kirklees

Directorate Public Health and Corporate Resources

Service Area Culture & Visitor Economy

Hours 30.00

Number of Jobs 1

Location(s) Dewsbury and surrounding areas

Position type Permanent

Grade Grade 3

The cleaning service is part of the Council’s Facilities Management service. It is a traded service, earning an income via contracts or service level agreements to carry out cleaning work across a variety of premises such as schools, offices and public buildings. It provides both general and specialist cleaning services.

The cleaning service has approximately 1000 cleaners made up of permanent, temporary, relief and casual staff who mainly work on a part time basis covering cleaning stints in a morning, evening or during the day.

This job is part of the specialist cleaning team which provide a cleaning service to Kirklees Homes & Neighbourhoods (KH&N) and Buildings Services. You will be responsible for clearing and cleaning of empty homes such as houses, flats and bungalows ensuring that high quality cleaning is provided to achieve the Lettable standard and agreed standards in a manner which is safe to you colleagues and other building users.

Some of the staff benefits we offer in return include:

• Employee Healthcare
• Discounts with local and national retailers
• An organisational culture dedicated to learning and development

If this sounds like your next role, we would love to hear from you! If you would like to find out more about the role and responsibilities, please see the attached Job Profile.

Sara Peacock is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: [e-mail] or phone: [phone] and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.