Facilities Cleaner

The Auckland Project; Woodside; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in Woodside seeks a Facilities Cleaner to ensure high cleaning standards across its attractions. This role involves cleaning, stock maintenance, and reporting issues, requiring good communication and organization skills. Applicants should have a proactive attitude and teamwork spirit. Flexible working patterns including weekends and bank holidays are expected.

Qualifications

• Experience as a cleaner in paid employment.
• Ability to follow procedures and instructions accurately.
• Positive and approachable manner.

Responsibilities

• Clean, stock, and supply designated facility areas.
• Dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping.
• Notify management of deficiencies or repairs required.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Good organisation skills

Excellent attention to detail

Ability to work at height

Education

NVQ in cleaning

Job description

At the heart of our sites is Auckland Palace, the home of the Prince Bishops of Durham and the historic seat of faith and power in the North of England. The experience across our sites is deeply linked to those two themes and are repeated throughout the Palace and its gardens, the Faith Museum and the Mining Art and Spanish Galleries. The collection of our venues, spaces and places invites conversations about belonging, faith, loss, sacrifice, community, love and creativity. We would like our visitors to explore and to discover things about our town, our country and their own lives. We want to create encounters - and need your help to do so.

The role purpose: The Facilities Cleaner is an integral role within the Facilities Team, ensuring that our Attractions and open buildings are cleaned to the highest standard meeting both health and safety requirements and the standard of cleanliness we expect at The Auckland Project. You will be a team player, able to use your initiative, be able to identify any problems and report them to your supervisor; you will be friendly, have a can‑do attitude and be happy to roll up your sleeves and support the organisation in any way you can. If this sounds like you then please do get in touch. Working pattern of 5 days out of 7. The role will include regular weekends, Bank Holidays and flexible working where necessary (for example to cover events), to ensure we provide 7 day per week cover.

Key Responsibilities

• Clean, stock and supply designated facility areas
• Dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping
• Carry out deep cleaning and detailed cleaning tasks
• Notify management of deficiencies or repairs required
• Stock and maintain supply rooms
• Cleaning gallery areas
• Cleaning building exteriors when required
• Cleaning The Auckland Project Holiday Accommodation

Company Mission

To help the community to become resilient and economically sound by creating opportunities for partnerships, building a year‑round tourist market and supporting small creative industries to thrive. To protect, sustain and enhance our natural environment. To restore and enhance the beauty and historic significance of the built environment. By working with us, you are helping to ensure the town’s future is as magnificent and vibrant as its past.

Key Skills

• Excellent communication skills
• Good organisation skills
• Ability to follow procedures / instruction accurately
• Excellent customer relations skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work unsupervised and deliver quality work
• Positive and approachable manner
• Ability to work at height
• Understanding of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Personal Attributes

• Pride in creating clean and tidy environments.
• Be a positive team player
• Highly motivated and flexible
• Be professional and hard working with an enthusiastic approach
• Trustworthy
• Maintain confidentiality and demonstrate professional integrity at all times

Person Specification – Desirable Criteria

• Qualification: NVQ in cleaning
• Experience: Cleaner in paid employment; Working as part of a team
• Skills: Good numeracy and literacy

Health & Safety

You must be committed to good health and safety and access practice, ensuring familiarity and compliance with TAP policies, procedures and guidelines and the health and safety of visitors, staff, volunteers and contractors at all times.