Flexible Cleaning Operative - Castlebrae Community Campus - 12613_1764170972

The City of Edinburgh Council; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

A local government authority in Edinburgh is seeking a Flexible Cleaning Operative to provide essential cleaning services across its facilities. This role offers secure employment with flexible hours and a chance to contribute to the upkeep of community buildings. Ideal candidates should be detail-oriented and capable of working evenings. Benefits include a good pension scheme and opportunities for advancement.

Benefits

Paid annual leave

Excellent pension scheme

Opportunities to progress to supervisory level

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning or similar roles is desirable.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings.

Responsibilities

• Empty litter and recycling bins.
• Clean all surfaces, internal glass, floors and furniture.
• Perform emergency and re-active cleaning as required.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time management

Job description

Flexible Cleaning Operative • Castlebrae Community Campus

Salary: £25,322- £25,623 (pro rata for part time) | Hours: 15 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.

Daily shift: Monday to Friday, 5pm – 8pm.

As a cleaner with the City of Edinburgh Council, you'll be a key member of our Facilities Management team. You'll deliver a vital cleaning service across our estate to ensure our properties are safe and clean places to work or learn in. Enjoy secure and flexible employment with above‑market rates and excellent conditions, whilst being able to balance family, caring or studying commitments.

Benefits

• Trusted employer
• Security offered by permanent positions
• Flexible hours to suit (morning, evening or daytime) from 10 to 36 hours
• Sessional hours (school term only) available on some posts
• Paid annual leave (where applicable)
• Excellent pension scheme
• Opportunities to progress to supervisory level
• Employee benefits and colleague discount scheme
• Community connection – looking after your community's essential buildings used by your family, friends and neighbours.

Major Tasks / Job Activities

• Empty litter and recycling bins.
• Clean all surfaces, internal glass, floors, furniture, fixtures and fittings within a group of buildings.
• Clean all sanitary areas, toilets and showers and replenish washroom consumables.
• Perform emergency and re‑active cleaning as required (e.g., removal of graffiti, bodily fluid spillages, accidental spillages).
• Maintain care and cleanliness of all equipment used in carrying out the above duties.
• Other tasks as may reasonably be required that relate to the role, including supporting cleaning tasks across other buildings where required.
• Deliver to the cleaning specification requirements and cooperate with performance measurement so that the overall agreed standards are met.
• Maintain keyholding responsibilities: operate security alarm systems when opening a building, close accessible windows and doors, switch off lights, and ensure premises are left safe and secure when closing.

Facilities Management has overall responsibility for key‑holding to enable opening and closing of buildings that we service.

Please see the supporting documents for more information about the role.

Regulation and Pre‑employment Checks

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more out with the UK in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required. You will be required to provide this check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre‑employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds.

Assessment and Interviewing

We are moving from a competency‑based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on our Behaviours web page at https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/work-us/behaviours. Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and increases annually until it reaches the top of the range.

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