Janitor

Queen Mary University of London; Greater London; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading university in the UK is seeking a candidate for the Residential Cleaning Services team. You will provide high standards of porterage, cleaning, and waste management services across the university's buildings. The ideal candidate will have GCSEs in English and Maths, strong customer communication skills, and knowledge of health and safety practices. This role offers competitive salaries, generous leave, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

30 days’ leave per annum

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent.
• Full driving licence required.
• Good command of English, both written and verbal.
• Ability to carry out manual handling tasks.
• Strong customer communication and care skills.
• Experience in a customer-focused team.
• Knowledge of health and safety and COSHH practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard porterage and cleaning services.
• Lead a professional service to staff, students, and visitors.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer care skills

Manual handling

Computer literacy

Education

GCSE English and Maths or equivalent

Job description

Overview

The successful candidate will be part of the Residential Cleaning Services team and be required to provide a high standard porterage, cleaning and waste management services to Queen Mary’s buildings and to lead a professional and customer focused service to staff, students and visitors.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard porterage, cleaning and waste management services to Queen Mary’s buildings.
• Lead a professional and customer focused service to staff, students and visitors.

Qualifications

• GCSE English and Maths or equivalent
• Full driving licence
• Good command of the English language, both written and verbal
• Computer literate
• Ability to carry out manual handling tasks
• Strong customer communication and care skills
• Experience working in a customer focused team
• Knowledge of health and safety and COSHH practices in relation to facilities management

About Queen Mary

The Directorate is one of the largest departments within Queen Mary, University of London and is committed to supporting and promoting student wellbeing at the College, and providing the highest standards of estates and facilities across the university, preparing and helping to sustain the University’s working and learning environment for students, staff, stakeholders, and guests by ensuring safe environments, security and cleanliness.

Details about the Estates and Facilities Directorate can be found at the Estates website.

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

Our reformer heritage informs our conviction that great ideas can and should come from anywhere. It’s an approach that has brought results across the globe, from the communities of east London to the favelas of Rio de Janeiro.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro‑rata for part‑time/fixed‑term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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