School Cleaning Supervisor and Porter - Pipers Corner School

Buckinghamshire Council; England; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council is seeking a School Cleaning Supervisor and Porter at Pipers Corner, an independent girls' school. Responsibilities include overseeing cleaning operations, ensuring readiness for events, and performing cleaning tasks. The ideal candidate should be physically fit, reliable, and possess strong communication skills. This role offers flexibility in hours to meet the school's needs.

Qualifications

• Enjoy working as part of a team and take initiative.
• Demands a degree of physical fitness.
• Proven reliability and flexible working hours.
• Strong communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Ensure rooms are ready for exams and events.
• Monitor externally-contracted cleaning operatives.
• Respond to service requests for porter jobs.
• Perform cleaning tasks based on a schedule.

Skills

Teamwork

Initiative

Physical fitness

Reliability

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

We are looking for a School Cleaning Supervisor and Porter to support all aspects of school housekeeping, supervise the cleaning of the School and complete daily porter/cleaning tasks as necessary,

Pipers Corner is a Girls' School Association Independent School for girls aged 4-18. Set in 96 acres of beautiful Chiltern countryside, the school is four miles north of High Wycombe and two miles from Great Missenden. In its most recent ISI inspection (March 2023) the school was graded as "excellent" in all categories.

Responsibilities

• Check daily to ensure that rooms are ready for school exams, functions and events.
• Monitor the work of the externally-contracted cleaning operatives, liaising closely with their Cleaning Supervisor.
• Respond to service requests for porter/hospitality jobs.
• Perform cleaning tasks based on a schedule produced by the Estates Manager (including outside cleaning)

Qualifications and Attributes

• Ideally the candidate will enjoy working as part of a team, but will also be able to take the initiative, particularly when events and activities are in progress.
• This is a demanding role which requires a level of physical fitness.
• The successful candidate should be able to evidence their reliability and be amenable to some flexibility in working hours, according to the needs of the school calendar.
• Punctuality is an important part of the function.
• The post holder will need to keep abreast of the school programme in general and the weekly programme in detail.
• The post holder will be a responsive individual, with very strong communication skills, forming an essential part of our busy Estates team.
• A willingness to assist and deal confidently with staff. Must be professional, courteous and helpful to students, parents and other visitors at all times.

Working Hours and Flexibility

The working week will comprise a 'core hours' approach with a standard start and finish time, but with flexibility to ensure that the Cleaning Contractor is supervised sufficiently during the evening cleaning periods and also that school events are appropriately supported. Where necessary, TOIL or overtime will be available.