Part-time Cleaner - Carlow

depaul; Carlow; On-site; EUR 20,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension matched by employer

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Maternity leave

Paternity leave

Sick pay

EAP support

Learning and development

Job summary

Depaul in Carlow is seeking a part-time Cleaner to support central services in the project. Reporting to the Deputy Manager, you will join a team to maintain cleanliness and hygiene to a high standard across communal areas, offices, bathrooms and staff bedrooms.

The role involves cleaning duties, laundry tasks, health and safety compliance, and administrative duties as required, while upholding the organisation's values in a respectful, professional manner.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cleaning materials and their correct usage as per MSDS.

Responsibilities

• Keep house and surroundings tidy, including communal areas, offices, bathrooms and staff bedrooms.
• Undertake household cleaning duties and laundry tasks.
• Maintain general Health and safety and hygiene standards.
• Carry out administrative duties commensurate with the role.
• Participate in communication structures with staff and maintain daily logs.
• Promote best practice in cleanliness and hygiene with the staff team.
• Act professionally and align with Depaul's aims, values and ethos.

Skills

Health and safety

Cleaning materials

Teamwork

Tools

MSDS

Job description

Part time Cleaner - Carlow

Permanent Contract

28 hours per week

€22,230.54 per annum

1. Role

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to provide support to our organisation’s central services in Carlow. Depaul is a values-led organisation working with a number of services throughout Dublin and Belfast. This role will report directly to the Deputy Manager and will work as part of a team to ensure an excellent standard of cleanliness and hygiene is maintained in the project. This is an exciting opportunity to join a diverse team of talented individuals.

2. Key Areas of Responsibility

• In conjunction with residents and staff team, to ensure that the house and its’ external environs are kept to a good standard of tidiness and cleanliness including communal areas, offices, bathrooms and staff bedrooms.
• Undertake household cleaning duties and laundry tasks.
• Maintain general Health and safety and hygiene standards
• Carry out administrative duties commensurate with the role.
• Participate in communication structures with staff team and ensuring relevant information is added to appropriate records/daily logs.
• Take an active role in promoting best practice in cleanliness and hygiene with the staff team
• At all times undertake your role in a professional manner maintaining a high quality standard of work, and to always work in accordance with the aims, values and ethos of Depaul

The above list is not exhaustive; additional areas of responsibility may be added over time and flexibility to cover for other staff roles is required from time to time.

3. Person Requirements

• Minimum of one years’ experience, cleaning offices/ public residential settings.
• Knowledge of cleaning materials and their correct usage as per Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS).
• An understanding of why people become homeless and the needs they have.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety in the work place.
• Ability to managed own work load and to operate as part of a team taking direction where required and following procedures

WHY WORK FOR US?

Depaul is a cross border charity supporting some of the most marginalised individuals, couples and families experiencing homelessness. Our mission is to end homelessness and change the lives of those affected by it. Would you like to help us to meet our mission?

We are a values led organisation and aim, at all times, to live and breathe these values in our everyday work. Our values are based on four key principles:

• We celebrate the potential of people
• We put our words into action
• We aim to take a wider role in civil society
• We believe in rights and responsibilities

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EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:

Depaul strives to create a diverse and inclusive programme and is committed to ensuring equality of access to our opportunities and equality of treatment for our staff in all our policies and practices. We welcome applications from individuals aged 18 and over from a diverse range of backgrounds.

Our Benefits

• Annual Leave Up to 3 years' service: 25 days per year
• 3 years' up to 5 years' service: 27 days per year
• Over 5 years' service: 30 working days per year (Exclusive of bank and statutory holidays)
• 10 public holidays each year with Good Friday as discretionary day.
• Day off and day pay for Christmas Day, St.Stephen's Day, and New Year's Day worked for shift workers.
• Non-Shift Workers: Paid day off on public holidays.
• Shift Workers: Expected to work on public holidays; receive an additional day of annual leave in lieu.
• Non-Rostered Employees: May be entitled to one-fifth of the normal weekly rate of remuneration for the public holiday.
• Pension Matched by the employer
• Health Assistance Each staff member gets access to a health cash plan so youcan claim money back, up to set limits, on a number of treatments. This includes dental, optical, acupuncture and many more. Your children under 16 are also included on the plan.
• Life Assurance Four times salary
• Maternity /Adoptive Leave 18 weeks full pay
• Paternity Leave 2 weeks full pay
• Sick Leave Entitlement to sick pay starting from day 1 with level of entitlement increasing with length of service (subject to policy terms)
• Employee Assistance Program EAP is a confidential counselling service that provides support to company employees and their family. It is available 24/7,365 days a year covering; Counselling, legal advice, financial information, career guidance, life coaching, mediation, health information, cancer support, autism support, infertility and pregnancy loss, elder care support, parent coaching and international employee support.
• Learning and Development Depaul’s Vision, Mission and Values course, this involves travel to meet the Depaul International family.
• Emerging Leaders, supporting workers that would like to develop their leadership skills and to progress to a management role.
• Online learning resources within Depaul’s award nominated online learning platform, Moodle. Mandatory training including, MAPA, Health and Safety, Child Protection, Fire Safety, and First Aid