Cleaning Service Operative

Department: Facilities and Estates Development Department

Hours of Work: 35 hours per week (including working early mornings, evenings, weekends and matchdays)

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: £25,214 per annum (hourly rate of £13.85 per hour)

Location: Villa Park / Bodymoor Heath Training Ground

Closing Date: Monday 31 August 2026

The Department

Our Facilities and Estates Department are responsible for looking after our facilities across all our sites – Villa Park, Bodymoor Heath Training Ground and our Brookvale Inner City Academy. At our Club, every detail matters and this team are vital in making sure the details are right and that our day-to-day operations and matchdays can happen as well as supporting our major redevelopment work across all our sites as continue our rapid growth trajectory both on and off the pitch.

The Role

We have some exciting opportunities for Cleaning Services Operatives to join our teams based at Villa Park and Bodymoor Heath Training Ground. We have several different contracts available as follows:

• Full Time - 35 hours a week across a variety of different shift

• Bodymoor Heath Training Ground this will be between 6am-2pm / 9am – 5pm or 2pm – 10pm with a rota for weekend working

• Villa Park this will generally be between 8am – 4pm

• Variable hours

As part of our Cleaning Services team, you will play a vital role in ensuring all areas of our Club are maintained to the highest standards creating a world-class environment everyday and directly contributing to a positive experience for our supporters, staff, players and visitors.

You will be responsible for carrying out a range of cleaning duties: including but not limited to maintaining offices, communal areas, bathrooms and matchday facilities ensuring all tasks are completed efficiently, to a consistently high standard in line with our health and safety protocols. You will also support pre and post-match operations, helping to ensure Villa Park is ready to welcome all.

For further information about the Role, please see the Role Profile.

The Person

You must be a proactive and reliable individual who takes ownership of their work and has a keen eye for detail, ideally you will have previous experience of working in a Cleaning Services Operative role. You will need to be comfortable carrying out physically demanding tasks, including lifting, bending and being on your feet for extended periods.

You will need to be able to work independently within the wider team and provide excellent customer service being professional, and approachable.

An essential part of this role will be being available and willing to work flexible hours as the Club requires across a variety of shift patterns.

Why Join Us?

There has never been a better time to join Aston Villa Football Club. Our drive to succeed is visible on the global stage, we are building a family ethos and culture to be proud of, and realising our ambitious plans for the expansion and improvement of our world-class facilities. If you are already excited by this challenge and want to play your part in our historic Club, then you'll be pleased to hear about our amazing staff benefits you'll receive whilst working for us! See our Staff Benefits booklet to find out more

As part of your application, you will be asked to:

1) Upload your CV

Right to Close Vacancy Posting Early

The Club reserves the right to close any advertised vacancies earlier than the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received.

Equality Statement

Aston Villa Football Club celebrates the diversity of its Club and embrace equal opportunities for all.

We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, race, disability, gender reassignment, pregnancy and maternity, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, sex and religion or belief.

Safeguarding Statement

Aston Villa Football Club is fully committed to safeguarding children and adults at risk across our Club. As such, we adhere to Safer Recruitment processes and for some roles a satisfactory enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure & Barring Service may be required prior to starting in a role at the Club. For more information, please see Aston Villa Football Club | The official club website | AVFC - Safeguarding