At a Glance
- Tasks: Help maintain a clean and safe environment for students and staff at our academy.
- Company: Join the supportive team at Co-op Academy Stoke on Trent.
- Benefits: Enjoy discounts, flexible benefits, and a positive working atmosphere.
- Other info: Part-time hours with opportunities for additional responsibilities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in a welcoming school community.
- Qualifications: Dependable and detail-oriented individuals who value cleanliness.
The predicted salary is between 12 - 12 £ per hour.
At Co-op Academy Stoke on Trent, we are dedicated to creating a positive and healthy learning environment for all students and colleagues. Clean and well-maintained facilities are essential to achieving this goal, and we are looking for a reliable and hardworking Cleaning Assistant to join our team. If you take pride in your work and want to be part of a welcoming school community, we encourage you to apply!
As a Cleaning Assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining the cleanliness and hygiene of our academy facilities, ensuring that students and colleagues enjoy a safe and pleasant environment every day. We are looking for a dependable and detail-orientated Cleaning Assistant who understands the importance of cleanliness in a school environment and is committed to maintaining high standards.
Please note that there are 2 positions available (3pm-6.30pm 4 days a week and 3pm-7pm 1 day a week). We can be flexible on which day is the 4-hour shift.
Why us? At Co-op Academy Stoke on Trent, be part of a supportive and friendly team within a school that values every member of staff. A positive working environment with access to ongoing training and development. Regular hours and job stability, contributing to the smooth running of the school. Opportunities to take on additional responsibilities or hours during holiday periods.
All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours:
- Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.
- Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community.
- Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves.
- Equity: We want to look for the best in each other, rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.
- Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.
- Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.
Our Values: Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:
- Succeed together
- Do what matters most
- Be yourself, always
- Show you care
So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you!
Benefits include:
- You’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card, giving you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
- Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme).
- Discounted gym membership and leisure activities including discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
- Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend.
- Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders).
- Co-op Funeralcare benefit.
- Season ticket and rental deposit loans.
- And More!
For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk. The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.
Contact Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent: Josh Dale, joshua.dale@coopacademies.co.uk, Westport Road, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire ST6 4LD.
Co-op Academies Trust, as an aware employer, is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults as its number one priority. This commitment to robust recruitment, selection and induction procedures extends to organisations and services linked to the Trust on its behalf. Co-op Academies Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all its employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced check by the DBS and satisfactory references. All our colleagues are expected to demonstrate a commitment to co-operative values and principles.
Key Role Information: £Real Living Wage, Job type: Part Time, Contract type: Permanent, Closing: 03/07/2026 00:00, Interview: TBC, Contract term: TTO Plus - Term time only plus weeks, Pay grade: Real Living Wage.
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