Cleaning Supervisor in Stourbridge

Old Swinford Services Ltd is seeking to appoint a Cleaning Supervisor who is responsible for supervising the team and ensuring high levels of cleaning are maintained throughout the school.

About OSH

Old Swinford Hospital is one of the country’s leading state boarding schools. A large number of the School’s students are boarders who come from a wide range of backgrounds in the UK and also from the EU and overseas. A third of our pupils are day pupils, who usually go home after lessons, unless they are involved in sport or music, CCF or DofE. The School has now become fully co-educational. OSH is a calm place to work. It is inclusive, tolerant and welcoming. The atmosphere is supportive and orderly, and it is also very relaxed because for many of our pupils their school is also their home. Parents, pupils and staff are all on the same side and our pupils want to learn before going out into the wider world and making their own contribution to it. We have had two very favourable Ofsted visits, one for boarding and one for curriculum. We enjoy a very good academic reputation and regularly feature in the lists of the most academically successful maintained schools. We pride ourselves on developing in our pupils a balance of academic achievement, character and resilience and we’ve been doing this now for nearly 360 years. Our extensive extra-curricular programme contributes to our pupils becoming happy, healthy and interested young people, for whom sport, music, art, drama, and outdoor pursuits feature in their everyday lives.

Person Specification

• Previous cleaning experience of working with a team in a supervisory capacity;
• Knowledge of cleaning techniques, products and equipment;
• Honest, reliable and hardworking;
• Ability to train and motivate team;
• Strong organisational and time management abilities;
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team;
• Ability to work effectively under pressure;
• Ability to communicate with a range of different people;
• Willingness to complete all relevant training courses for the role;
• Displays commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people.

Job Specification

The Cleaning Supervisor will be responsible to the Bursar. The person appointed will have the following essential skills and competencies:

• To clean the school as part of the cleaning team.
• Oversee cleaning operatives ensuring health and safety procedures and COSHH regulations are followed;
• Maintain adequate stocks of cleaning materials and janitorial supplies;
• Periodic inspection of machinery/cleaning equipment, reporting defects to the Bursar;
• Submit maintenance requests advising of damages/defects that require attention;
• Responsible for the correct completion of cleaner’s time sheets ensuring that they are submitted to the finance department in accordance with the payroll schedule;
• Undertake administrative duties associated with the role;
• Report any absenteeism to the finance department;
• Liaise with the Bursar on the compilation of holiday rotas;
• Attend training courses or complete online training courses as required;
• Any other reasonable duties as required by the Bursar or Headmaster.

Hours

This is a permanent contract for 32 hours per week, all year round. The work pattern will be Monday to Friday 7am to 12.30pm and Saturday 7am to 11.30am.

Remuneration

The rate of pay is £13.26 per hour. In line with current regulation you will, if you are eligible, be offered a workplace pension through NEST.

Old Swinford Services Ltd welcomes applications for employment from all sectors of the community.

Suitability to Work with Children

Old Swinford Services Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants are required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check. The School reserves the right to close the job advert early where sufficient applications have been received and so we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for the post.