Casual Reception in Manchester

Casual 0 hours per week Monday - Friday £12.60 per hour Free parking Opportunities for career development Plus our Sodexo employee benefits package.

Operational excellence begins with you. At Sodexo, we are passionate about our people. We know that our teams are the key to delivering exceptional service and creating quality experiences for our clients, customers, and employees. Build a name with big-name businesses.

As a Casual Reception & Cleaning Assistant with Sodexo, you will enhance the services of our vibrant corporate site, offering a helping hand to ensure flawless facilities operations and keep things running smoothly.

What you will do:

• Deliver high-quality cleaning across all areas, following daily, weekly and monthly schedules.
• Maintain safe working practices, including correct use of PPE, colour-coding, and safety checks.
• Keep cleaning cupboards stocked, organised and compliant.
• Engage positively with clients, colleagues and site users.
• Manage reception duties including visitor logging, site access, parcel handling and maintaining tidy reception/meeting spaces.
• Ensure good timekeeping and provide a friendly, efficient welcome to all visitors and contractors.
• Follow all Sodexo and client policies, including Health & Safety, Security and COSHH.
• Report any issues, incidents or defects promptly to the supervisor/GSM.
• Support team meetings, collaborate with colleagues and work flexibly when required.
• Maintain accurate records for both cleaning and reception activities.
• Ensure the reception area is secure when leaving the desk.

What you will bring:

• Previous all-round cleaning experience and high personal hygiene standards.
• Ability to work independently, manage your own time and take initiative.
• Strong communication skills with a friendly, professional manner.
• Basic IT competency (MS Office, Teams, Excel, Outlook).
• Good understanding of Health & Safety and COSHH procedures.
• Reliability, confidence and responsibility in delivering excellent service.
• A proactive approach, demonstrated through positive client and leadership feedback.
• Consistently high standards following training — no justified complaints, successful audit results and strong safety compliance.

Why Sodexo?

Working with Sodexo is more than a job; it is a chance to be part of something greater. Belong in a company and team that values you for you. Act with purpose and have an impact through your everyday actions. Thrive in your own way. We also offer a range of perks, rewards and benefits for our colleagues and their families:

• Unlimited access to an online platform offering wellbeing support.
• An extensive Employee Assistance Programme to help with everyday issues or life’s larger problems, including legal and financial advice, support with work or personal issues impacting your wellbeing.
• Access to a 24hr virtual GP Service.
• Sodexo Discounts Scheme, offering great deals 24/7 across popular big-brand retailers.
• Save for your future by becoming a member of the Pension Plan.
• Opportunities to enable colleagues to grow and succeed throughout their career at Sodexo, including a variety of learning and development tools.
• Bike to Work Scheme to help colleagues to do their bit for the environment whilst keeping fit.
• Sodexo UK and Ireland's enhanced benefits and leave policies.

A little more about Sodexo: At Sodexo, our purpose is to create a better every day for everyone to build a better life for all. As the global leader in services that improve the Quality of Life, we operate in 55 countries, serving over 100 million consumers each day through our unique combination of On-Site Food and FM Services, Benefits & Rewards Services and Personal & Home Services.

We are committed to being an inclusive employer. We are a forces friendly employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people with a diverse variety of experiences, backgrounds and identities. We encourage our employees to get involved with our Employee Networks such as Pride, Sodexo Parents & Carers, Sodexo Disability, Ability network, SoTogether, Generations and Origins. We are a Disability Confident Leader employer. We are committed to changing attitudes towards disability, and making sure disabled people have the chance to fulfil their aspirations. We run a Disability Confident interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the job.

Ready to be part of something greater? Work with the best in the business. Sodexo reserves the right to close this advert early if we are in receipt of a high number of applications.