Housekeeper / Cleaner

Nursery: Children 1st Birstall 1 Park Rd, Birstall, Leicester LE4 3AX

Hours: 15 hours 2pm till 5pm, Monday-Friday, Part Time

Salary: Up to £12.21 dependent on skills, experience and qualifications

Hello, I’m Lucy, the Nursery Manager at Birstall.

At Birstall, we pride ourselves on the strong connections we build with our children and families. Our thoughtfully designed spaces inspire creativity and curiosity, supporting children’s development through interactive play and exploration.

Our baby unit offers a loving and stimulating environment, featuring special activities like baby spa days that enhance early development and wellbeing.

About you

You have exceptionally high standards and take pride in creating clean, safe, and welcoming environments. You have an proactive approach to cleaning, enjoy rolling up your sleeves, and are dedicated to providing excellent care and service. Your enthusiasm and compassion ensure that those you support feel cared for and proud of the environment they work in.

What you’ll be doing

As a Housekeeper/Cleaner, you will maintain a high standard of cleanliness throughout the nursery setting. Following the cleaning schedule, you will ensure all areas are kept clean, tidy, safe and well cared for. Your role will involve managing cleaning materials and supplies, in line with health and safety guidelines, following the latest child protection and health and safety legislation.

You will work closely with the educator team to ensure any issues impacting daily operations are reported and dealt with quickly, effectively and safely.

What you’ll need

• Experience in a similar role
• Enthusiasm and high standards of cleanliness
• An excellent understanding of basic hygiene and cleanliness
• Understanding of Health & Safety regulations and COSHH
• Understands the importance of safeguarding and site security

Benefits at a glance

For you — We get the basics right enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain

Family matters — Balance starts at home Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)

Health & wellness — Nourishing body & mind Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more

Development — Investing in your future Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund

Our community — Growing together Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.

We pay for your DBS upfront along with reimbursing your annual update service charge.

We partner with world-leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

And much much more.

About us

This nursery is part of Storal, a group of nurseries across England. It is our vision at Storal to be the nursery group that every family and educator wants to be part of. Our values are built around creating this environment for teams and children. We believe in high standards, praising each other, pulling together as a team whilst actively helping others to grow and that’s only the beginning of the story. We do what we say we do and if you align with this approach, then a Storal nursery is the place for you.

Storal is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All employees will be subject to background checks, enhanced DBS check and reference checks.