Cleaning Operative in Brighton

Brighton College is seeking to appoint a Cleaning Operative on a part-time, permanent basis. Reporting to: Deputy Head of Facilities Services (Cleaning).

Main purpose of the Cleaning Operative role: To maintain a high standard of cleanliness across all assigned areas, helping to provide a safe, hygienic, and welcoming environment for pupils, staff and visitors.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assisting with keeping designated areas clean, including hallways, floors, toilets, showers and classrooms.
• Using the cleaning equipment and materials to carry out duties safely, including diluting and using cleaning chemicals as instructed following COSHH regulations.
• Operating cleaning machinery in accordance with instructions and within Health & Safety guidelines, keeping such machinery in a clean and safe condition, and reporting faults to the Deputy Head of Facilities Services (Cleaning).
• Carrying out emergency cleaning as required, such as due to accidents or sickness.
• Reporting defects, such as faulty plugs or fuses to your supervisor.
• Taking appropriate Health & Safety precautions while carrying out required duties, ensuring the personal safety of all staff, pupils and visitors.
• Responding to any other reasonable management request.

Person Specification:

• Experience in physical fitness, encompassing the ability to bend, stretch, lean, reach and carry heavy, awkward items.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Punctual, reliable and trustworthy.
• The ability to work both alone and in a team.
• A polite, friendly and helpful attitude.
• The ability to speak confidently and courteously to parents, pupils and staff at all levels of seniority.
• Awareness of health and safety procedures.
• The ability to read and understand written instructions.
• Some work could be physically demanding and involve lifting; may also need to work at heights using ladders.
• In-house cleaning training will be provided to NVQ level 2 standards.

Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 4.00pm to 7.00pm (15 hours per week).

Remuneration: The salary for this role will be £10,530 per annum, at the rate of £13.50 per hour.

Holidays: 23 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 28 days plus bank holidays after 2 years of service.

Complimentary lunch is provided. Free tickets to the College’s music, dance and drama performances. Job specific Learning and Development programme available to all employees. Life Cover is provided whilst working at Brighton College after successfully passing probation period. Contributory pension scheme with matching contributions from the employer up to 9%, which all eligible employees will be automatically enrolled into within three months of commencement of employment. Employee benefit and discount platform. Subsidised gym membership for the School of Science and Sport is available, which includes access to yoga and Pilates classes, meditation sessions and use of the gym and swimming pool. Personalised health and wellbeing consultations. Generous sickness policy. Access to books, magazines and DVDs from the College Library.

Safeguarding and Equal Opportunities: Brighton College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to successfully completing pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the College’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, relevant original ID documentation and examination certificates. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are 'spent' unless they are 'protected' under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The College is committed to ensuring that the recruitment and selection of staff is conducted in a manner that is systematic, efficient and effective and promotes equality of opportunity. Our full equal opportunities policy is available on the ‘Careers’ page of our website.