Cleaning Operative Campus Services 96408 Grade 2 in Birmingham

Campus Services Location: University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham UK

Full time starting salary is normally in the range 23764 to 24855 Grade: 2 Part Time (20 hours per week) Working hours: 6am - 10am (5 days out of 7 days) Permanent Planned start date: 5th January 2026 Closing date: 5th November 2025

Our offer to you:

• People are at the heart of what we are and do.
• The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years.
• We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector‑leading Birmingham Professional programme.
• We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength.
• Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important.
• You will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme.

Role Summary:

You will provide a high quality cleaning service in all areas of University buildings across campus including offices, public and teaching areas, and student accommodation. Clean stock and supply designated areas to a required standard to maintain hygiene and replace stock items. Perform and document routine inspection and maintenance activities to keep buildings and facilities in an orderly order.

Main Duties:

• Carry out cleaning and sanitising of all areas of buildings including sweeping, mopping, damp wiping, vacuuming using cleaning agents and cleaning equipment.
• Empty bins and remove waste and recycling.
• Ensure that hygiene and required standards are kept to ensuring a consistent and quality cleaning service.
• Replace stock items for example in sanitary areas.
• Perform and document routine inspection and maintenance activities.
• Report faults and maintenance defects, missing stock, emergencies (for example floods, intruders, accidents) or building maintenance matters.
• Ensure all cleaning equipment is in good order and report any defects.
• Carry out the safe collection, use and return of keys to ensure security of buildings and rooms.
• Cover for absent colleagues and transfer between working areas as required.
• Assist the Team Leaders and Assistant Managers with periodic stock takes.
• Assist with meeting University environmental targets.
• Conform to all Health and Safety requirements and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations.
• Work co-operatively, helpfully, politely with customers, colleagues and visitors.
• Maintain personal hygiene standards and wear the correct protective and required corporate clothing.
• Carry out additional tasks as required.

You will be expected to treat everyone with dignity and respect supporting equality and valuing diversity.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Qualifications, Experience:

• Ability to follow and work in line with instructions with good attention to detail.
• Ability to organise and plan own work.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to undertake required physical activities.
• Good communication skills.
• Co‑operative, helpful, flexible attitude.
• Ability to undertake training required.

This role does not directly manage others and does not own a budget. This role will be working in response to customer orders and enquiries and is therefore mostly reactive.

This role will be a customer facing role and will be expected to be polite, responsive, friendly and courteous at all times.

We are committed to proactively addressing the barriers experienced by some groups in our community and are proud to hold Athena SWAN, Race Equality Charter and Disability Confident accreditations.

We have an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Centre that focuses on continuously improving the University as a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone has the opportunity to succeed.