Cleaner (part time)

The University of Nottingham has been providing an outstanding student experience for over 140 years and is a leading university of worldwide significance with established campuses in the UK, China, and Malaysia. Our award-winning Nottingham campus is only 15 minutes by bus or tram to our vibrant city centre.

Your role as a Cleaner:

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and hardworking people, who have a keen eye for detail and take pride in their work and who enjoy cleaning in a variety of areas to join our team of cleaners at the University Park Campus.

Main duties include:

• Cleaning a wide range of areas/spaces;
• Providing general and specialised cleaning within our buildings (offices, classrooms, carpeted areas, refuse disposal, toilets, bathrooms, changing and staff areas/rooms, corridors, stairwells etc);
• Providing excellent customer service at all times, working either independently or as part of a team.

This position entails providing both planned and reactive cleaning service across the building and supporting the local cleaning team covering holidays, sickness, deep cleaning, and any urgent requests/inquiries assigned by the Line Manager.

Previous cleaning experience within a similar environment and ability to work independently and as part of a team are desirable but not essential as full training will be given. Further details regarding the duties for the role can be found on the attached job role profile.

Positions Available:

• Weekday Post - 1: Hours of work 25 hours per week (5 shifts/days per week/5 hours each day, mainly Monday to Friday) working between the hours 6.00am and 11.00am. Flexibility will be required.

This is a permanent position on a rolling contract, required to be worked throughout the full year (52 weeks), to include out of term/student vacation periods.

What’s In It For You:

• Permanent contract working either during term time or 52 weeks of the year.
• An excellent holiday allowance: For staff on 52 weeks contracts: 27 days (pro-rata), plus additional university closure days and bank holidays.
• Ongoing support to develop your skills and gain industry recognised qualifications.
• Personal and Career Development support, and opportunities for career progression.
• Employee Assistance Programme and Counselling Service - 24/7 support.
• Supplier discounts, travel, and reward schemes.
• Staff Networks, and wellbeing activities and state of the art sports facilities.
• Uniform provided plus the tools you need to do a great job.
• Free on-site parking between 4.30pm and 9.30am.

The successful candidates for these positions will be expected to attend statutory training courses and any refresher training required by the department. There are planned training courses throughout the year and different options to attend either during a typical week, Monday to Friday or on set weekend dates within the year. Further details will be given at the interview. The interviews for these posts are informal and will take no longer than 20 minutes.

Our university is a supportive, inclusive, caring and positive community. We welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities and beliefs – indeed this very diversity is vital to our success, it is fundamental to our values and enriches life on campus.

We want you to succeed in our recruitment process and have published Candidate Guidance for you to access information and support on application and interview process.

We welcome applications from the UK, Europe and from across the globe and we want to make your transition to living in the UK as smooth as possible.

This position does not fulfil the UK Visas & Immigration sponsorship criteria for Skilled Worker, therefore we can only accept applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK.