About this role
Hawridge and Cholesbury CE School
VACANCY for Cleaner
Hours per week: 12
Location: Hawridge Common, Chesham, HP5 2UQ
Pay: Approx £6,773 per annum
Working hours: 12 per week, 3.30pm - 5.30pm Monday to Friday plus 2 hours (working hours to be arranged)
Working weeks: Term time plus 12 hours holiday cleaning (39 weeks)
Paid weeks: 44.1
Accountable to: School Business Manager
Hawridge and Cholesbury CE School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and motivated person to join our friendly team and work alongside our current cleaner. Applicants should be hardworking and take pride in their work, having and insisting on high standards, so that our children have a clean and safe place to learn.
Main Areas of Responsibility:
To clean all school areas, corridors, stairs, classrooms, staff room, library, music room, Noah's Ark, ICT room, offices and shared areas, to ensure they are kept in a clean and hygienic conditionTo hoover and clean carpets and sweep and wash hard floors as requiredOccasional cleaning of toilets (both staff and pupils) and the medical roomOccasional restocking of toilets, classrooms and the kitchen areas with paper towels, soap and toilet paper, as appropriateSecuring and closing doors and windows as appropriateTo carry out periodic deep cleans during school holidaysTo collect and dispose of waste in an appropriate manner, where requiredTo assist in maintaining and arranging the orderly and secure storage of suppliesCleaning is to be done as per the agreed specification using equipment and materials appropriate to the different surface Please see job description for further details
To contribute to a working environment which supports equal opportunities and anti-discriminatory practice
Requirements
Essential
To demonstrate that you can work on your own initiative, be part of a team, take instruction and constructive criticismHave energy, enthusiasm, positivity and ability to be flexibleExperience in undertaking a range of cleaning dutiesPhysically fit and able to carry out manual tasksAbility to plan own workload and to meet deadlinesBe patient, punctual, reliable and trustworthyTo work within agreed policies, including Health and Safety, as well as adhering to the school’s safeguarding policies and proceduresAbility to use own initiative to improve areas of practiceDesirable
Knowledge of Health & Safety COSHH regulationsSafeguarding awarenessPrevious experience in a similar rolePlease note that we will review applications on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close this advert early if a sufficient number of applications have been received. Early application is therefore encouraged.