We currently have a vacancy for an experienced cleaner to join
our friendly and hard working team. Ideally, you’ll have
experience of cleaning in a school, be a good team player and
enjoy providing a high quality cleaning service.
Working on a daily basis you will have responsibility for a
designated area and work as part of a team to ensure that the
academy is kept clean, tidy and sanitised in order to maintain an
excellent school environment for staff and students.
The ideal candidate will:
• Have experience of cleaning, ideally within a school
• be a good team player
• have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills
• be committed to providing a high quality cleaning service•
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:
• work within a friendly and hard working team
• join a network of Ark academies and gain access to an
exclusive range of benefits
For more information about the school please visit
www.arklittleridgeprimary.org. For more information about the
role please contact Dean Lennard on
d.lennard@arklittleridgeprimary.org and 01424 752266.
Location: Hastings
Closing Date: Wednesday 10th July 2019
Interviews: Monday 15th July 2019
Start Date: 1st September 2019
Salary: ARK Band 1, pt.6 – £16394 pa pro rata (actual salary
£5,549pa - hourly rate £8.73)
Hours: 2.5 hours a day (3.00pm - 5.30pm), 5 days a week,
term time only, with some holiday work required.
Contract: Permanent,
Job Description: Cleaner
As part of the cleaning team, you will report to the school's Site
Manager, and play an integral role in the team responsible for
ensuring the academy is safe, inviting and positive. You will
ensure the school is kept clean and hygienic to provide a safe
and pleasant learning environment for staff and students.
Key Responsibilities
• Work as part of the cleaning team as directed around the
Academy, ensuring that it is kept clean,
hygienic and safe to the required standard
• Correctly use the cleaning equipment and materials provided, in
compliance with Health and Safety
policies and procedures
• Deliver a programme of deep cleans for all areas of the
Academy during the holidays and throughout the
year, as directed by the Premises Manager
• Provide cover for other cleaning staff as directed by the
Premises Manager
Other
• Actively promote the safety and welfare of our children and
young people
• Ensure compliance with Arks data protection rules and
procedures
• Liaise with colleagues and external contacts at all levels of
seniority with confidence, tact and diplomacy
• Work with Ark Central and other academies in the Ark network,
to establish good practice throughout the
network, offering support where required
This job description is not an exhaustive list and you will be
expected to carry out any other reasonable tasks as directed by
your line manager.
Person Specification: Cleaner
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
• Experience of cleaning, preferably in a school environment
• Able to take ownership of tasks and work with minimal
supervision
• Ability to follow relevant policies and procedures effectively
Behaviours
• Genuine passion for and a belief in the potential of every pupil
• A robust awareness of keeping children safe, noticing
safeguarding and welfare concerns, and you
understand how and when to take appropriate action.
• Belief that every student should have access to an excellent
education regardless of background
• Professional outlook, detailed orientated and able to multi task
and meet deadlines
• A team player who can work collaboratively as well as using
own initiative
• Calm and professional under pressure
Other
• Right to work in the UK
• Commitment to equality of opportunity and the safeguarding and
welfare of all students
• Willingness to undertake training
• This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of
children and young people in our academies. In order to meet
this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process. This
process is outlined here, but can be provided in more detail if
requested. All successful candidates will be subject to an
enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.