Job Title: Multi-Site Cleaner
Reports to: Cleaning Team Leader
Contract & Hours: Seasonal to 31 December 2025. Up to 20 hours per week
Salary: NMW/NLW
Location: All Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust sites.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 9am THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER 2025
Function:
To clean the Museum property as allocated. This includes school holidays and weekend working. Shift patterns and start and finish times to be discussed at interview.
Duties:
* Cleaning of all public and staff areas including toilets, washrooms, café's, exhibits & attractions as required and rostered and in accordance with agreed standards
* To replenish consumables in toilets and hand washing in public areas across the site
* To replenish used stock in cleaning cupboards and keep them in an orderly manner and perform stock takes as requested
* To report any observed maintenance issues to the cleaning supervisor or relevant manager as soon as possible
* To be flexible and work across other Museum sites as and when required
* To ensure the safety of staff, volunteers and visitors during cleaning operations by complying with the safe cleaning procedures as detailed in the Museum Cleaners Handbook
* To ensure that all equipment and cleaning materials are checked, operated and kept in good working order in accordance with legal and safe working procedures and report all relevant faults
* To work with volunteer housekeepers and curatorial staff in the deep cleaning of relevant site exhibits as and when required
* To ensure the safety of staff, volunteers and visitors during cleaning operations including compliance with relevant Health and Safety regulations particularly fire procedures and COSHH regulations.
Person Specification:
Essential:
* Experience of working within a customer focused environment, ideally from a commercial/industrial or heritage/cultural setting
* Experience of working within a demanding health and safety regime
* Ability to work as a team member but also have the ability to use own initiative
* Keen eye for detail and a 'can do' attitude
* Physically able to lift, reach, carry and negotiate stairs and inclines
* Flexible in approach to work times and schedules
* Full driving licence and own vehicle
* Able to work weekends and School and Bank Holidays
* Prepared to work early morning starts.
Desirable:
* Previous cleaning experience, although training will be provided.
Staff benefits include:
* Paid annual leave up to 33 days (includes public holidays), pro-rata for part-time staff
* Auto enrolment to the Nest Pension Scheme for eligible staff
* Optional health cash plan through Paycare
* Free on-site parking.
Participation in a Staff Membership Scheme which includes:
* Free unlimited daytime standard entry to all museums for staff member plus one accompanying adult and up to four children
* 20% discount on catering spend, including the Furnace Kitchen
* 20% discount on retail spend
* 20% discount on retail spend in Victorian exhibits at Blists Hill
* 4 free standard day-time admission passes for use by friends and family accompanying staff member
* Discount on special event tickets.
About the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is an industrial heritage organisation which runs ten museums and manages multiple historic sites within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
The Trust operates various food outlets including the recently opened flagship restaurant The Furnace Kitchen. As well as visitor catering outlets the Museum also offers various Conference & Banqueting and Wedding and Event locations across our sites.
Our commitment to diversity and equality is a long-standing one. We believe arts organisations, museums, and libraries should ensure that their work draws on and reflects the full range of backgrounds and perspectives to be found in our society.
Disabled, D/deaf and/or neurodivergent people, those from Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse backgrounds are under-represented in our workforce so we particularly encourage applications from people in these groups.
This job description will be reviewed at least once per year and may be subject to amendment or modification at any time after consultation with the post holder. It is not a comprehensive statement of procedures and tasks but sets out the main expectations of the establishment in relation to the post holder's professional responsibilities, duties and grading.
Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 4 months
Pay: Up to £12.21 per hour
Expected hours: 4 – 20 per week
Benefits:
* Employee discount
* Free parking
* On-site parking
* Store discount
Work Location: In person