Hours: 10 hours per week plus 30 hours and 12 minutes to be worked throughout the year
Working Hours: Either 6.00am-8.00am OR 3.30pm-5.30pm
Responsible to: Cleaner in charge
Main Purpose of the role
To provide a clean and pleasant environment in order to facilitate the effective use of the school by those staff and students who occupy it.
To maintain cleanliness in order to prevent any health risks from occurring.
Job Activities
To comply with the requirements of the "Health and Safety at Work
Regulations". To take reasonable care for the health and safety of him/herself
and for others affected by his/her work, and to co operate with the employer in
ensuring that health and safety responsibilities are carried out.
To undertake any relevant training as required.
To clean specified areas on the school to the required standard, as instructed:
Washing floors, surfaces, fixtures and fittings and walls up to a safe height
(i.e., that can be reached without standing on steps, chairs etc.)
Cleaning inside windows up to a safe height (i.e., that can be reached
without standing on steps, chairs etc.)
Sweeping and vacuuming floors
Polishing and dusting surfaces and furniture
Cleaning toilets and shower areas
Using and storing safely cleaning materials as appropriate, in accordance
with their instructions
To launder dusters, tea towels etc. if required.
To empty bins and remove rubbish from the premises.
To report any damage to school property or other relevant matters to the
cleaner in charge/facilities manager.
To use powered cleaning equipment as directed and in accordance with
training.
To undertake relevant seasonal work as instructed by the cleaner
in charge/facilities manager.
General information
The post holder will be required to comply with the school's policies and procedures.
The school has a no smoking or vaping policy. Staff are not permitted to smoke or
vape on any of the school's premises nor in any vehicle used on school business.
The post holder will promote the school's health and safety at work policies and
ensure that they are implemented efficiently within their areas of responsibility.
Employees have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of the children, young
people and vulnerable adults. It is an essential requirement that staff are aware of
the school's safeguarding procedures for sharing information about the welfare of
any person whom they have safeguarding concerns. Staff have a duty to ensure that
they attend training to enable them to recognise the indicators for concerning
behaviour and receive safeguarding supervision as appropriate.
This job description covers the main duties and responsibilities of the job and will be
subject to review and amendment in consultation with the post holder, to meet the
changing needs of the school. Other activities commensurate with this job
description may, at any time, be undertaken by the post holder.
John Kyrle High School & Sixth Form Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks will be conducted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the school is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. The school promotes the Equality Act 2010 and will not discriminate on any grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, race, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, sex and sexual orientation.
Job Type: Part-time
Pay: £12.29-£12.49 per hour
Expected hours: 10 per week
Benefits:
* Canteen
* Company pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Free parking
* Health & wellbeing programme
* On-site gym
* On-site parking
Work Location: In person