About the role
Role: Cleaning Operative - Permanent and Casual roles available
School: Talbot Primary School
Hours: 13.75 hours per week, 3:15pm to 6:00pm Monday to Friday
Working weeks: Term time plus 4 weeks - 43 working weeks. 1 week Easter, 2 hours and 45 minutes, Monday to Friday; 3 weeks in summer worked over a 2 week period, 4 hours and 8 minutes, Monday to Friday for deep clean.
Salary: HET Poole Grade B (SCP 2), £24,413 Full Time Equivalent. Pro rata salary £8,565.93 per annum
Closing date: 13 October 2025 at midday. We will interview suitable candidates as soon as applications are received.
Interview date: To be confirmed
Start date: As soon as possible, following completion of pre employment checks
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Cleaning Operatives to join our experienced cleaning team at Talbot Primary School, part of Hamwic Education Trust (HET).
HET is a large, fast-paced Trust with currently 37 academies across the South Coast. Linked to 6 community-based partnerships, there are 34 primary academies, 2 secondary and 1 hospital school.
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced individual with high standards of cleaning to join our afterschool cleaning team. Candidates will strive to ensure the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained throughout the school on a daily basis. It is essential you are able to work in a team as well as on your own. If you are ready for a new challenge and enjoy working with an organisation where no day will be the same, then please apply.
Talbot Primary is an ambitious, friendly and happy school for children aged 4 to 11 years. Recently graded ‘Good’ by Ofsted (January 2022), we are looking for enthusiastic and flexible cleaning operatives to join our team. Wellbeing is at the heart of our leadership, and we strive to provide a clean and safe environment for our students, and a healthy work/life balance for our staff. Our school is the heart of its community, our vision where children thrive and achieve is embedded in all that we do for our pupils and the wider community. Located in an urban setting in extensive playing fields and grounds, which includes a beautiful indoor swimming pool, facilities to hold Forest School on our grounds and a recently developed Garden Project for the children to participate in.
We are seeking professional individuals who:
* are able to work effectively within a team
* are organised, flexible and work well under pressure
* have very high standards
* are personable and professional to all pupils, parents, staff and visitors
* have a smile for all situations
* the opportunity to work in a successful happy school alongside a dedicated and hardworking team
We can offer you:
* excellent CPD opportunities and training and development programmes, dependant on role
* an individual induction programme supported by a mentor
* eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
* generous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of service
* access to the Trust Health and Wellbeing pages
* access to a staff benefits portal through Vivup
* free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for staff and family members
Application procedure
To apply for this vacancy, please view the job description and complete the application form which can be found on the Hamwic Education Trust careers page and return to the HR Officer. Where applicable, potential candidates may benefit from a tour of the school. Candidates will be asked to present current ID as proof during a tour. Successful candidates will be subject to online searches and safeguarding checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
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