About the role
The successful candidate will work as part of the Facilities Team whose role focuses on ensuring a safe, well maintained, and clean environment is sustained throughout the whole site. You must be dependable and trustworthy, comfortable working independently as well as being part of a larger team. Whilst prior cleaning experience is not essential it would be desirable.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
1. Working as part of the Site team, carry out daily cleaning and ad-hoc duties
2. Clean all surfaces, fixtures and fittings, floors, walls and internal woodwork in accordance with the cleaning schedule
3. Clean toilets, changing rooms and other sanitary areas
4. Undertake special cleaning programmes during school closure or other designated periods in compliance with the specification for the premises
5. Collect and dispose of waste in appropriate manner
6. Refill and replace consumables
7. Maintain and arrange orderly and secure storage of supplies
Essential Qualities
8. Able to communicate clearly and follow instructions
9. Work as part of a team.
10. Be flexible to changing demands of the post
11. Take pride in a job well done
About Us
Miller House School is a brand-new school under Acorn Education and Outcomes First Group located in Stoneygate, Leicester. The school is proposed to open in September 2025 and will have capacity for 80 pupils ages 11-16 years and will be a co-educational provision for pupils with complex needs including SEMH.
Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.
We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.
Why join Acorn Education?
Benefits
Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:
12. Life Assurance
13. Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
14. “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks
And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:
15. A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
16. 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
17. Cycle to Work Schemes
18. Electric Car Purchase Scheme
19. Critical illness cover
20. Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.
And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit
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