Part time: 17.5hrs per week time to be arranged with Site Manager
40 Weeks per year
Salary grade B points 3 - 4 (FTE 24,027.00 - 24,404.00 per annum)
10,025.09 - 10,182.39 actual salary per annum
Lawn Primary School is seeking to appoint a conscientious and reliable cleaner to join our experienced and friendly team. The successful applicant will carry out general cleaning duties to provide a clean, hygienic and safe environment for our children.
Reporting to the Site Manager you will also have key holding responsibilities ensuring that the school is opened and secured where required.
Lawn Primary School is an outstanding nurturing primary school with 436 pupils. We are located in a leafy Suburb of Derby with extensive grounds and buildings.
Main Responsibilities are:
To undertake the cleaning of the school buildings using the necessary chemicals and equipment, including sweeping, vacuum cleaning, floor polishing, dusting, mopping, maintaining sanitary items, etc.
To comply with legislation, school procedures and safe working practices.
To report faults and hazards to Site Manager, as soon as possible.
To be a key holder, opening the school where required and securely closing the school where required whilst supporting the Site Manager with the security of the premises and content.
To undertake training relevant to their job, in order to ensure that their work is carried out to the highest possible standard.
To work on own initiative, unsupervised whist carrying out their duties.
To have a helpful attitude towards customer's needs, at all times.
You will:
Have a basic understanding of different cleaning methods and equipment.
Be able to be trained to carry out a range of cleaning duties, including using different equipment and materials safely.
Have a basic awareness of Health and Safety.
Be able to work as part of a team
Be able to work on own initiative and to ask for help when required.
Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to build on and maintain strong relationships with staff, parents and carers, children, governors and the local and wider community.
Be punctual and reliable
In return we offer:
A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven
towards continuously raising standards.
A happy working environment with friendly and well-behaved children,
Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives
Calm and purposeful environments
Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community
Suitable training, including First Aid, where required.
Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust
Visits to our school are warmly welcomed and encouraged, these can be arranged by contacting the school office on 01332 550178.
Transform Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures, including satisfactory references, medical checks, Enhanced DBS with children's barred list clearance and completion of safeguarding children in education training.
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