Job Description

About us:

Gower College Swansea is one of the largest colleges in Wales with a strong reputation for high quality teaching and learning. We have six campuses across the city with over 4,500 full time learners and 10,000 part time learners. We currently have a turnover of over 50 million making us a major employer in the region with approximately 1,000 staff.


At Gower College Swansea we are passionate about investing in our staff and looking after their wellbeing to ensure they feel supported in work and also at home.

The Cleaner roles:

Both roles are at an hourly rate of

13.45.

Vacancy A - Kingsway

16 hours per week, 52 weeks per annum

Monday to Thursday 7am - 10.15am, Fri 7am to 10am

Fixed term until 31/12/2026

Vacancy B - Gorseinon

16 hours per week, 36 weeks per annum (term time)

Monday to Thursday 6am to 9:15 am and Friday 6am to 9am

Permanent

To apply, please click 'Apply Now' and submit a short personal statement and your CV. Please indicate clearly which vacancy/vacancies you are interested in.

Key Responsibilities:

Ensuring that College cleanliness is maintained on a daily basis, including the use of mops, vacuum cleaners and electrical buffers and polishers. To ensure that a safe working practice is adhered to in all cleaning activities.

About you:

Able to undertake a range of manual cleaning activities. Able to maintain high standards of cleanliness in accordance with specified rotas. Available to work flexible hours on occasion.

Benefits for you:

28 days pro rata annual leave, plus bank holidays, and the college is closed for two weeks over the Christmas period. A Local Government Pension Scheme with an average employer contribution of 21% (2024) 2 staff well-being days Discounted study opportunities on College programmes View more benefits here: https://www.gcs.ac.uk/recruitment/staff-benefits-wellbeing

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We welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our organisation.


If you wish to continue your application journey using Welsh Language, please visit our Cymraeg site. We encourage Welsh Language applications as we recognise the importance of delivering services in Welsh, and the need to grow our bilingual workforce.


Gower College Swansea is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and require registration with the Education Workforce Council for Wales.

Please note that we are expecting a high volume of applicants for this vacancy. If we do, we may close the post before the specified date, therefore an early application is recommended.