Job Description

GLL is looking for a Cleaning Assistant to work at Glass Mill Leisure Centre in Lewisham, London (10 hours per week). If you have the skills and ambition to join us as a Cleaning Assistant, there has never been a more exciting time to join us. This is more than a Cleaning Assistant job, it's a career.





As a Cleaning Assistant, you'll be enthusiastic and hard-working with a real attention to detail as you'll be responsible for the day-to-day cleaning and maintenance of the centre, including the open plan female changing rooms. Our leisure centres can be very busy, so you'll need to thrive in this setting. Adhering to Health and Safety requirements and regulations is crucial, so you'll need to be hard-working and conscientious to carry out all duties to meet our high customer care standard.


Ideally, you'll have experience of cleaning in a busy working environment with good customer care skills and knowledge of COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health). If you don't yet have it, we'll provide full training on how to use appropriate machinery and chemicals.

What you'll do:

Day-to-day cleaning and maintenance of the centre. Adhering to Health and Safety requirements and regulations. Clean, restock, and supply designated areas. Complete deep cleaning as required and scheduled. Conduct area checks. Perform stock checks and maintain supply rooms.

What you need:

A can-do attitude. Knowledge of Health and Safety and COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health). Conscientious and committed attitude. Ability to carry out all duties to meet our high customer care standard. Be a great team player. Ability to multitask between busy areas of the centre based on customer feedback.
As a leader within the leisure industry, we can also offer scope to progress your career and job variety like nowhere else.





As a charitable social enterprise and cooperative owned by our staff, GLL is a unique organisation for you to have a career with!

The basics:

This is a Flexible position. Hours of work will be negotiated with you in line with the needs of the service; flexible working may be possible. We are an accredited Living Wage employer with industry-leading rates of pay. We can offer a career, not just a job, with extensive Learning & Development support available. A uniform will be supplied and must be worn. GLL is Values Driven, not Profit Driven. We work hard to benefit the communities we operate in. As a staff-owned organisation, you will be given the opportunity to join the Society and have a stake in your business.

Additionally, GLL offers employees a range of employment benefits:

Access to a pension scheme. Health Assurance and access to Counselling services. Access to the tax-efficient Ride to Work bicycle purchase scheme. Free annual eye tests. Discounted nationwide (over 200 centres) inclusive leisure centre membership for you and your partner. This includes GLL Extras!

GLL Society benefits (if you choose to join the Society after your probation period) include:

The right to stand for the Society board and to vote for board members to represent you. Access to team building and fun events such as treks, concerts, outings, etc. Access to a range of benefits exclusive to our people - ask your line manager for details or check out the Intranet.

About GLL:

As the UK's largest leisure operator and charitable social enterprise, we offer a range of careers for everyone in our local communities. We manage over 400 facilities across England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, including public sport and leisure centres, elite sporting venues, libraries, and children's centres.





Our people are from the communities we serve and help us make real changes in their local area.





One of our core values is 'More than a Job', because working with us opens a wide range of possibilities and opportunities for you, starting with how you work with us. To make sure we are having a positive impact on our people, we also offer some flexible and part-time working options so you can make sure your new job works for you. Subject to vacancies, whether you are after a contractual commitment and a regular work schedule or the freedom of flexible hours, you may be able to choose an arrangement that works best for you and play your part in improving the health and wellbeing of your community.





We offer two different types of work arrangements:


A permanent employment contract - part time and full time. A flexible worker engagement by joining our flexible worker pool.
If you are looking for a regular number of hours that you can work and are flexible to meet the needs of a 7-day-a-week service, then a full-time or part-time permanent contract might be the right choice for you.





So whether your ambitions lie in sport and leisure, events & catering, health & beauty, corporate support, or working with children, you'll be able to find your ideal new job at GLL.





Passionate about seeing our communities thrive, we invest back into our facilities, projects, and people and are Investors in People Gold Award employer.





However you choose to work with us, you can be sure that you will be a valued member of our team, working with great colleagues, and making a real difference to people's lives.





We are an inclusive employer. We seek and welcome diversity in our teams.





All pay rates are subject to skills, experience, qualifications, and location.