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Senior Cleaner

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Merchiston
08/09/2025


Senior Cleaner


The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.


Job details

Salary

26,093 - 31,236 per annum depending on experience

Contractual hours

35

Basis

Full Time

Region

Property and Facilities

Package

Excellent Benefits Package

Job category/type

Professional Services

Date posted

25/08/2025

Job reference

0000021970

Job description


Grade: 3

Location: Merchiston, Edinburgh

Reports to: Cleaning Team Leader

About the role

As a Senior Cleaner at Edinburgh Napier University, you'll play a key role in keeping our campuses safe, clean, and welcoming for everyone--students, staff, and visitors alike. You'll work closely with the Cleaning Team Leader to make sure our facilities are maintained to a consistently high standard, with a strong focus on quality service and a positive campus experience.

While this role doesn't come with formal management duties, you'll take the lead during shifts by assigning tasks to Cleaning Assistants, keeping things running smoothly, and stepping in to resolve any issues that come up.

Our Excellent Benefits Package

At ENU, we offer a great working environment where we support ambition, recognise achievement, and offer other excellent benefits including:

Minimum of 41 days annual leave (including 10 fixed holidays) A generous pension scheme (employer contribution of 17.6% 35 hour work week Nationally agreed pay increases each year Various learning and development opportunities Discounted access to onsite and local gym facilities and a wide range of other staff discounts
For more information on our wide range of benefits,

Responsibilities will include

Keep working areas to a consistently high cleaning standard and maintain a safe, hygienic environment. Deliver cleaning and welfare services within agreed SLAs, with a focus on student experience, staff welfare, cost and timelines. Be a visible, positive presence for customers and ensure team members provide a consistent, values-led service. Carry out routine inspections of service delivery and take appropriate remedial action. Manage the issue, reconciliation and safe keeping of stock and keys. Provide the admin support needed to help deliver cleaning and welfare services across campus, including monitoring time-keeping, performance and absence in line with HR policies. Provide on-the-job training to ensure safe working practices (e.g. H&S, COSHH) and keep appropriate training and risk-assessment records. Report campus issues promptly to the Helpdesk and Cleaning Team Leader; undertake any other duties as requested.

The ideal candidate will have the following experience

ILM Level 2 (or equivalent). IOSH Managing Safely; COSHH training; Risk Assessment training. Demonstrable experience supervising a high-performing cleaning team and achieving optimum performance levels in Cleaning & Welfare Services. Experience supervising staff using HR policies and procedures. Knowledge of statutory and regulatory obligations for cleaning. Strong oral and written communication skills; a commitment to customer service and motivating teams to deliver consistently high standards.

Additional Information

Closing Date: 8th September

Hours of work: 12:30pm - 8:00pm Monday to Friday (35 hours)

Edinburgh Napier is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status.

The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role on the Skilled Worker visa route. International applicants will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK


Senior Cleaner