Cleaning Operative – Trinity Primary

Job Description

Cleaning Operative – Trinity Primary School

Salary: £26,205 – £26,525 (pro-rata for part time and sessional). Hours: 12.5 per week, 40 weeks sessional. Monday-Friday: 3.30 – 6 pm.

As a cleaner with the City of Edinburgh Council, you will be a key member of our Facilities Management team, delivering vital cleaning services across our estate to ensure our properties are safe and clean places to work or learn. You will enjoy secure and flexible employment with above market rates and excellent conditions, while balancing family, caring or studying commitments.

Responsibilities

• Empty litter and recycling bins.
• Clean all surfaces, internal glass, floors, furniture, fixtures and fittings within a group of buildings.
• Clean all sanitary areas, toilets and showers, and replenish washroom consumables.
• Perform emergency and reactive cleaning as required, e.g. removal of graffiti, body fluid spillages and accidental spillages.
• Care for and maintain cleanliness of all equipment used.
• Carry out other tasks reasonably required that relate to the role, including supporting cleaning across other buildings where needed.
• Deliver to the cleaning specification requirements and cooperate with performance measurement so agreed standards are met.
• Act as a key holder, operating security alarms, closing windows and doors, switching off lights, and ensuring premises are left safe and secure when closing.

Benefits

• Trusted employer.
• Security offered by permanent positions.
• Flexible hours to suit (morning, evening or daytime) from 10 to 36 hours.
• Sessional hours (school term only) available on some posts.
• Paid annual leave (where applicable).
• Excellent pension scheme.
• Opportunities to progress to supervisory level.
• Employee benefits and colleague discount scheme.
• Community connection – looking after your community’s essential buildings used by family, friends and neighbours.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. The preferred candidate will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Where an individual has spent a continuous period of 3 months or more abroad in the last 5 years, an Overseas Criminal Record Check will be required and must be provided. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement in the post will be subject to the outcome of both these pre employment checks being deemed satisfactory.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and able to be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, as well as people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently under represented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

As part of our goal to improve organisational culture and create a great place to work, we seek not only skills and experience but also your approach to work. Part of the interview process will be an assessment of how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

Happy to talk flexible working.

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.