Cleaner (4am-7am)
Southend High School for Boys, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 0RG7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
17 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £9,042.00 Annually (Actual)
Cleaner (4am-7am) job summary
We are looking for a number of early morning Cleaners to join us in September 2026. Please note these positions are on a 1 year fixed term contract as part of an ongoing review of school cleaning processes.
About The Role:
- Clean allocated sections of the school as advised and as per the Checklist of tasks
- Work alongside a team to ensure whole-school cleanliness
- Participate in the school holiday deep clean process
About You:
- Experienced in a range of cleaning duties, preferably in a large-scale or commercial environment
- Ability to learns and follow procedures
- Willing to take responsibility for standard of work carried out
- Able to maintain confidentiality on all school matters
- Able to work independently and within a team
Benefits:
- Auto-enrolment into a contributory pension scheme (LGPS for support staff, employer contribution 22%)
- Free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme
- CPD through internal and external providers (including a subscription to National College)
- Employee Support Programme offering retail discounts and vouchers, a 24/7 confidential advice line, and counselling.
- Specsavers Eye care vouchers
- Free use of the sports facilities
Key terms:
Hours: 15 hours per week. 04.00 - 07.00am Monday - Friday.
Term time (39 weeks) plus 10 days to be worked across school holidays for deep cleaning
Duration: 12 month Fixed term contract
Location: Based on site within the school
Remuneration: The Essex Schools’ Local Government Scale 1, Point 3 which is £24,796 FTE gross per annum. The actual salary is £9,042 gross per annum which includes an element of holiday pay.
To Apply:
Please apply via the school’s mynewterm recruitment page (https://mynewterm.com/jobs/136443/EDV-2026-SHSB-92088); for safeguarding reasons we cannot accept CV's or Indeed applications. If you require an application form in an alternative or printed format please contact the school
Applications Deadline: 17th July 2026
Start date: 1st September 2026
Interviews: w/c 20th July 2026
The need to appoint quickly means we reserve the right to appoint at any time.
Contact: Applicants who require further information should contact the HR Manager at recuritment@shsb.org.uk or telephone 01702 606 200.
If you feel you might need any adjustments to help support you during the recruitment process please contact us; we want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to evidence themselves at their best.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Southend High School for Boys
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1332 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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Southend High School for Boys (SHSB) is an ‘Outstanding’ school (Ofsted 2015), rated as outstanding against every one of the inspection criteria. It is one of four selective schools within the Borough of Southend. The main school, years 7 to 11, is single sex boys whilst the large sixth form is coeducational. It is situated thirty miles from London on the Thames Estuary and is close to main road and rail links from London, and to Chelmsford and Cambridge. SHSB has ‘an ethos of excellence in both academic achievement and a wide range of activities [that] permeates all aspects of the school’ (Ofsted 2015). At SHSB talent is nurtured, learning is valued, challenge is welcomed, participation is expected and achievement is prized. SHSB is not only a lively and stimulating institution, but also a welcoming community with an open and friendly approach.
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