Cleaner in Charge
Whitehouse Primary School, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8PE6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
9 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
2 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): This post is part time, 12.5 hours per week Monday - Friday, working 3:15pm-5:45pm. The post is permanent and full year.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 3 £24,027 - £24,404 per annum
Actual salary
- Actual Salary £8,117 - £8,245 per annum with Living Wage Supplement to £12.60
What skills and experience we're looking for
We're seeking a dedicated Cleaner in Charge to join our team and help us maintain a clean and welcoming school environment for everyone at Whitehouse Primary School. You will be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the team, ensuring efficient and effective cleaning practices, and maintaining a high level of cleanliness throughout our facilities.
This is a flexible opportunity, workingpart time, 12.5 hours per week Monday - Friday, working 3:15pm-5:45pm. The post is permanent and full year.
We are looking for a colleague who has:
- NVQ Level 1 qualification in English and Maths.
- Relevant working knowledge of health and safety.
- Experience in a relevant discipline or similar job role.
- Experience inmanaging a team, with the ability to prioritise workload for others.
- Experience of premises is security is desirable, but training will be given as you'll be required to lock up the site each day.
What the school offers its staff
In return we offer:
- Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
- A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
- The benefitof working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
- Membership of the Local Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
- Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
- Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.
Further details about the role
Our school is one of eight primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.
Interested?If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying Job Description and Person Specification and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ nolaterthanmidnight on Wednesday 9th April 2025.
NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Whitehouse Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 161 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Whitehouse Primary School website
- Email address
- g.wood@neatat.org.uk
School location
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