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Cleaner

Moretonhampstead Primary School, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 8NA

This job expired on 1 November 2021

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 November 2021 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 October 2021

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 15 hours per week over 5 days, 41 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £9.43 per hour

Cleaner job summary

The Link Academy Trust is looking to appoint a Cleaner to work alongside our existing cleaning team based at Moretonhampstead Primary School. You will need to be an enthusiastic, self-motivated and hard-working individual who can assist our current cleaner in providing a high quality service for our busy school.

The job will involve working efficiently in order to maintain a high standard of cleanliness within classrooms, school hall, corridors, offices and toilets. This is a permanent position of 15 hours per week, 3 hours per day for 41 weeks per year. The usual hours are 3.30pm – 6.30pm, but some flexibility can be discussed at interview if required.

Main responsibilities:
• To undertake regular cleaning duties in a specified area which may include classrooms, school hall, corridors, WCs and offices
• To undertake additional cleaning in other areas during periods of sickness or planned holiday absence
• To ensure that Health & Safety regulations are complied with
• To undertake cleaning of staff toilets (pans and basins) replenishing stocks of toilet paper/hand towels and soap, and ensuring that they are left in a tidy condition on daily basis
• To ensure that all litter is removed from the building daily and disposed of
• To carry out a more extensive clean during the Easter and Summer holiday periods including washing walls and high level areas, moving and cleaning furniture and blinds, light fittings etc.
• To ensure that all rooms are returned to the correct layout after cleaning
• To report faulty equipment, broken furniture, damage to the fabric of the building or any issue relating to security to the Academy Head
• To lock all doors, close windows and switch off lights in each room after cleaning
• To lock school and set alarm if you are the last member of staff in the building

Ideally, you will:
- Previous experience in a similar role in a school or commercial environment;
- Be able to build good relationships with staff and be a friendly and positive presence in our school;
- Be willing to work as part of a team and have a good sense of humour;
- Be able to use your own initiative when required;
- Be able to work under pressure with tight deadlines

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.

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About Moretonhampstead Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 130 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Moretonhampstead Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: hr@thelink.academy
• Phone number: 01803762113
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moretonhampstead-primary-school (opens in new tab)

Moretonhampstead is a vibrant school with a warm and friendly family atmosphere. We have kind, curious and engaged children and a staff team who are highly dedicated and strive to do the very best for every child. We enjoy positive relationship with parents and the local community. We are fortunate to have a superb modern school building with excellent facilities and spacious grounds and outdoor spaces, nestled in Moretonhampstead within Dartmoor National Park.

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