Cleaner
The Garibaldi School, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG19 0JX14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
28 August 2025
Closing date
2 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 20 hours per week, 3pm - 7pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,557.00 - £24,027.00 (Pro Rata)
Actual salary
- £12733 actual
What skills and experience we're looking for
Relevant qualifications
Experience of working in schools as a cleaner is desired
Key responsibilities
Carry out cleaning tasks to a high standard to ensure all areas of the school are maintained to a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness.
Adhere to the School’s waste management plan, ensuring the safe disposal of waste in designated collection points.
Operate cleaning machinery such as vacuum cleaners, scrubbing machines, and wet pick-up machines in line with safety guidelines.
Clean and maintain surfaces, furniture, and fittings to a high standard.
Clean internal glass, windows, and other reflective surfaces as required.
Respond to emergency cleaning situations such as spillages, flooding, or accidents in a timely and effective manner.
Maintain cleanliness of exterior hard surfaces including paths, playgrounds, and artificial/turfed areas, and ensure outdoor bins are emptied.
Comply with health and safety regulations, taking reasonable care for your own safety and that of others, and reporting hazards or concerns promptly.
Be vigilant and proactive in safeguarding the welfare of students, reporting any concerns to the designated safeguarding lead or senior staff member.
Attend required safeguarding and health and safety training sessions to remain up to date with policies and procedures.
Carry out any other reasonable cleaning or site-related duties as directed, in keeping with the scope and grading of the role.
General
Working hours are currently 3pm – 7pm, weekdays in term time, plus 5 days during the school holidays for deep cleaning and ad hoc tasks.
Undertaking any other duties that may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties. Any changes of a permanent nature shall be incorporated into the job description in specific terms
To promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people for whom you are responsible and with whom you come into contact with during the course of your duties and responsibilities. Your conduct must at all times be in accordance with the school’s policies and procedures.
To attend safeguarding training as required by the school and maintain your knowledge and understanding of your responsibility for safeguarding children in this school.
To take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and other persons who may be affected by their activities and where appropriate, safeguarding the health and safety of persons under their contract and guidance in accordance with the provision of Health and Safety legislation.
What the school offers its staff
We’re proud to offer an exciting, dynamic and collegiate place to work. Our colleagues are dedicated to having an impact and they make a lasting difference to the lives of our children and young people.
We nurture a culture within our trust where everyone feels respected, valued, safe, trusted and ultimately have a sense they belong.
We feel, it’s that sense which enables people to be their best selves, to grow and succeed as highly competent professionals and add transformational value.
We put well-being and engagement front and centre:
- You’ll have access to regular check-ins with your line leader, to discuss how things are going and to talk about what’s important to you.
- You’ll have opportunities to directly influence trust plans for well-being and engagement. We develop leaders who:
- Actively listen, communicate clearly, invest time in coaching and nurturing talent, and recognise your contributions.
- Cultivate supportive and inclusive teams who are open and committed to learning from each other, sharing different ideas and practices. We will encourage and support you to develop and grow:
- Ensuring you have access to focused growth conversations so you can develop both personally and professionally.
- Facilitating trust wide professional networks and communities where you can draw on expertise and collaborate with like-minded and diverse talented colleagues.
- Providing opportunities to network with colleagues outside of the trust as part of our commitment to civic collaboration. Providing access to range of fantastic benefits through ‘Nova Perks’, including:
- Bike scheme
- Technology scheme
- Motorsave
- Lifestyle benefits
- Instant discounts
- Savings club
- Workplace ISAs
- Financial planning
- Financial education resource module
- Peer-to-peer
- Lift-share
- Car salary sacrifice
- Health cash plan
- Gym scheme
- Healthy living resource module
Nova Perk Day
In addition to our standard leave provision, we offer all colleagues the opportunity to take one paid ‘Nova Perk Day’ per academic year. This can be taken during term time for any chosen reason. This is in support of our continued commitment to colleagues to achieve a healthy work-life balance.
Sick pay
All colleagues are entitled to a generous sick pay entitlement depending on their continuous service.
Pension
All colleagues are auto-enrolled into the relevant pension scheme. LGPS for support staff and Teachers Pension for teaching staff.
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 The Garibaldi School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 970 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Garibaldi School website
- Email address
- gevans@garibaldischool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01623464220
Founded in the 1960s, we have gone from strength-to-strength, innovating education over the years for 11–18-year-olds. With our built-to-last mantra, we strive to offer an engaging educational experience. What we do and how we do it is underpinned by our ethos of ‘Pride, Respect and Achieve’.
The well-being and success of our students is at the centre of The Garibaldi School vision. The school is a safe environment where students can feel comfortable, well supported and confident.
We believe that it is our duty to develop the aspirations of our students and we encourage students to set high standards for themselves. As a result, targets are high and we expect high quality teaching and a personalised approach to learning to support our students to achieve.
Our students take pride in themselves and in being a part of The Garibaldi School. We help students develop teamwork and leadership skills. Most importantly our students learn how to respect themselves and others. We are clear in the way that we expect our students to conduct themselves with all members of our community. Therefore, by the time our students leave, they have gained the skills, qualities and qualifications needed for a successful future.
Arranging a visit to The Garibaldi School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gevans@garibaldischool.co.uk.
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