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School Cleaner/Janitor

Arden, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 0PT

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• Start date details

  as soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 May 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 April 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 39 weeks per year, term time Hours of work: 25 hours per week, 9.30am - 3pm (a degree of flexibility can be offered)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £11.59 per hour, plus holiday pay

What skills and experience we're looking for

We currently have an opportunity for a cleaner to join the school team at our large secondary school in Knowle, Solihull. The ideal candidate will take pride in the high standards of presentation at our school. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who would like a role that fits in with the school day and is a term-time only role.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring all communal toilet and cloakroom areas around the school are checked, cleaned and maintained regularly throughout the school day. Duties would include performing cleaning duties such as refilling hand sanitiser, paper towels, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, emptying bins, cleaning toilets.

Additionally, the role will involve replenishment and maintenance of stocks for First Aid boxes across the school site. The candidate will also assist the Site Team and outside contractors with cleaning of other areas of the school as required, including removal of litter from around the site.

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you:

• West Midlands Local Government Pension
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free on-site parking
• A collaborative and supportive attitude amongst staff which promotes a sense of teamwork and unity

Children of staff who are permanently employed at Arden Academy are eligible for a ‘staff’ priority for Arden main school and Sixth Form admissions (please see Admissions on our school website for full details and eligibility criteria).

Further details, including application forms, are available to download from our school website http://www.arden.solihull.sch.uk/vacancies/. Application forms should be completed in full and sent by post to Arden Academy, Station Road, Knowle, Solihull, B93 0PT or by email to office@arden.solihull.sch.uk. CVs cannot be accepted as part of our Safer Recruitment guidelines.

Commitment to safeguarding

Arden Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, will be subject to a social media online search.

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About Arden

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1805 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Arden website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: office@arden.solihull.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01564 773348
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/arden (opens in new tab)

Arden is a truly exceptional school at the heart of the community and the peak of academic excellence. Situated just minutes off Junction 5 of the M42 and only 3 miles from the town of Solihull, visitors are astounded by our confident and articulate students. Our recent Ofsted report spoke about the culture of ‘exceptionally high aspirations that permeate the school’ and ‘the positive relationships between staff and pupils’ where ‘teachers teach individuals, not classes’. As an innovative school always striving for better there is a constant drive to achieve maximum personal and academic potential and as part of a Multi Academy Trust there is the opportunity for exceptional training and the sharing of knowledge and ideas.

Arranging a visit to Arden

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@arden.solihull.sch.uk.

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