Cleaner

About The Role: Main Purpose: To maintain the school premises to a high standard of cleanliness; required to clean all rooms, including classrooms, offices, toilets, cloakrooms, staircases, and all other areas in use.

The position is a term time post. You will be required to participate in the annual deep clean of the school for 2 weeks during the summer holidays.

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday - 18:00 - 22:00

Key Responsibilities:

• To be responsible for cleaning areas of the school site as allocated by the cleaning supervisor.
• To use cleaning materials as instructed by the cleaning supervisor.
• To operate cleaning machinery in cleaning soft and hard surfaces, e.g. vacuum cleaners and polishers.
• To maintain confidentiality in respect of school-related matters and to prevent disclosure of confidential and sensitive information.
• Vacuum cleaning hard and soft floors.
• Spot cleaning of spillages.
• Wiping furniture, ledges, pipes, paintwork, doors and polishing door glass and windows.
• Emptying and cleaning waste and recycling bins.
• Cleaning toilets including sanitary fittings and surrounds.
• Mopping and spray cleaning hard floor surfaces.
• Wiping and polishing and straightening furniture.
• Replenishing supplies in toilets and classrooms, etc.
• Checking and closing windows, switching off lights after work, locking doors when rooms are completed.
• Reporting of misuse or vandalism.
• During holiday periods when the school is closed, or annual deep cleans routine cleaning is undertaken throughout the school. This may include, removing chewing gum from floors, under desks, etc., high level dusting, wall washing, and moving furniture to deep clean classrooms, etc.
• Undertake any additional cleaning duties as directed, by the Cleaning Supervisor or Soft Services Manager.
• All defects/hazards must be immediately reported to the Cleaning Supervisor.
• To ensure that all Health & Safety procedures are followed, in accordance with company policies

Skills & Knowledge:

• A track record of delivering a similar role but not necessary as training given .

About The Company: OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering.

Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment. Why Work for OCS? ✅ Award-Winning Employer : Ranked 36th on Glassdoor’s Best Companies to Work For 2025 — we value and motivate our people.

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We are an equal opportunities employer and rely on a diverse workforce with a broad range of knowledge, skills, and backgrounds to deliver our goals. We offer an inclusive and welcoming environment and actively encourage applications from all individuals regardless of race, gender, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age.