Vacancy Reference
JOB002185
Job Title
Cleaner
Job Start Date
4 November 2024
Salary Range
£22,366 to £22,737 pro rata hourly rate: £11.75 actual salary: £6726Subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Hours Per Week
12.5
Working Pattern
Term time only
School Address
Featherstone Primary School
Glenville Drive
Birmingham
B23 6PR
Telephone number: 0121 675 9740
Contact Email
vacancies@feathstn.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
2 October 2024, 4:00pm
Job Information

We are looking to appoint a cleaner to join our dedicated site team who are responsible for maintaining a clean, healthy and safe environment for our children, staff and visitors. Previous experience of working as a cleaner in a school or education setting would be desirable but not essential as training will be provided.

Duties will include:

  • clean specified areas of the school, which may vary, to the required standard as instructed by the Site Manager or Supervisor
  • working safely using correct warning signs, products and PPE
  • reporting health and safety issues to the Site Manager or Supervisor

We are looking for someone who is:

  • reliable, punctual and with good attendance
  • a team player with a flexible and positive approach
  • able to observe safe working practices in carrying out the required duties
  • able to carry out mandatory online Safeguarding and Health & Safety training

We can offer the successful candidate:

  • a welcoming, supportive, friendly working environment
  • excellent holiday entitlement
  • generous employer pension scheme.

You provide a Supporting Statement in section 12 of your application form. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification.

Please note Curriculum Vitae’s (CV’s) will not be accepted.

How to Apply

An application pack is available on the school website.

Completed applications should be emailed to: vacancies@feathstn.bham.sch.uk

Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Terms and Conditions
BCC is a Living Wage employer.
Rehabilitation of Offenders
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.