Cleaner in Charge

Cleaner in Charge

Required from September

Part time – 12.5 hours

All year round

Permanent

Salary grade B point 3-4 (FTE £24,027-£24,404 per annum)

£8,117.23 actual salary per annum

Parkdale Primary is looking for a motivated, energetic and organised individual to be responsible for leading and managing the cleaning team to perform a variety of regular and one-off cleaning tasks and duties as directed.

We are a large, happy, multi-cultural school on the outskirts of the City of Nottingham, just (by a few hundred metres) into the County of Nottinghamshire. We are part of the Transform Trust, a multi-academy trust based in the East Midlands.

We pride ourselves on our caring, nurturing approach and going the ‘extra-mile’ to help children and their families. We are a community school, with several of the staff living in the neighbourhood and some even having attended here as pupils!

Main Responsibilities are:

• To carry out day to day supervision of cleaning staff to include completion of timesheets and ordering requisitions as required
• Oversee the monitoring, distributing and sorting of cleaning stores, equipment and as the post requires To be responsible for monitoring all aspects of Health and Safety in relation to cleaning staff
• To train cleaning staff in all aspects of cleaning duties
• To undertake the cleaning of the school buildings using the necessary chemicals and equipment
• To carry out a range of cleaning duties, including sweeping, vacuum cleaning, floor polishing, dusting, mopping, maintaining sanitary items, etc.
• To comply with statutory legislation, school procedures and safe working practices
• To report faults and hazards to their Supervisor, as soon as possible
• To assist members of the school cleaning staff with other duties, as required
• To be a key holder ensuring school is opened up and secured at the end of the day where required

You will:

• have a basic understanding of different cleaning methods and equipment
• be able to be trained to carry out a range of cleaning duties, including using different equipment and materials safely
• have a basic awareness of Health and Safety
• be able to work as part of a team
• be able to work on own initiative and to ask for help when required
• Have experience or the ability to manage people
• Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, able to build on and maintain strong relationships with staff, parents and carers, children, governors and the local and wider community
• Be punctual and reliable

In return we offer:

• A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards
• a happy working environment with friendly and well-behaved children
• Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives
• Calm and purposeful environments
• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community
• Suitable training, including First Aid, where required
• Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange an appointment. They return from the summer holidays on the 1st of September.

How to apply

Equality and diversity matters to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://transformtrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies. Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

Any questions or queries should be directed to Katherine Howe at Parkdale Primary School, Parkdale Road, Nottingham, NG4 1BX

Email: [email protected] Telephone: 0115 9110066.

Returns from the summer holidays on the 1st of September.

Closing date for applications : 2nd September 2025 12:00

Interviews will be held on: w/c 8th September 2025

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 9300 children in 26 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering our member schools to drive their improvement journey whilst maintaining their own individual identity and community focus.

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children.

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.

Parkdale Primary School