Cleaning Operative

The Sheffield College is a further and higher education institution dedicated to providing academic, vocational, and professional qualifications to approximately 13,000 young people and adults annually. Our mission is to transform lives through learning, advocating for inclusivity and diversity at every stage.

About The role 

As a Cleaning Operative, you will play a vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, and hygienic environment across all Sheffield College sites. You will be responsible for ensuring that all cleaning tasks are carried out efficiently to a high standard, following the college’s Health & Safety procedures. Working as part of a team, you will help ensure that all areas are kept clean, presentable, and safe for students, staff, and visitors.

Main Responsibilities:

• Cleaning, washing, sweeping, mopping, dusting, polishing and vacuum cleaning of designated areas to the required standard.
• Emptying litter bins, etc., and removing waste to designated areas and ensuring correct disposal. 
• Cleaning of toilets and washrooms to the required standard where allocated.
• Spray cleaning and scrubbing floors.
• Using powered equipment where necessary (buffers, wet pick-up machines, vacuum cleaners etc).
• Cleaning of working surfaces and other furniture as directed.
• Clearing up after flooding and/or any other emergency cleaning.
• Undertake training, maintaining health and safety in the workplace and ensuring the correct process is followed for reporting faults.
• Undertake any other duties which may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities. 
• Ensuring correct completion of work record sheets.

From time-to-time these responsibilities may be reviewed so that they evolve as part of the college’s strategic growth and success. You may also be required to take on other tasks related to the job to support the College in the delivery of its strategic aims, without changing the role's main purpose.

What we can offer you 

As the successful candidate, you will be offered a salary of £24,724per annum (this will be pro rata'd to reflect the hours worked) based upon a combination of the skills, knowledge and experience that you can bring to the role. 

Our benefits

• Enhanced Pension contributions scheme with NEST - 3 %.
• Annual leave - 30 Days (222 hours) + 8 Bank Holidays (59.2 hours)- this includes a discretionary Christmas closure period.
• Health and wellbeing, we offer.
• Employee assistance programme through Bupa.
• Occupational Health through PAM.
• Free eye tests for VDU users.
• Free Parking is available at the majority of our campuses.