Cleaning Operative - Portobello High School

Cleaning Operative – Portobello High School

Salary: £26,205 - £26,525 (pro‑rata for part‑time and sessional)

Hours:

15 per week, 40 weeks sessional

Monday – Friday: 4pm to 7pm

As a cleaner with the City of Edinburgh Council, you will be a key member of our Facilities Management team, delivering a vital cleaning service across our estate to ensure our properties are safe and clean places to work or learn.

Excellent conditions, above‑market rates, and flexible employment to balance family, caring or studies.

• Trusted employer
• Security offered by permanent positions
• Flexible hours to suit (morning, evening or daytime) from 10 to 36 hours
• Sessional hours (school term only) available on some posts
• Paid annual leave (where applicable)
• Excellent pension scheme
• Opportunities to progress to supervisory level
• Employee benefits and colleague discount scheme
• Community connection – supporting essential buildings used by the community

• Empty litter and recycling bins.
• Clean all surfaces, internal glass, floors, furniture, fixtures and fittings within a group of buildings.
• Clean all sanitary areas, toilets and showers and replenish washroom consumables.
• Provide emergency and reactive cleaning as required, e.g. removal of graffiti, body fluid spillages, accidental spillages.
• Care for and maintain cleanliness of equipment used in carrying out duties.
• Support cleaning tasks across other buildings where required.
• Deliver to the cleaning specification requirements and cooperate with performance measurement to meet agreed standards.

Keyholding responsibilities include operating the security alarm system when opening a building, closing accessible windows and doors, switching off lights and ensuring premises are left safe and secure when closing.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Candidates must join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check. Candidates who have spent a continuous period of 3 months or more abroad in the last 5 years must provide an Overseas Criminal Record Check. An unconditional offer of employment and commencement will be contingent on satisfactory pre‑employment checks.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued and can be their best. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care‑experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels of the organisation, all of whom are currently underrepresented. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience.

Disabled and care‑experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.