Cleaning Operative - Blackhall Library

Cleaning Operative - Blackhall Library

Salary: £26,205 - £26,525.

Hours:

10 per week. Monday–Friday, 8:00 am–10:00 am.

Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Perform emergency and re‑active cleaning as required, e.g., removal of graffiti, body fluid spillages, accidental spillages.
• Care for and maintain equipment used for cleaning duties.
• Carry out additional tasks as reasonably required, including supporting cleaning tasks across other buildings.
• Deliver to the cleaning specification requirements and cooperate with performance measurement so that the overall agreed standards are met.

Additional duties:

• Act as key holder, including operating security alarm systems, closing accessible windows and doors, switching off lights, and ensuring premises are safe and secure when closing.

Benefits & Working Conditions

• Trusted employer.
• Permanent positions with security.
• Flexible hours 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 – look after essential buildings used by your family, friends, and neighbours.

This post is regulated work with children and/or protected adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007. Candidates will need to join or update PVG Scheme and, if they have spent a continuous period of 3 months or more abroad in the last 5 years, provide an Overseas Criminal Record Check.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone feels valued. 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 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.

Interview may assess how you apply our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity, and Flexibility in your work.

We welcome flexible working discussions.