Cleaning Operative - Building Cleaning Team

Cleaning Operative
- Building Cleaning Team

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Salary £25,949 per year + 5% Shift Allowance = £27,246 Per year

We’re looking for a reliable and responsible Cleaning Operative to join our Building Cleaning Team. This is an exciting time to join us as we continue to deliver high standards of cleanliness and hygiene across our buildings. If you take pride in your work and have an eye for detail, we’d love to hear from you.

This will be a mobile cleaning role, you will be visiting a number of sites around Reading between your working hours. Free parking for your personal car will be provided at Reading Borough Council Civic Offices – this is where you will collect the work van and crew. A driving licence for this role is essential – please indicate in your Supporting Statement that you have a UK driving licence.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

About the role:

Working pattern
- Monday to Friday 6.00am – 2.00pm, weekend work available

To maintain a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene within Reading Borough Council properties in accordance with service and/or client specifications, to ensure and provide a clean, safe and hygienic environment, to help ensure an effective and efficient operation of cleaning services.

Duties include:

• To provide the highest level of cleaning service as instructed by Cleaning Operative Supervisor in line with the service and/or client specifications and maintain the standards.
• To provide a range of general cleaning services to a wide range of facilities, including toilets, offices, meeting rooms and housing stocks etc by washing, mopping, dusting, polishing, vacuum cleaning and sweeping, as appropriate.
• To follow all relevant Health & Safety rules and guidelines, e.g. wearing protective clothing in accordance with COSHH.
• To report maintenance issues promptly to Cleaning Operative Supervisor.
• To maintain an adequate stock of consumables in washrooms and breakout areas.
• To participate in staff meetings.
• To participate in training activities essential and appropriate to the role.
• Any other duties appropriate to the post as required.

About you:

• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise work schedules.
• Be flexible to support other functions.
• Be organised and to demonstrate ownership of issues and follow through.
• Ability to form positive relationships with colleagues.
• Ability to work as part of a team and to promote harmonious working relationships by recognising that everyone has a contribution to make.
• Ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English

You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.

Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:

Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do.

Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential.

Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way.

Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed.

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