Small People
Salary: £12.71 per hour
Hours: Perm | 15 hours per week | Monday – Friday
Location: Nottingham
Small People Nursery is looking for a reliable and detail-focused Housekeeper to support our busy childcare team in maintaining a safe, clean and welcoming environment for our children.
This role is ideal for someone who takes pride in high standards of cleanliness and enjoys working as part of a supportive nursery team. You will be responsible for ensuring that all nursery areas are cleaned and maintained to an exceptionally high standard, helping create a safe and hygienic space where children can learn and play.
This position involves evening working and key holder responsibilities.
We are looking for someone who:
Takes pride in maintaining high cleaning standards
Is reliable, organised and able to work independently
Previous cleaning or housekeeping experience is desirable but not essential
Carry out daily cleaning across the nursery including classrooms, bathrooms, corridors and staff areas
Maintain high standards of cleanliness in line with nursery hygiene procedures
Clean toilets, sinks and changing areas and dispose of waste appropriately
Replenish cleaning supplies and report low stock to management
Follow health and safety procedures, including the safe use of cleaning products
Ensure the nursery is safe, hygienic and prepared for the following day
Lock and secure the premises as part of key holder responsibilities
Why Join Us?
At Family First, we value our team members and offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Annual leave: 24 days’ holiday, plus bank holidays and an extra paid day off for your birthday
Childcare discount: 75% off nursery fees for team members
Wellbeing support: Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme helpline
Learning and development: Tailored training and development opportunities to support your career growth
Pension: Company pension scheme
Employee discounts: Access to Perkaboo employee discounts
Mentoring: Employee mentoring programme
Health and wellbeing: Dedicated health and wellbeing support
Refer a Friend scheme: Earn up to £750 through our referral programme
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Safeguarding Duty.
Small People is part of the Family First Group where we take great care to treat everyone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice for all children and families according to their individual needs. Discrimination on the grounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin, or political belief has no place within the Family First Group.
