To provide an efficient cleaning service to the College that meets the ongoing requirements of the organisation. To diligently undertake, individually or as part of a team, the cleaning of premises to the specified standards and room specifications in order to deliver a clean and hygienic working and learning environment.
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To provide excellent customer service to staff, learners and visitors
- To create a robust cleaning regime to maintain high cleaning standards in your designated area
- Foster a positive and efficient working environment by promoting teamwork, communication, and mutual respect among the cleaning team
- Perform your cleaning duties in a professional and efficient manner in order to deliver the expected standards of cleaning within the allocated time frame on a regular and consistent basis
- Support your team members to meet the cleaning specification and standards expected of the service, in particular when covering absence to help create a strong team ethic
- Use cleaning resources, consumables and equipment with due care and attention, with emphasis on efficient and effective use
- Maintain designated storage and refuse areas in a tidy, clean and well organised conditions e.g. cleaners cupboards, recycling bays etc
- Undertake visual inspections of machinery and equipment prior to use on a daily basis
- Familiarise yourself with all risk assessments relevant to the post and safe operating/usage instructions for equipment, machinery and chemicals and adhere to the risk assessment procedure of the organisation
- Comply with regulations and policies in relation to health and safety, the safe operation and use of cleaning equipment and the safe use of cleaning chemicals in accordance with COSHH regulations and manufacturer's instructions
- Report hazards and defects to your supervisor in line with college guidance
- Promote the college’s sustainability policy
- Ensure continuous development and improvement of professional knowledge
- Any other duties, of a similar level of responsibility, as may be required
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
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Good standard of Education
Desirable Criteria
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NVQ Level 2 Cleaning and Support Services Skills
How Identified: Application
Experience
Essential Criteria
- Occupational competence.
- 1 years’ experience in a cleaning or similar role.
- Knowledge of cleaning processes and Materials.
- Ability to clean to a high standard.
- Familiarity with use of toxic materials
How Identified: Application/Interview
IT Skills
Essential Criteria
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Basic Microsoft office skills
How Identified: Application/Interview
STAFF BENEFITS
- Career average pension scheme
- Free gym membership at our Middleton Campus Sports Arena
- Purchase loans for computers and bikes
- Staff discount at the College’s Riverside Salon, Sports Arena and Holiday Clubs
- On-site nursery (Rochdale Campus)
- Credit union for savings, low cost loans and life assurance
- Free on-site parking
- On-site Dog Kennels (spaces not guaranteed)
- An electric and hybrid car salary sacrifice scheme (with charging points on site)
- A cycle to work scheme
- Discounted public transport tickets
- Generous holiday entitlement (Teaching staff: 53 days, Business Support staff: 35 days (From 1st August 2026) plus bank holidays
- Christmas/New Year closure and the opportunity to buy additional holidays
- Two Health and Wellbeing days per year
- Subsidised bistro and refectory
We are a Further Education College and University Centre offering a range of full and part time courses employing over 600 staff on our campuses in Rochdale and Middleton situated to the north-east of Manchester.
We are committed to being a great place to work and have membership status of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter. We are a Living Wage employer and an accredited Disability Confident Employer. Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion statement is designed to ensure that unfair discrimination does not take place in any part of our recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and colleagues and we expect all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. The college complies with Safer Recruitment guidance in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and all successful applicants are required to undertake a DBS check and other pre-recruitment checks in line with our Safer Recruitment policy. It is an offence to apply for a regulated role at the College if you are barred from working with children (or vulnerable adults if in a role where this applies).
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and exemption orders 1975, 2013 and 2020.
