Role: Relief Cleaner
Salary: Grade B £13.05 an hour
Location: Springwood Leisure Centre
Hours: Relief hours (Monday – Friday 0600-0930 & 1600-1930) (Saturday/Sunday 0730-1030)
Contract Type: Relief
Derby Active is delighted to announce an exciting opportunity for a Relief Cleaner to join our dedicated team at Springwood Leisure Centre, located in the heart of Oakwood.
Springwood Leisure Centre offers a wide range of sports and fitness activities for the local community. We pride ourselves on providing a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for everyone who visits our facility.
As a Relief Cleaner, you will play a key role in ensuring that all areas of the centre are kept to a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene, contributing to a positive experience for our users.
Hours of work that may require covering are –
Monday to Friday: 06:00–09:30 & 16:00–19:30
Saturday & Sunday: 07:30–10:30
Key Responsibilities:
Maintain cleanliness throughout the leisure centre, including changing rooms, gym areas, and communal spaces
Ensure all cleaning tasks are completed in accordance with health and safety guidelines
Report any maintenance issues or hazards promptly
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
The Opportunity
In the role of Cleaner , here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
Delivering a high standard of cleanliness in line with customer expectations.
Creating and maintaining a harmonious team working environment.
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have…
Excellent customer care skills, to be able to put customers first.
Ability to work as part of a team, treating everyone with courtesy and respect.
Have the ability to; Prioritise workloads for yourself , Work in pressured situations , Identify and undertake additional areas of work.
Enthusiastic about learning and managing own personal development.
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
Interviews will be held at Springwood Leisure Centre in May 2026.
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send it to [email protected]. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
