Role: Arts & Heritage Cleaner
Contract: Part Time 10 hours per week
Salary: £25,185 - £25,583 pro rata, actual salary £6,948 - £7,057
Closing Date: 5 September 2026
Do you enjoy working in unique and inspiring places rather than everyday buildings? Join us in caring for some of our borough’s most cherished historic sites and help keep them looking their best for visitors to enjoy.
What you’ll be getting up to
You’ll play a key role in maintaining the cleanliness and presentation of Astley Hall and Worden Hall.
Your responsibilities will include: Cleaning and caring for heritage buildings to high standards Ensuring internal areas remain tidy, welcoming, and ready for public use Working to agreed schedules and frequencies to support events and daily operations
Who we’re looking for
Someone with previous cleaning experience A strong communicator Someone with a positive approach to teamwork Someone with the ability to plan, organise, and prioritise your workload
Other requirements
- This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility.
Our Benefits
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown) pro rata
- Local Government pension
- Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
- Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
- Volunteering days
- Free parking
Many of our colleagues work flexibly for us. We’re always open to conversations around different working arrangements. If you’re interested in part-time, compressed hours or any other working arrangement, please get in touch with us through the “Contact Us” form on our careers website.
Chorley Council is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At Chorley Council, we’re always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit.
Working Together
We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.
Additional information
Applicants are advised to apply early. We reserve the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date.
Equal Opportunities
We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to the elimination of unfair and unlawful discrimination and prejudice in all our policies, procedures, and practices.
We’re committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes making adjustments for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process, please contact us via the "Contact Us" page on our website.
If you are disabled or your last employer was the armed forces, and you meet all the essential criteria of a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
