Role Domestic Cleaner
Salary: Grade: B £25,185 pro rata per year (Actual Salary £10,891 per year)
Location: The Council House
Hours: 16 hours per week
Closing Date: 12th July 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Working pattern: Monday to Friday 4.45 – 7.57pm
As a Cleaner you will be responsible for supporting our service delivery, ensuring that the Council House is cleaned and maintained to the required standards. This will be achieved by ensuring that all areas within the site are safely, effectively and efficiently dealt with in accordance with work schedules and the training provided. The post holder will be expected to observe safe working practices in carrying out their cleaning duties
This is an extremely important role as it is at the very front end of our service delivery. As such it is necessary that you are able to work individually or as part of a team.
We want our employees to support the Council’s vision to make Derby a safe, strong and ambitious city – and a better place to live, work and visit - the successful candidate will need to be confident and competent and work to a quality standard.
Benefits of working for Derby City Council include training opportunities, paid annual leave and the chance of career progression.
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:
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- 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
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.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 12th July 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
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 form 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/
