Contract: Government
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk, UK
Hours of work: 40 (Mon - Fri)
Standard Shift: 8 hours per day, flexible between 7:00am – 10:00pm, 5 over 6 days (including Saturday)
Contract Type: Permanent
We are seeking a reliable and flexible Rapid Response Cleaner to provide mobile cleaning support across an allocated portfolio. You will respond to requests from your Sector Manager and deliver high-quality cleaning services in line with client specifications and SLA requirements.
This is a fast-paced, mobile role requiring adaptability, attention to detail, and excellent customer service.
Job Description
In this role as Rapid Response Cleaner, you will be guaranteed 40 hours per week, covering a large area with a significant amount of driving each day. This role offers flexibility in scheduling to help balance work and personal commitments.
You’ll be equipped with brand-new tools and modern cleaning methods, plus a company van and fuel card for business use, along with a uniform, mobile phone, and PPE to help you work safely and efficiently.
Key Responsibilities
- Cover for cleaners off sick or on holiday, ensuring standard site cleaning.
- Respond to reactive jobs from the help desk, such as spillages or sickness clean-ups, prioritised by urgency.
- Follow weekly planned schedules and adapt tasks as needed for reactive work.
- Deliver and participate in training on Pure Space cleaning methods and equipment.
- Provide site familiarisation for new employees, including cleaning regimes, waste procedures, and airlock protocols.
- Perform all cleaning duties to client specifications and schedules, ensuring 100% compliance.
- Adhere to client security procedures and maintain positive working relationships.
- Keep storerooms tidy, stock consumables, and report shortages.
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
- Cleaning experience is not essential; candidates from care, nurseries, warehouses, or similar backgrounds will be considered.
- Training will be provided, focusing on introducing a new way of working.
- Priority is adaptability and readiness to work rather than established cleaning habits.
- Strong organisational skills, capable of managing multiple sites and schedules.
- Full UK driving licence held for at least 12 months.
The Company
ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.
Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, to help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.
We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference. #ISSGreatPeople #ISSTalent #PeopleMakePlace
ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.
ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.
We are a Disability Confident Committed (Level 2) employer, proudly supporting and promoting inclusive hiring practices in line with the UK government’s Disability Confident scheme.
Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.
If you have any further queries regarding this role, please contact the Resourcing Team by emailing [email protected]
If you are interested in learning about other opportunities at ISS, please join our Talent community by clicking on the following link: TalentPlace
To find out more about what we do - https://www.uk.issworld.com/
Work Location: In person
