Directorate: Place
Salary: Grade B £25,185 a year pro-rata - Actual Starting salary £4,084 a year
Hours: 6 hours a week
Contract Type: Fixed Term for 1 year maximum
Location: Springwood Leisure Centre
Located in the heart of Oakwood, our Leisure Centre is a vibrant community hub offering a wide range of fitness and recreational facilities. We're currently looking for friendly, reliable, and proactive individuals to join our team as Casual Cleaners to help us maintain a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for our members and visitors.
The Opportunity
In the role of Cleaner , here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
Key Responsibilities:
Carrying out daily cleaning duties across the centre, including gym areas, changing rooms, toilets, reception, and communal spaces
Ensuring all areas are cleaned to a high standard, following health and safety and hygiene protocols
Restocking supplies and reporting any maintenance issues
Providing excellent customer service when interacting with staff and visitors
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have...
Previous cleaning experience is an advantage, but full training will be provided
A strong work ethic with attention to detail
Flexible and able to work early mornings, evenings, weekends, or at short notice
Friendly, approachable, and a team player
Committed to keeping the centre safe, hygienic, and welcoming for all users
Next Steps
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 30th June 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: Springwood Leisure Centre, Springwood Drive, Oakwood, Derby DE21 2RQ
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.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
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/
