Cleaner Stechford, England
Job description
Role: Cleaner – Stechford Police Station
Type: Police Staff - Grade 1
Salary: £21,031 - £21,432 (pro-rata for part-time roles)
Closing Date: Friday 8th September 2023
The Role
Facilities Management currently have cleaning/porter vacancy within our Corporate Asset Management Department.
The successful applicant will be required to work at Stechford Police Station. There may also be some travelling between sites and partner buildings within this areas therefore the use of your own vehicle would be advantageous although not essential.
There are 2 vacancies available:
- Working hours range between 7.00am – 11.00pm Mon-Fri 20 hours per week
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Working hours range between 7.00am – 12.00pm Mon-Fri 25 hours per week
The department consists of 3 key business areas: Estates, Fleet and Facilities Management, that provide a wide range of enabling support services including acquisitions and disposals, maintenance and servicing of police buildings and vehicles.
The successful applicant/s will be responsible for carrying out general cleaning duties within areas of an operational police station or partner building, that consist of offices, washrooms and welfare areas, custody suites and forensic areas.
Full training will be given which complies with the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) standards.
Duties include:
- Damp dusting furniture, fixtures and furnishings, suction cleaning and wet mopping floors and stairwells, washing walls and other vertical surfaces and tiled areas up to a height of 3.53m (11ft) using high level cleaning equipment.
- Cleaning kitchens and welfare areas including cleaning and defrosting refrigerators, cleaning inside units and cupboards.
- Maintaining cleaning equipment and to report any faulty equipment or materials.
- Report any maintenance defects that are noted in the building.
- Undertake learning and carry out any other duties commensurate with the purpose and grading of the post.
Person Specification
Applicants are subject to our security vetting process.
You will:
- Have experience of working within a similar role, and ideally across multiple sites.
- Have excellent communication skills and be able to understand both written and verbal instruction.
- Be able to undertake work that involves manual handling.
- Undertake learning and development in order to demonstrate competency in performing all duties within role, such as safe use of cleaning equipment and machinery, manual handling and lifting equipment.
- Be able to commute to alternative areas of work within the police estate as required.
- Must demonstrate the ability to work on own initiative and possess good interpersonal skills
Vetting:
Successful applicants will be required to pass recruitment vetting and security clearance scrutiny prior to starting their role. This includes a full background & financial disclosure.
Hours:
07:00 – 11:00 - 20hrs per week OR 07:00 - 12:00 - 25hrs per week.
Interviews
To be confirmed.
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About Us
West Midlands Police is England’s second largest police force. Together we serve the 2.9 million people who call the region home - one of the youngest and most diverse populations in Europe.
The shared vision of our 12,500 officers, staff and volunteers is to be recognised as a police service that is big enough to cope with everything that is asked of us, while showing we are small enough to care about the things that really matter to people.
- A service that works for local people
- Engaged communities
- Employer of choice
- Service – we put people first
- Integrity – we always do the right thing
- Compassion – we see the person needing help
- Professionalism – we lead by good example
- Equality, Diversity and Human Rights – we treat everyone fairly
West Midlands Police is a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. We operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All candidates who share with us that they are disabled and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview*.
- There may be times we cannot interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example, seasonal and high-peak times. In these situations, we may limit the number of interviews offered to disabled and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, we will select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.
