School Cleaner

Knutsford Academy School are seeking to appoint a cleaner to undertake the cleaning of designated areas to a high standard throughout our school.

As part of our valuable site team, you would join our team of cleaners working under the supervision of the Cleaning Supervisor and Premises Compliance Manager. Duties will include cleaning all areas of the school site - experience is welcome but not necessary as training will be provided. 

We would love to have someone join the team who has excellent time keeping skills who can also be flexible to the needs of the Senior Leadership team.

You will be a hardworking individual with a can-do attitude and have an organised approach. You will have a good eye for detail, as you will be reporting damage, faults and repairs to the maintenance team. Above all, we are looking for someone who wants to make a difference to our young people’s lives by presenting our school in the best possible way.

This is a part time position - 3.15hrs per day and 38 weeks per year). Hours by agreement with school - start or end of day.

Actual salary: £8,735 Grade 2 (Salary is pro-rata to hours and weeks worked) with the opportunity for overtime during the school holidays.

Closing date: Monday 9th December 2024 at 9am.

Interview date: TBC

In return, we offer a pension scheme, free parking, wellness scheme, store discount and a cycle to work scheme.

If you would like an informal discussion about the post, please contact Mrs Sara Ormerod, School Business Manager, on sor@knutsfordacademy.org.uk or 01565 633294. For further information about the school, please visit our website https://www.knutsfordacademy.org.uk/

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We will only contact candidates that have been short-listed for interview. If you do not receive a communication within 10 working days of the closing date, you can safely assume that you have not been invited to interview.  

The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

 The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers