School Cleaner - Job Description

Purpose of Job

To ensure all school buildings, classrooms, dormitories and bathrooms are regularly cleaned to
a high standard.  The school cleaner will work as part of a team to perform a variety of regular
and one-off cleaning tasks and duties as directed by their manager.

Responsible to

The Deputy Head (Pastoral).

Duties

•  Be responsible for ensuring the cleanliness of your designated area and for maintaining

high and consistent standards.

•  Take initiative to perform cleaning and tidying tasks that are not specifically requested

but require attention as part of maintaining overall high standards.
•  Ensure Health & Safety, quality and general procedures compliance
•  Work  as  part  of  a  team  and  support  other  members  of  the  cleaning  team  to  meet

standards and school objectives.

•  Keep accurate hours for any hours worked over the core hours in this contract and ensure

that they are signed by the line manager.

•  To carry out such other related duties as may be reasonably required from time to time

by the Headmaster of other members of the Senior Management Team.

Person Specification

Knowledge

•  Some  knowledge  of  Health  &  Safety  Regulations  as  they  relate  to  the  operation  of

cleaning equipment and the dilution of cleaning materials.

Personal Attributes

•  Willingness to clean any area of the school as requested.
•  Willingness to assist other members of the cleaning team and have a flexible approach.
•  Willingness to take personal responsibility for standard of work carried out.
•  Will need to be able to manage some heavy lifting.

Skills

•  Ability to work effectively and supportively as a member of the school team.
•  Ability to work in an organised and methodical manner.
•  Ability to act on own initiative, dealing with any unexpected problems that arise.

Terms and conditions of employment are set out in the Letter of Appointment/Contract.

Reviewed September 2024