Cleaner – Part time
Job Reference: CR/07.2026
Salary: This is a part time role with an actual salary of up to £5,949.48 per annum, and a full-time equivalent salary of up to £23,098 per annum dependent on skills and experience.
Working Hours: 8.25 hours per week over 4 days, working one in four Friday mornings, 52 weeks per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cleaner to join our Estates department.
The purpose of the role is to provide general cleaning duties as required by the Line Manager.
The successful applicant must have:
- Experience cleaning within a similar environment
- Experience using cleaning machinery
- Flexible and adaptable approach
- Methodical and organised approach to work
- Excellent interpersonal / communication skills
- The ability to be a team player
- The ability to be a multitasker / works well under pressure
The roles main duties include:
1. To clean general areas of the College which may include: classrooms, corridors, offices and other public areas.
2. To liaise with the line manager to ensure adequate supplies are available to you.
3. To report any issues to the Line Manager.
4. To work flexibly at all times and to a standard acceptable by the Line Manager. You will be expected to follow a work schedule that will outline your duties on a day-to-day, week by week basis, although you are required to adapt to the needs of the area.
5. To operate cleaning machinery as appropriate.
6. To operate in a safe manner at all times.
7. To be responsible for collecting and returning keys to the appropriate storage place at the beginning and end of each shift.
8. To attend work to agreed working hours. You will be required to adhere to a signing in or clocking on procedure at the beginning and end of each shift.
This role requires you to engage in regulatory activity in the FE sector. The full definition of regulatory activity is set out in the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. Regulated activity includes teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children if the person is unsupervised.
Fancy a 4-day working week*?
Grantham College operate a 4-day working week. Staff benefit from working a full-time contract over four days. You will work core hours of Monday to Thursday, working a Friday morning once a month.
Grantham College experience positive benefits from the 4-day week, including improvement to staff wellbeing and morale. We have also seen benefits in terms of reduced staff turnover leading to greater consistency of performance for our students and apprentices. The number of staff sickness absence days has reduced alongside the energy usage for the college and therefore its carbon emissions. We have also seen improvements in key quality indicators such as student attendance and retention and we are confident this will feed through into improved achievement rates and more positive outcomes for our students.
What we offer you in return:
- An excellent pension scheme :
- Local Government: Employer Contribution 24.5%
- A continued professional development programme of up to £750 per academic year
- In addition to the 8 Bank Holidays a year, a generous annual leave allowance of:
- 5 Weeks for Support employees, this will increase to 5.8 weeks, after 5 years’ service
- Generous occupational sick pay scheme after one years service
- Family friendly policies, including up to 5 paid occasions for time off for dependants within a 12 month period, after the first year of service
- Up to Five college closure days in December in addition to annual leave
The closing date for all applications will be Sunday 26 July 2026.
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Policy Statement for Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.
Safeguarding Policy
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Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we will only be able to contact candidates who have been selected for interview. You are welcome to download a full application pack and return your completed application to [email protected]
Please note that we do not accept CV’s by way of application or online application via other websites, you must complete a Grantham College application form. Grantham College are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. All employment offers are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check. We are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
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