The Role
The Central Cleaning team is responsible for the day-to-day cleanliness of all school buildings except the Boarding Houses. This includes sports facilities and all administrative offices. The areas of responsibility allocated to individual members of the Central Cleaning team will vary from time to time and according to the team schedule. The Central Cleaners will be required to work largely unsupervised, and be flexible in order to help provide cover for absent colleagues when necessary. The Central Cleaners will be expected to be organised and have attention to detail in everything they do.
The Cleaners will be expected to follow detailed instructions, and be capable of meeting the physical requirements of the post. No experience is required as training will be provided; however, applicants who have experience of commercial cleaning and COSHH will have an advantage.
The Central Cleaners will work as part of the Cleaning team, under the day-to-day supervision of the Team Leaders and Facilities Manager. The Head of Department is the Domestic Bursar and the Line Manager is the Facilities Manager. There will also be frequent contact with members of staff in the Departments where staff are assigned. The main duties are:
Driving licence would be an advantage but is not essential.
This Job Description is not specific to any particular area within the College as Central Cleaners will move around all parts of the campus. Specific duties within the tasked Department will be explained on induction to that Department.
Terms of Service
Start date
As soon as possible.
Hours of work
The hours of work for this role is Saturday 8am - 3pm (term time)
The deadline for applications is Friday 22nd July 2022.
Salary
The hourly rate is £9.52.
Salary levels are reviewed on 1 September annually, and this appointment will next be reviewed in September 2022.
Holidays
The College leave year runs from 1 September to 31 August. This position will be entitled to the statutory holiday requirements. These are presently 28 days. Any Public Bank Holiday occurring during term time is deemed to be a normal working day. All leave must be taken by prior arrangement with the Facilities Manager and must be taken outside of the school’s term times.
Probation and Notice Periods
The first four working months of employment will be a probationary period. During this period conduct and performance will be reviewed. The College may extend the probationary period if it is deemed to be required. During the probationary period the notice required to terminate employment will be one week (by either the employee or employer). The notice period will increase to one month upon the successful completion of the probationary period.
Pension and Life Cover
On employment, employees will be auto-enrolled into the College’s pension scheme according to legislative thresholds. Those who are not eligible for auto-enrolment may still elect to join the College’s pension scheme.
Initially, when joining the College’s pension scheme, employees will become a member of the College’s Group Personal Pension Plan (GPP). For this Plan, known as Tier 1, the employee contributes 5% and the employer 3%.
After 9 month’s membership of the Tier 1 plan employees may opt to join Tier 2, which is also a Group Personal Pension Plan and the contributions are 5% from the employee and a 9% contribution from the College.
Employees in Tier 1 automatically qualify for a Life Cover of 2 times salary. On entry to Tier 2 Life Cover changes to 4 times salary.
Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check
Winchester College is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children at the school. Therefore, this appointment will be subject to a successful Enhanced Disclosure Barring check. This will provide details of convictions, reprimands, warnings, cautions and bind overs as per the DBS filtering guidance. A policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders, and information about DBS filtering, is available upon request from the HR Department if required. The college may approach previous employers to seek verification, in addition to obtaining references provided by the candidate.
Data Protection Statement
Winchester College collects and processes relevant personal data as part of its everyday operations and is obliged to process it in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018.
The school is the Data Controller of this data under the Act and is registered with the Information Commissioner's Office; its registration number is Z5751669.
Any queries about this policy or how personal data is processed by the school should be referred to the Data Protection Liaison Officer.