Cleaner

Reference: UOH-TA-0302

Campus: Hull

Faculty/Area: Infrastructure Services

School/Department: Facilities and Accommodation

Subject Group/Team: Cleaning Services

Salary: £21,828 per annum pro rata

14 hours per week, Monday to Thursday

Post Type: Part Time

Closing Date: Thursday 14 November 2024

Interview Date: To be confirmed

At University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in University of Hull workplace. These include people from global majority backgrounds; people who have a declared disability; LGBTQI+ people; and women particularly for our Grade 9 and 10 roles.

The University of Hull is operating in an increasingly complex, challenging and competitive environment.

We have therefore developed a renewed, ambitious and distinctive vision for the University - to shape a fairer, brighter, carbon neutral future for all. That vision gives us a shared sense of purpose and direction and something we can all be proud to be a part of.

As part of this we have committed to becoming the first University in the country to become Carbon Neutral in time for our centenary year in 2027.

Our values - inclusive, empowering and progressive reflect who we are and how we work to create a culture for success, as we continue to evolve

to ensure that we adapt at pace to meet the needs of our students, collaborators and partners. 

The post of cleaner is a critical role in the Infrastructure Services Directorate providing a frontline customer facing service across an estate which is circa 250,000m2 consisting of 107 buildings with an annual operational turnover of £23m.

It is an exciting time for the team as we drive improvements in compliance, efficiency, customer service and performance as well as creating the opportunity to gain competitive advantages through our activity-underpinned by a significant investment in the Estate in conjunction with a full modernisation programme across the teams' systems and processes.

Reporting to the Senior Facilities Supervisor, Cleaners will be part of a team delivering basic service provision. The postholder will be familiar with and understand effective working procedures across a range of cleaning activities with relevant training provided as required. They must be able to -

Carry out daily, weekly and deep cleaning operations in Teaching rooms, Communal spaces, Toilet Facilities, Meeting and Function rooms thus providing good customer care.

Help to ensure efficiency of service.

Ensure adherence to Health and Safety guidelines.

Provide cleaning and waste management services and work as part of a team.

Exemplary team working is critical to this role as is the ability to communicate with a wide range of staff, students and stakeholders. Working hours are variable depending on services provided and current conditions but will typically be worked on a five out of seven day basis with a flexible approach required to the actual working hours.

Shift pattern: 14x hours per week, Monday to Thursday 6am to 9am Friday 6am to 8am 

FTE: 38.36% 

For informal queries please contact Niamh on Niamh.Hildayrd@hull.ac.uk