Cleaner

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom

£ Competitive

Previous applicants within the last 6 months do not need to re-apply

Closing date: 19 May 2024, 11:59pm

Salary: £22,671 - £23,121 ( £11.75 per hour) (20-25hrs) ▪ Grade: 1 ▪ Type : Part Time (1x15 hours & 1x25 hours)

The West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit helps to protect the public and our national security by preventing, deterring and investigating terrorist activity. Our Business Services Department supports this work through our People, Places and Finance teams.

As a Cleaner working on our Facilities Team, you will carry out cleaning duties to maintain hygiene and good housekeeping practices across our estates.

You will be based at our modern offices near to Birmingham International Airport, but will also deliver services across a number of sites. This role is offered on a full-time or part-time basis. We will consider working patterns including early mornings, days, evenings, and weekends.

The role

Working as part of a team, the successful applicant will be responsible carrying out general cleaning duties across the estate. This will consist of cleaning offices, meeting rooms, washrooms, welfare areas, custody facilities and forensic areas. Full training will be given which complies with the British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICS) and Manual Handling.

You will also assist in the movement of furnishings, deliveries, confidential waste and ensure meeting rooms and our conference centre are correctly laid out for use.

Responsibilities Damp dusting furniture, fixtures and furnishings, suction cleaning and wet mopping floors and stairwells, washing walls, and other vertical surfaces and tiled areas up to a height of 3.5m (11ft) using high level cleaning equipment.

Cleaning kitchens and welfare areas including cleaning and defrosting refrigerators, cleaning inside units and cupboards.

Removal of waste and confidential waste to central waste collection points (bins, skips etc.).

Follow specific cleaning specifications to enable safe cleaning across the site

Maintaining cleaning equipment and to report any faulty equipment.

Report any maintenance defects that are noted in the building.

Cleaning of external areas such as car parks and clearing ground level drains and gullies.

Undertake learning and carry out any other duties commensurate with the purpose and grading of the post

Skills and competencies

Essential

Posses a full clean UK driving licence.

Ability to commute to alternative areas of work within the estate when required.

Ability to undertake work that involves physical effort (e.g. bending/lifting).

Ability to work on own initiative and prioritise tasks.

Good communication and customer service skills.

Desirable

Experience of working within a similar role, ideally across multiple sites.

Knowledge/Understanding of British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICS) methods.

Basic computer skills.

Additional information

Security Clearance

⚠ This role is subject to successful completion of Security Check vetting.

You must be a British citizen to work for the Counter Terrorism Policing West Midlands (CTPWM). If you hold dual nationality, with the primary nationality British, you may also be considered. For the purposes of safeguarding national security, applicants will be required to hold or acquire the appropriate national security vetting clearance as above.

Diversity & Inclusion

We maximise the potential of people from all backgrounds through a culture of fairness and inclusion to deliver the best service for our communities, whilst protecting them from harm.

Counter Terrorism Policing is always working to build upon our diverse workforce to reflect the country we serve. An inclusive culture enables us to do things differently, working in ways that meet individuals' needs, flexing working patterns to ensure work-life balance is healthy so that we deliver the best for the organisation.

We are a Disability Confident Leader - the highest level an organisation can achieve under the scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a Disability Confident Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be offered an interview.

It is important to note that there may be occasions where it is not practicable or appropriate to interview all disabled people who meet the essential criteria for the job. For example, in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. In these circumstances, the employer could select the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job, as they would do for non-disabled applicants.

Please do not attach a CV/covering letter as these will not be used during the application process.