Cleaner/Caretaker
Salary: £12.26 - £13.05
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Cleaner - 15 per week. Caretaker 7 per week
Location: Water Street Primary School
Are you looking for a cleaning role that is a little different?
We have an opportunity for you to join North Yorkshire Council working at one of our schools, Water Street Primary School, Elliot Street, Skipton BD23 1PE. You will be a valued member of our team who will be reliable, dependable and have a strong work ethic.
Working for NYC as a Cleaner, you will be responsible for the cleaning duties on site including dusting, vacuuming and the cleaning of sanitary fittings. Full training will be provided, and the hours are between 16.00 and 19.00, with some flexibility on start and finish time and totalling to 15.00 hours per week over 5 days. For this you will be paid £12.26 per hour. No weekend work!
In addition to this, we can offer the additional caretaker responsibilities of opening and locking the site after cleaning, setting the alarm, and ensuring the site is fully secure. We are looking for a caretaker to open the school from 06.45 – 07.50 ensuring the site is safe for use and then to lock the school after the site has been cleaned. For this we will pay you an additional £12.45 per hour based on 7.00 hours per week.
One applicant may be suitable for both roles although we will consider each role individually. When applying online, please state in ‘supporting evidence’ whether you would like to be considered for both roles or one in particular.
What can we offer you?
You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought.
· Competitive rate of pay.
· Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
· Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days per year plus Bank Holidays
· Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme.
This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which will be met by the Employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Key dates:
Closing date: 02.02.2025
Interview date: 13.02.2025
NYC are committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
North Yorkshire Councils’ purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions, we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.
North Yorkshire Council are committed to the health and safety of our employees and of others including the general public. It has a responsibility to ensure employees who hold a position that is deemed to be safety critical as it requires the performance of duties which are directly related to the safe operation or security of a facility, piece of equipment or vehicle, handling of chemicals or work at height or in confined spaces and which, if not performed properly, could result in a serious safety risk or environmental hazard to employees, a facility or the general public , do not attend work whilst under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Individuals offered employment with North Yorkshire Council will be subject to the Workplace Substance Misuse policy. For safety critical roles as detailed above, random alcohol and drug testing may take place during the course of employment.
It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.
We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk*
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £12.26-£13.05 per hour
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Work Location: In person