Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
Cleaner/Cover Cleaner
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Job Title: Cleaner / Cover Cleaner
Contract: Permanent
Type of Employment: Part-time
Hours: 14+ hours per week contract, plus cover, depending on business needs
Rate of Pay: From £12.71 per hour (Weekend Shifts pay more)
Contracted Hours:
- Thursday and Friday 4-8 pm (8 hours)
- Car park cleaning 2 days a week (6 hours)
Shift Cover Required:
- Monday to Sunday (weekends and mid-week cover shifts)
Location: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, Civic Offices, London Road, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, RG21 4AH
Requirement: A clean UK Driving Licence (or working towards getting one), with access to a company pool vehicle.
We are looking for a dedicated Cover Cleaner & Public Space Cleaning Operative to join our team. In this role, your primary responsibility will be to maintain all cleaning public toilets, equipment, and areas in a clean, well-maintained, and safe condition, adhering to our Service Level Agreements (SLAs). You will gain a comprehensive understanding of your designated cleaning area, including optimal hours for cleaning tasks and the specific cleaning equipment and chemicals used on-site, while complying with Health and Safety regulations.
The Current Role Will be 5 Hours a day cleaning at one site, with the additional hours of cover cleaning.
Working Hours
As a Cleaning operator, you will work set and flexible hours. They could be split from 5 to 8-hour shifts. You'll need to be flexible as there will be day shifts, some evenings, and Some Weekends to provide coverage for absences within our team. Your availability for morning, daytime, or evening shifts is essential.
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To succeed in this role, you will need to complete all necessary cleaning and operational training independently. Team collaboration is crucial, but you should also be comfortable working independently when needed.
Customer Service
Building strong, positive relationships with our clients is a key aspect of this role. You will be expected to deliver outstanding customer service while actively looking for ways to improve and exceed our clients' expectations.
If you are organized, proactive, and take pride in your work, we encourage you to apply and join our team!
References will be needed.
Existing Mitie Colleagues
Please ensure that you discuss your application with your current line manager before formally applying. Internal job moves are subject to the standard terms for the post being advertised. Enhanced terms cannot be honoured.
Benefits
Our market-leading flexible benefits scheme provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.
- We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home.
- We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.
- When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible benefits platform, Choices. This gives you the chance to customise your benefits to best suit your lifestyle. You can choose from dental insurance, dining cards, coffee clubs, buying technology products at an affordable cost and much more!
- We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme.
- Life cover is the greater of your equivalent annual salary or a minimum of £10,000 - giving peace of mind for your dependants. We also offer a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).
- We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!
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Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.
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