Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services
Office and Reception Area Cleaner
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ROLE: Cleaning Operative
HOURS: 8:30am – 4:30pm (40 Hours in a week)
LOCATION: Millsike Prison, YO41 1PS
At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Cleaning Operative who will support Mitie Care & Custody (C&C) in its bold vision to establish HMP Millsike as a place of restoration and rehabilitation, where prisoners can unlock their full potential and make meaningful, positive changes in their lives. We are excited by the opportunity Millsike presents: a blank canvas on which we can paint a bright future for our prisoners. Our mission is clear: to create an environment that empowers, inspires, and supports individuals to re-enter society with hope, purpose, and a life plan. To achieve this, we will set a culture of rehabilitation and restoration underpinned by integrity and high expectations. Prisoners will experience a dramatic shift from traditional prison environments. Millsike will be a vibrant, bustling community, teeming with industry, activity, and opportunities for personal growth. Above all, we will ensure our approach offers a deep sense of safety and respect, through a supportive, uplifting environment that helps prisoners to see their potential and that unlocks a brighter future for all.
Role Responsibilities
- Maintaining cleanliness in the establishment by carrying out cleaning tasks to a high standard.
- Stocking and maintaining supply rooms to ensure all areas remain fully equipped.
- Following health and safety regulations, including COSHH guidelines, at all times.
- Conducting disinfection and deep cleaning when required.
- Reporting any incidents, defects, or dangers to the supervisor promptly.
Required Qualifications
Applicants must meet the below defined requirements for the role.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and able to use initiative when completing tasks.
- Strong customer service skills applied to every job attended.
- Flexibility within contracted hours and a ‘can do' attitude.
- High moral standards and absolute integrity.
As a business, Mitie Care & Custody is committed to diversity and inclusion and we would welcome applications from a wide range of backgrounds including veterans, those looking for a career change, and people who have experience in social care or a learning environment. Full training will be given where applicable, and we would encourage anyone who might be thinking about a role in a secure establishment to get in touch.
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Our purpose
Our expertise, care, technology, and insight create amazing work environments, helping our customers be exceptional every day.
Our promise to our people
A place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day.
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Our Culture – Our Core Values And How We Behave
- We are one Mitie: we work as one to deliver a seamless, unrivalled service. We are all in it together, if we can help a customer or colleague in any way, we will. We are one Mitie.
- We are built on integrity and trust: integrity and trust are at the heart of all we do. We are the face of the company. We treat others as we would like to be treated. We are proud to work for Mitie.
- We go the extra mile: whether it's keeping things running smoothly in a safe environment, looking for new ways to do things better or fixing problems, going the extra mile for our colleagues and customers, and keeping our promises is in our DNA.
- Our diversity makes us stronger: we are immensely proud of our rich and diverse culture and backgrounds. Our diversity creates ideas and insights. Everyone at Mitie has a voice and is treated as an equal.
- Our customers' business is our business: we are a partner, trusted for our expertise and for putting our customers at the heart of everything we do.
Other Benefits
- 33 days annual leave, plus option to purchase additional days
- Enhanced pension contributions (Supervisor roles only)
- Blue Light Card
- Enhanced maternity and adoption leave
- Free Mitie shares and the option to purchase more as part of Save As You Earn Initiatives
- Free personal accident insurance
- Access to Virtual GP 24/7 for yourself and those in your household
- Access to on-site gym
- Free parking, including electric vehicle charging points
- Subsidised on-site meals
- Staff discounts for travel, shopping, entertainment.
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- 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 lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!
- 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 of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, 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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Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.
We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Christian Kalugin at Chris.Kalugin@mitie.com.
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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