Cleaner

We’re seeking to appoint a cleaner to join our team at West Walker Primary School. You will work to maintain a clean, hygienic environment for our learners, which will include cleaning designated areas in line with a schedule. Duties will include; cleaning, washing, sweeping, vacuum cleaning, emptying of bins, polishing and dusting.

The successful candidate will have;

• A working knowledge of health and safety that they can apply to the role.
• An ability to establish positive relationships with others to work as part of the wider site team.
• Knowledge of cleaning methods and an understanding of using cleaning equipment would be desirable.

This post is 10 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 3:15pm – 5:15pm. The start date for this post is as soon as possible.

Our school is one of seven primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our Trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East.

Our school motto is ‘Where Everyone Succeeds Together’. At West Walker Primary School we are lucky enough to have a passionate workforce who all care for and respect the fantastic children of our school. We are dedicated to school improvement and we all aim to provide a happy, safe and fun school environment for the children and our staff, too.

In return we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
• A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
• The benefit of working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
• Membership of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
• Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying job description and person specification and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ via North East Jobs no later than midnight on Sunday 10th March 2024.

NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening.