The University of Kent Academies Trust is seeking to appoint a reliable, hardworking and conscientious Cleaner to join our site team at Brompton Academy.

You will play an important role in maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming environment for our students, staff and visitors. Working as part of a friendly and supportive team, you will ensure that allocated areas of the academy are cleaned to a high standard in line with Trust expectations.

Hours of Work

• 19 hours per week
• Monday to Thursday: 3:00pm – 7:00pm
• Friday: 2:00pm – 5:00pm
• Term time only

About the Role

Your duties will include general cleaning tasks such as:

• Cleaning classrooms, corridors, offices and communal areas
• Vacuuming, sweeping and mopping floors
• Cleaning and sanitising surfaces and touchpoints
• Ensuring toilets and washrooms are kept clean and fully stocked
• Supporting the site team to maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene

About You

To be successful in this role, you will need to be:

• Reliable, punctual and well organised
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Hardworking with a positive and flexible attitude
• Able to follow health and safety procedures
• Previous cleaning experience is helpful but not essential, as full training will be provided

Brompton Academy is an extremely popular oversubscribed academy. We have fantastic new buildings, with outstanding facilities, and Apple technologies for all, enabling us to enhance and support cutting edge learning strategies required for continuous improvement. Brompton Academy is proud of its comprehensive website and would encourage applicants to visit for further information: http://www.bromptonacademy.org.uk/

HOW TO APPLY

Your application should be made after reading the job description and person specification and you will use the application to tell us how your current skills and experience fit the requirements and why you think you would be suited to this role. CVs will not be accepted.

We are keen to attract top talent to our inclusive Trust and therefore we welcome applications from all people across the community spectrum regardless of their race, religion, ethnicity, sexuality, sexual orientation, disability, gender reassignment or age.

We reserve the right to consider applications upon receipt.

The University of Kent Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

In addition, the Trust will carry out an online search, once, as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is intended to help us identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online. The selection panel will then explore such items with the candidate during interview. The Trust’s HR Team or another member of staff trained in safer recruitment, will use Google.com to conduct each search and no adverse judgement will be formed for applicants with limited or no online footprint.