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Cleaning Assistant

Job details
Posting date: 28 August 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: Subject to 6-Months probation
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 23 September 2024
Location: LS10 1HW
Remote working: On-site only
Company: The Gorse Academies Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: TRGA

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Summary

Secondary School 11-16 years
Number on roll: 1270

Required to start: ASAP

Cleaning Assistant
A1 (SCP 2) £23,656
Actual Salary: £10,549
Contract: 16.5 Hours Per Week, All Year Round

The Ruth Gorse Academy are seeking to recruit an inspirational colleague to the role of Cleaning Assistant. This role is of great importance to our work as an Academy, the successful candidate will be expected to be responsible for maintaining a high level of cleanliness throughout the school building.

The ideal applicant will have:
• Able to use toxic materials in the process of general cleaning.
• Able to work constructively as part of a team.
• Adequate reading skills (for Health and Safety reasons) as will be required to read labels on bottles containing chemicals.

What we offer you:
• As a trust, we want to ensure that professionals at every stage in their career have the opportunity to enjoy expert support and training. We are pleased to offer a generous benefits package to our team – as we work together to create a rewarding future for all including:
• Membership to a local government pension scheme.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential professional advice and support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
• A commitment to continued investment in our professionals, supporting every member of staff throughout their career in the trust.
• Discounts and online offers at major high street/online retailers.
• £2k Cycle to work scheme.


About us:
Working as part of The GORSE Academies Trust, The Ruth Gorse Academy ensures that students receive an outstanding education that focuses on aspiration, high expectations and personalisation. Together these non-negotiable values instil in young people a self-belief that enables students to access the highest standard of higher education provision and employment. We believe that poverty and deprivation should, in no way, limit either the quality of a young person’s educational experience or the levels of achievement to which those students are able to rise. In July 2017 the exceptional nature of our work at The Ruth Gorse Academy was recognised by Ofsted and in November 2018 the academy received the World Class Schools Quality Mark; a prestigious accolade awarded to the highest performing schools nationally against a framework of fifty World Class Quality standards.

If you would like to know more about our Academy please visit our website at www.ruthgorse.leeds.sch.uk
How to Apply:
If you’re as excited about this role as we are, a Job Description/Person Specification and Application Form are available to download from The GORSE Academies Trust website www.tgat.org.uk/jobs by email to recruitment@ruthgorse.leeds.sch.uk or by telephone on 0113 253 1600.

Please note if you submit an electronic application we will not require a hard copy. CVs are not accepted.


Closing date for applications: 23 September 2024 at 9:00am
Applications should be returned to: recruitment@ruthgorse.leeds.sch.uk


We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to full employment checks, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and barring service check. We promote diversity and aim to establish a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.

Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK – either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply for this position

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