Cleaner
| Posting date: | 22 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.60 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 September 2025 |
| Location: | Sunderland, Tyne & Wear |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Northumbria Police |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JRN 17609 sland |
Summary
Salary: £12.60 per hour (including a Real Living Wage supplement)
Location: Sunderland East Police Office, The Old Orphanage, Moor Terrace, Hendon, Sunderland
Hours: 4.5 hours per week, 07:00 – 08:30, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Contract: Permanent
Working for #TeamNP
Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Business Services Department as a Cleaner.
Our Business Services team keep things running smoothly for all of us here at Northumbria Police. They are a large team covering various services, including maintenance, health and safety, and supporting Front Line Policing. We’ve got a great opportunity to join the Business Services team as a Cleaner, where you’ll play an integral part in keeping our stations clean, safe, and functional.
Unlike your typical cleaning role, you’ll be working behind the scenes in our operational police station. You’ll take pride in your work and be part of a fantastic team who work hard to achieve great results. It’s a busy role – with a great sense of achievement at the end of each shift.
What you’ll do
Using specialist equipment and chemicals to clean washrooms and kitchens
Vacuuming and mopping floors
Use of floor machines will be required such as floor scrubber/dryers.
Emptying bins and other general cleaning duties
Maintaining up to date knowledge of health and safety legislation and complying with cleaning safety standards
This is a physical role which also requires working at height.
This is a really important role in our Police Force, so we are looking for someone who takes pride in what they do. You don’t need to have been a cleaner before – you just need a willingness to learn, the ability to work alone and as part of a team. It’s also essential that you have a reasonable level of fitness and that you are punctual and reliable.
We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
What we offer
26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme
Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts
Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.
Access to gyms in some stations
Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
Cycle to work scheme
Opportunity to volunteer in local community
We offer a competitive hourly rate and you will be provided with a police staff uniform.
Just so you know
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Northumbria Police are currently a Real Living Wage employer – this means that if the hourly rate paid to you by Northumbria Police in respect of your assigned role does not meet the Real Living Wage, then an additional payment will be made.
Terms of appointment
This is a permanent/fixed term role subject to a six-month probationary period.
Location: Sunderland East Police Office, The Old Orphanage, Moor Terrace, Hendon, Sunderland
Hours: 4.5 hours per week, 07:00 – 08:30, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Contract: Permanent
Working for #TeamNP
Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.
The role
Here at Northumbria Police, we think our region is amazing! It takes a great deal of people from different backgrounds, with diverse skills and experience to serve our force area effectively, think you have what it takes to help us make a difference? This could be the perfect time for you to join us in our Business Services Department as a Cleaner.
Our Business Services team keep things running smoothly for all of us here at Northumbria Police. They are a large team covering various services, including maintenance, health and safety, and supporting Front Line Policing. We’ve got a great opportunity to join the Business Services team as a Cleaner, where you’ll play an integral part in keeping our stations clean, safe, and functional.
Unlike your typical cleaning role, you’ll be working behind the scenes in our operational police station. You’ll take pride in your work and be part of a fantastic team who work hard to achieve great results. It’s a busy role – with a great sense of achievement at the end of each shift.
What you’ll do
Using specialist equipment and chemicals to clean washrooms and kitchens
Vacuuming and mopping floors
Use of floor machines will be required such as floor scrubber/dryers.
Emptying bins and other general cleaning duties
Maintaining up to date knowledge of health and safety legislation and complying with cleaning safety standards
This is a physical role which also requires working at height.
This is a really important role in our Police Force, so we are looking for someone who takes pride in what they do. You don’t need to have been a cleaner before – you just need a willingness to learn, the ability to work alone and as part of a team. It’s also essential that you have a reasonable level of fitness and that you are punctual and reliable.
We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.
What we offer
26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
NHS Fleet Solutions Car Lease Scheme
Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave
Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution
Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts
Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers
Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets
We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support.
Access to gyms in some stations
Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel
Cycle to work scheme
Opportunity to volunteer in local community
We offer a competitive hourly rate and you will be provided with a police staff uniform.
Just so you know
The recruitment process will consist of the initial application form followed by a face to face interview. Just so you know, you can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.
If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly.
If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed. A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references.
Northumbria Police are currently a Real Living Wage employer – this means that if the hourly rate paid to you by Northumbria Police in respect of your assigned role does not meet the Real Living Wage, then an additional payment will be made.
Terms of appointment
This is a permanent/fixed term role subject to a six-month probationary period.
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