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Cleaning Assistant
| Posting date: | 25 August 2025 |
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| Salary: | £23,350 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 September 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Edinburgh Napier University |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 0000022047 |
Summary
We are looking for Cleaning Assistants join our team on a part-time (15h hours) permanent basis, working across two of our campuses (Merchiston & Craiglockhart).
• 6am – 9am (Monday to Friday)
Our benefits
We offer a great working environment where we support ambition, recognise achievement, and offer an attractive benefits package.
This includes:
• Minimum of 41 days annual leave (pro rata)
• A generous pension scheme (employer contribution of 17.6%)
• Nationally agreed pay increases each year
• Professional learning and development opportunities
• On-site parking
• Discounted access to onsite sports facilities and a wide range of other staff discounts
The Team
Our award-winning Property and Facilities team deliver a first-class service to over 1,500 staff and nearly 18,000 students across Edinburgh Napier University. From this we have successfully achieved the Customer Service Excellence Award, which demonstrates our drive to continuously improve the service to both customers and staff.
This fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive team will not only allow you to provide excellent customer service to the University but will also allow you the chance to receive training, personal development, and career advancement within the University.
The Role
The role of Cleaning Assistant is to provide a clean and safe work environment for students, staff and visitors to the university.
Cleaning Assistants will be expected to work across all campuses when required.
Daily duties will involve cleaning offices, all kitchen areas, labs, meeting rooms, stairways, toilets, showers etc. You will ensure that set guidelines are followed and all statutory obligations regarding the use of chemicals, manual handling and working with machinery are adhered to.
What we’ll need from you
We are looking for someone who can:
• Provide an excellent service to a high standard
• Work on own initiative but also as part of a team
• Demonstrate Good communication skills
Desirable attributes:
• Manual handling awareness/training
• H&S awareness/training
• COSHH awareness/training
• Experience of working in a cleaning role
• Experience of cleaning a large site to a high standard.
Additional Information
Closing date: 8th September 2025
Edinburgh Napier is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status.
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role on the Skilled Worker visa route. International applicants will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
• 6am – 9am (Monday to Friday)
Our benefits
We offer a great working environment where we support ambition, recognise achievement, and offer an attractive benefits package.
This includes:
• Minimum of 41 days annual leave (pro rata)
• A generous pension scheme (employer contribution of 17.6%)
• Nationally agreed pay increases each year
• Professional learning and development opportunities
• On-site parking
• Discounted access to onsite sports facilities and a wide range of other staff discounts
The Team
Our award-winning Property and Facilities team deliver a first-class service to over 1,500 staff and nearly 18,000 students across Edinburgh Napier University. From this we have successfully achieved the Customer Service Excellence Award, which demonstrates our drive to continuously improve the service to both customers and staff.
This fantastic opportunity to join a collaborative and supportive team will not only allow you to provide excellent customer service to the University but will also allow you the chance to receive training, personal development, and career advancement within the University.
The Role
The role of Cleaning Assistant is to provide a clean and safe work environment for students, staff and visitors to the university.
Cleaning Assistants will be expected to work across all campuses when required.
Daily duties will involve cleaning offices, all kitchen areas, labs, meeting rooms, stairways, toilets, showers etc. You will ensure that set guidelines are followed and all statutory obligations regarding the use of chemicals, manual handling and working with machinery are adhered to.
What we’ll need from you
We are looking for someone who can:
• Provide an excellent service to a high standard
• Work on own initiative but also as part of a team
• Demonstrate Good communication skills
Desirable attributes:
• Manual handling awareness/training
• H&S awareness/training
• COSHH awareness/training
• Experience of working in a cleaning role
• Experience of cleaning a large site to a high standard.
Additional Information
Closing date: 8th September 2025
Edinburgh Napier is committed to creating an environment where everyone feels proud, confident, challenged and supported and are holders of Disability Confident, Carer Positive and Stonewall Diversity Champion status.
The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role on the Skilled Worker visa route. International applicants will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.