Facilities Cleaner
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 26 Tachwedd 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 11 Rhagfyr 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | DL14 |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | The Auckland Project |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: |
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At the heart of our sites is Auckland Palace, the home of the Prince Bishops of Durham and the historic seat of faith and power in the North of England. The experience across our sites is deeply linked to those two themes and are repeated throughout the Palace and its gardens, the Faith Museum and the Mining Art and Spanish Galleries. The collection of our venues, spaces and places invites conversations about belonging, faith, loss, sacrifice, community, love and creativity. We would like our visitors to explore and to discover things about our town, our country and their own lives. We want to create encounters – and need your help to do so.
The role purpose:
The Facilities Cleaner is an integral role within the Facilities Team, ensuring that our Attractions and open buildings are cleaned to the highest standard meeting both health and safety requirements and the standard of cleanliness we expect at The Auckland Project. You will be a team player, able to use your initiative, be able to identify any problems and report them to your supervisor; you will be friendly, have a can-do attitude and be happy to roll up your sleeves and support the organisation in any way you can. If this sounds like you then please do get in touch.
Working pattern of 5 days out of 7. The role will include regular weekends, Bank Holidays and flexible working where necessary (for example to cover events), to ensure we provide 7 day per week cover.
Key Responsibilities:
The post-holder is responsible for the following key deliverables and accountabilities:
• Clean, stock and supply designated facility areas
• Dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping
• Carry out deep cleaning and detailed cleaning tasks
• Notify management of deficiencies or repairs required
• Stock and maintain supply rooms
• Cleaning gallery areas
• Cleaning building exteriors when required
• Cleaning The Auckland Project Holiday Accomodation
Person Specification Essential Criteria:
Skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Good organisation skills
• Ability to follow procedures / instruction accurately
• Excellent customer relations skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work unsupervised and deliver quality work
• Positive and approachable manner
• Ability to work at height
• Understanding of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
Personal Attributes
• Pride in creating clean and tidy environments.
• Be a positive team player
• Highly motivated and flexible
• Be professional and hard working with an enthusiastic approach
• Trustworthy
• Maintain confidentiality and demonstrate professional integrity at all times
Person Specification Desirable Criteria:
Qualification
• NVQ in cleaning
Experience
• Cleaner in paid employment
• Working as part of a team
Skills
• Good numeracy and literacy
Health & Safety
You must be committed to good health and safety and access practice, ensuring familiarity and compliance with TAP policies, procedures and guidelines and the health and safety of visitors, staff, volunteers and contractors at all times.
The Auckland Project
The Auckland Project is working to create positive change for those living, working and visiting Bishop Auckland. To do so we are creating a visitor destination in Bishop Auckland, incorporating Auckland Castle (once home to the Prince Bishops of Durham), a Spanish Gallery, Faith Museum, Walled Garden, Deer Park, Mining Art Gallery, Auckland Tower visitor centre and Weardale Railway.
Our visitor destination and community development programme broadly fits into four areas:
1. To help individuals by creating a sense of aspiration as well as providing opportunities for skills development
2. To help the community to become resilient and economically sound by creating opportunities for partnerships, building a year-round tourist market and supporting small creative industries to thrive
3. To protect, sustain and enhance our natural environment
4. To restore and enhance the beauty and historic significance of the built environment.
By working with us, you are helping to ensure the town’s future is as magnificent and vibrant as its past.
How to Apply
Apply for this role by downloading and completing an application form from https://aucklandproject.org/about/join-the-team/ and emailing this to recruitment@aucklandproject.org
Closing date: Thursday 11th December at 12pm
The role purpose:
The Facilities Cleaner is an integral role within the Facilities Team, ensuring that our Attractions and open buildings are cleaned to the highest standard meeting both health and safety requirements and the standard of cleanliness we expect at The Auckland Project. You will be a team player, able to use your initiative, be able to identify any problems and report them to your supervisor; you will be friendly, have a can-do attitude and be happy to roll up your sleeves and support the organisation in any way you can. If this sounds like you then please do get in touch.
Working pattern of 5 days out of 7. The role will include regular weekends, Bank Holidays and flexible working where necessary (for example to cover events), to ensure we provide 7 day per week cover.
Key Responsibilities:
The post-holder is responsible for the following key deliverables and accountabilities:
• Clean, stock and supply designated facility areas
• Dusting, sweeping, vacuuming, mopping
• Carry out deep cleaning and detailed cleaning tasks
• Notify management of deficiencies or repairs required
• Stock and maintain supply rooms
• Cleaning gallery areas
• Cleaning building exteriors when required
• Cleaning The Auckland Project Holiday Accomodation
Person Specification Essential Criteria:
Skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Good organisation skills
• Ability to follow procedures / instruction accurately
• Excellent customer relations skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to work unsupervised and deliver quality work
• Positive and approachable manner
• Ability to work at height
• Understanding of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
Personal Attributes
• Pride in creating clean and tidy environments.
• Be a positive team player
• Highly motivated and flexible
• Be professional and hard working with an enthusiastic approach
• Trustworthy
• Maintain confidentiality and demonstrate professional integrity at all times
Person Specification Desirable Criteria:
Qualification
• NVQ in cleaning
Experience
• Cleaner in paid employment
• Working as part of a team
Skills
• Good numeracy and literacy
Health & Safety
You must be committed to good health and safety and access practice, ensuring familiarity and compliance with TAP policies, procedures and guidelines and the health and safety of visitors, staff, volunteers and contractors at all times.
The Auckland Project
The Auckland Project is working to create positive change for those living, working and visiting Bishop Auckland. To do so we are creating a visitor destination in Bishop Auckland, incorporating Auckland Castle (once home to the Prince Bishops of Durham), a Spanish Gallery, Faith Museum, Walled Garden, Deer Park, Mining Art Gallery, Auckland Tower visitor centre and Weardale Railway.
Our visitor destination and community development programme broadly fits into four areas:
1. To help individuals by creating a sense of aspiration as well as providing opportunities for skills development
2. To help the community to become resilient and economically sound by creating opportunities for partnerships, building a year-round tourist market and supporting small creative industries to thrive
3. To protect, sustain and enhance our natural environment
4. To restore and enhance the beauty and historic significance of the built environment.
By working with us, you are helping to ensure the town’s future is as magnificent and vibrant as its past.
How to Apply
Apply for this role by downloading and completing an application form from https://aucklandproject.org/about/join-the-team/ and emailing this to recruitment@aucklandproject.org
Closing date: Thursday 11th December at 12pm