Job Role : Cleaning Operative
Location: HMP Chelmsford
Salary: £22,284.97 - £24,513.46
Contract: Full time, Perm
Have you got experience as a Cleaning Operative in a healthcare, military or commercial environment? Do you 'get stuck in' and work with momentum?
Can you ensure cleanliness and sanitation throughout a large site as a member of our multi skilled facilities team?
If you're ready for your new challenge, quick to learn, enthusiastic and willing to share your skills and experience and contribute, we want to hear from you.
We provide critical and time-bound services to the Ministry of Justice and are looking for facilities management professionals that can make a difference to the sites and the people we are responsible for.
We're five years young and growing in the provision of our on site solutions to the prison service and want applicants who:
Can proactively undertake various cleaning activities, including using chemicals and equipment such as floor polishers and vacuum cleaners etc
Understand the importance of, and can adhere to health and safety legislation and policies and procedures to provide a safe and appropriate service to the prison environment
Are able to remain calm under pressure and work in an environment which requires a methodical approach and ability to work to deadlines
Can ensure the shared areas of the site such as the offices, visitor centre and main wings are kept clean, clear, and sanitised.
If this sounds like you, we'd like to hear from you.
Explore a varied and rewarding career at GFSL
Welcome to careers at Gov Facilities Services Limited (GFSL). Joining us is your chance to help ensure prisons are secure and safe for prisoners and prison staff alike, and to play your part in helping prisoners reintegrate into society.
You will find a strong focus on safety, a supportive, inclusive workplace, a competitive benefits package, and real opportunity to build your skills and progress. Explore facilities careers where you can make difference.
Pride In People
We're passionate about promoting greater diversity and creating a workplace and culture where all of our employees have a voice that is heard, feel a sense of belonging and are empowered to be their true selves.
We recognise the value that every single employee brings to the organisation. Everyone's needs at work are different and we are committed to doing our best to satisfy these differences whilst ensuring consistency and fairness for all. We promise to champion diversity and inclusion with ongoing learning and training, as well as career progression opportunities for everyone.
GFSL has been notified by its shareholder (MOJ) that the provision of FM services will in future be delivered by the private sector. This means that following a successful procurement process, GFSL's services will transfer to a private sector provider/providers in Spring 2026. As the programme unfolds, we will learn more.
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