One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and community services, Sanctuary Group employs around 13,000 people and manages more than 100,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.
Mobile Cleaner
Florian House, Ipswich – covering Ipswich, Essex and Norfolk
£23,836 per year
40 hours per week – Monday to Friday – 8:00am to 4:30pm
Temporary and Permanent positions available
We have an opportunity for a Mobile Cleaner to join our Estate Services team, based in Ipswich. You will be responsible for cleaning offices, general housing schemes and blocks of flats within the region. Daily duties include cleaning communal areas, including stairs, lifts, toilets, and kitchens. We are looking for a team player with the ability to provide a high quality service which meets the needs of the customers.
The role of Mobile Cleaner will include:
- General cleaning duties to include vacuuming and sweeping, wiping down and sanitising surfaces, dusting at low and high levels, cleaning internal glass, mopping floors, cleaning toilets, bathrooms, shower rooms, kitchens and other rooms and removal of rubbish and debris and on occasions bulk items
- Undertaking regular risk assessments to identify and report potential hazards or faults on site, to maintain a safe environment
- Providing accurate and timely information on the progress of allocated work
- Ensuring tools and equipment are maintained in a good, workable condition and stock levels are maintained
- Providing a professional, courteous and customer friendly approach to all working tasks
Skills and experiences:
- Experience of undertaking general cleaning duties is essential
- British Institute Certificate in cleaning services is desirable
- Some practical experience in operating cleaning machinery is desirable
- Working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation
- Good interpersonal and customer service skills
- Some experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workload
- This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence
Why work for us?
Sanctuary Housing is one of the UK’s leading social landlords, providing around 70,000 homes across England. We give our residents good quality, affordable homes in communities that they can be proud of. As part of a not-for-profit organisation, we reinvest any surplus we make back into the local communities we serve.
Our Benefits
As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:
- 25 days annual leave
- A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
- Life Assurance
- Employee Advice Service including counselling
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Voluntary health plans
- Employee discounts
- Wellbeing support and tools
- Employee recognition scheme
- Employee Networks, with a shared interest in inclusion, and who provide invaluable support to colleagues
- £23,836 per annum
Closing Date: 20 November 2024
We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.
For an insight into what it’s like to work for us, take a look at our company page on Linkedin
Inclusion is one of our core values. Our goal is to be a diverse, inclusive organisation where our people thrive and meet our customers’ needs with fairness and empathy. We know having a range of ideas and opinions makes a difference. We encourage and welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support this mission. We will make adjustments throughout your application process, in line with Sanctuary’s commitment to our Disability Confident employer status.
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