Purpose of the post
•Ensure that the people of Gwynedd are at the heart of everything we do.
•To supervise cleaning staff on site.
•To undertake, as part of a team, the cleaning of designated areas within the school premises to ensure that they are kept in a clean and hygienic condition.
Responsibility for functions
•Staff
•Equipment
Main duties
General
•In conjunction with the School Catering and Cleaning Team Leader to be responsible for ordering of cleaning materials as and when required.
•Cleaning of a specific area of the site.
Daily Tasks
•Confirming to day to day requirements of health and safety affecting staff and any other persons that visit or uses the site.
•Ensure that all cleaning staff follow good working practices in keeping with any Statutory Provisions and Gwynedd Council Policies.
•Supervising cleaning staff on the site. Allocating duties and working arrangements, training and certifying timesheets.
•Ensure that all members of the cleaning team have received induction training, health and safety training before starting work.
•Responsible for ensuring that appointment packs including application forms, right to work in the UK checks and DBS forms have been completed and returned to the Authority.
•Responsible for managing staff absences by completing sickness absence recording form SA1 and return to work interview form SA2.
•Cleaning, washing, sweeping and vacuum cleaning.
•Emptying litter and re-cycling bins.
•Polishing and dusting of designated areas including furniture and fixtures.
•Cleaning toilets and shower areas, replenish toilet paper and soap.
•There is a requirement, when appropriate, to use powered equipment.
•The duties may vary between terms and school closure periods.
•There will, on occasions, be a requirement for you to move between areas.
•Responsibility for self-development.
•Ensure compliance with Health and Safety rules in the workplace in accordance with the responsibilities noted in the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and the Council’s Health and Safety Policy.
•Operate within the Council’s policies in relation to equal opportunities and equality.
•Responsible for managing information in accordance with the Council’s information management guidelines. Ensure that personal information is treated in accordance with Data Protection legislation.
•Commitment to reducing the Council’s carbon emissions in accordance with the Carbon Management Plan, and to encourage others to act positively towards reducing the Council’s Carbon Footprint.
•Undertake any other reasonable duty which corresponds to the salary level and responsibility level of the job.
•Responsibility to report any concern or suspicion that a child or vulnerable adult is being abused