Cleaner In Charge

Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 20 hours per week

Worker Type: Onsite Worker

Salary: £25,583 - £26,403 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Location: Various sites

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Cleaning team as a Cleaner in Charge. The role involves the supervision of a cleaning team within a clinical setting. The successful applicant would also be responsible for opening up and locking the site each day.

We are looking for candidates who enjoy working in a busy environment, as part of a team, who are able to communicate at all levels.

Experience in cleaning is essential, and supervision of a cleaning team is desirable but not essential as training will be given. Duties will include: day to day supervision of cleaning staff, reporting any and all faults to the site manager/your manager, comply with statutory legislation and safe working practices, be responsible for monitoring aspects of health and safety, train cleaning staff in all aspects of cleaning, as well as general cleaning such as sweeping, mopping, polishing and dusting, cleaning and maintaining cleanliness of sanitary wares, mopping etc. and use of electrical cleaning machinery e.g. buffing machine and wet pick-ups.

You will play a vital role as part of a large team of Cleaners in Charge and Cleaners across the city, however, this post is predominately one where you will be expected to work using your own initiative and you will be expected to program your daily routine to meet the needs of the site. Protective clothing and other PPE will be provided as required.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience of cleaning to clear set out standards
• Experience of day to day team supervision
• Basic understanding of different cleaning methods and equipment
• Basic awareness of Health and Safety
• Able to communicate at all levels
• Experience of being part of a team

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact us via email here .

Closing Date: 25th May 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBC

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.