About our company:
Sewell Group has a long and illustrious history dating back to 1876, leading the way in core business areas; Investments, Projects, Construction, Safety, Health & Environment, Facilities and Fuel & Convenience Retailing. Sewell is recognised as a ‘Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For’, living the core philosophy of ‘a great place to work and a great company to deal with’, with customers and communities at its heart.

Sewell Facilities provide a full range of tailored, cost effective packages, for all purposes across a variety of industry sectors. This includes planned and reactive buildings maintenance services and life cycle planning, together with the provision of soft services such as front of house, catering, cleaning, grounds maintenance and site supervision. The multi-disciplined, multi-skilled Facilities team is supported by a strong supply chain and specialist service partners. Sewell Facilities are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year via a Helpdesk which is part of our Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system.

Role Overview:

Place of Work: Covering 3 Schools in York (Hob Moor, St Barnabas & St Oswalds)

Hours of work: Various, to be worked casually during weekday afternoons / evenings, between the hours of 3:00pm and 9:00pm, as and when required.

At Sewell Facilities, our Cleaners are responsible for carrying out general cleaning duties on site and supporting their wider team to ensure that all areas are cleaned to the highest of standards possible, including the flexibility for working overtime during holiday and sickness periods.

Key responsibilities:

• Cleaning duties on site to include: vacuuming carpets, mopping floors, wiping and cleaning surfaces, skirtings, chairs and tables, cleaning of class rooms, staff rooms, kitchen areas, toilet areas and hallways
• Supporting the Cleaning Supervisor and Cleaning Manager by working overtime on occasion to cover for periods of holiday and sickness
• Report any issues with cleaning equipment to Cleaning Supervisor/Cleaning Manager
• If required, support the Cleaning Supervisor with deliveries or stock control
• Liaise with Cleaning Supervisor with regards to low stock and order requirements
• On occasion you may be asked to operate cleaning machinery such as floor/carpet cleaners, of which full training would be given

Requirements

Skills & Attributes:
As well as exhibiting the Sewell Behaviours of being Positive, Professional, Team and Customer Focused, with a mentality of Doing the Right Thing, the successful person will have the following:

• A satisfactory Enhanced DBS (criminal background) check
• Previous working experience within a cleaner role
• A passion for delivering a world-class service
• A ‘hands on’ approach to working and be able to use own initiative
• A positive, approachable and professional attitude and demeanour
• The ability to work both as a team member, and alone in a busy working environment
• Possess a positive approach to learning, development and progression

Sewell is an equal opportunities employer, recruiting within the guidelines of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to the promotion of diversity and equal opportunity, as an employer and in the delivery of our products and services. As a committed safe employer, an enhanced DBS (criminal record) check will be carried out for this role.

Benefits

• £11.75 per hour
• 21 holiday days, plus bank holidays
• Being a Co-Owner of Sewell Estates, learn more here: Employee Ownership - Sewell Group (sewell-group.co.uk)
• Auto Enrolment pension
• High Street & Retail discount schemes
• Bike 2 Work Scheme
• Technology Scheme
• Plus more in our flexible reward & benefits offer, further information available from our People Team, people@sewell-group.co.uk.

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