Cleaning Team Leader

Additional Benefits

• Annual Leave – 30 days + 5 public holidays, or 7 weeks equivalent. 

• This includes 2 weeks to be taken over the Christmas period. 

• On shift staff discount.

• Free staff parking.

• Time off in lieu for any hours out with contracted hours.

• Staff discount scheme to local and national services.

• https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/employeebenefits/

• Cycle to work Scheme and subsidised local bus travel (75% discount).

• Employee Assistance programme.

Salary £23,186 pro rata (£ 12.30 per hour)  

Complete an application form and equal opportunities form and  email them to UnionHR@st-andrews.ac.uk, or post to Students' Association, St Mary's Place, St Andrews, KY16 9UZ.

Your role 

To lead a small team of casual, primarily student cleaners, Monday to Friday, from 7am or Saturday & Sunday from 7.30am. Supervising the team, providing support and determining the cleaning needs of the building daily in collaboration with the duty porter, you are responsible for ensuring the cleaners operate well and with efficiency while they are here. 
 

You will undertake cleaning duties to supplement and compliment the cleaners, allowing for you to effectively supervise their activities while helping the cleaning tasks to be completed. You will take primary responsibility for either the Ground Floor or the Upper Floors, inspecting your teams work, noting completion of tasks set.  
You will also undertake ancillary cleaning tasks including but not limited to, offices and meeting rooms.  

Description of Specific Duties 

• Work with the duty porters to ensure SASA building is opened & cleaning duties completed on time. 

• Ensure adherence to established cleaning standards and procedures. 

• Supervise cleaning staff to ensure they complete cleaning duties as necessary e.g. task allocation. 

• Address any areas of poor staff performance or conduct and provide support and development as required in order to raise standards. 

• Training staff in the use of cleaning equipment as necessary 

• Undertake general cleaning duties as and when required. 

• Actively encourage staff, students and other building users to recycle waste. 

• Dispose of rubbish & recycling from areas throughout the building on a regular basis. 

• Be a key holder for the building & ensure safe custody of all keys within their control, 

• Report building, fabric or equipment faults to Duty Facilities Manager or authorised delegate. 

• Ensure cleaning cupboards are correctly stocked & all cleaning equipment is available for use. 

• Inspection of cleaning equipment on a regular basis 

• Controlling and monitoring the usage of cleaning materials to avoid or minimize waste and/or misuse. 

Person Specification 

Essential Criteria – requirements without which a candidate would not be able to undertake the full remit of the role.  Applicants who have not clearly demonstrated in their application that they possess the essential requirements will normally be rejected at the short listing stage.  

Desirable Criteria – requirements which would be useful for the candidate to hold.  When short listing, these criteria will be considered when more than one applicant meets the essential requirements.  

The University of St Andrews Students’ Association is committed to promoting diversity and equality for all and welcomes applications from candidates of all backgrounds. While successful candidates will always be recruited on merit, we particularly aim to include applicants with disabilities, from BAME backgrounds, and those with diverse sexualities or marginalised gender identities.