Housekeeper / Cleaner

Nursery: Children 1st The Marina

Address: Brayford Pool, Lincoln, LN1 1RD

Hours: Monday - Friday, Part Time 15 hours (3 hours a day)

Salary: £12.71 per hour

Hi, I'm Samantha, the Nursery Manager at The Marina. Located on the University of Lincoln campus, our nursery thrives on strong relationships with families, students, and the wider community.

Our beautifully designed spaces-from the magical reading treehouse loft to our bright, open-plan rooms-create a stimulating and engaging environment that supports every child's development.

Set beside the Brayford Pool, our children enjoy daily moments of wonder as they observe ducks, ducklings, and swans, connecting deeply with the natural world right outside our doors.

Remarkable Future starts here

Storal is a collective group of nurseries that we happily belong to at The Marina. Storal stands for high quality outcomes for children and is passionate about Early Years. Bringing your whole self is a must-whether that's pink hair, being neurospicy or having a unique pastime, we encourage it all. Your unique self is what makes our Nursery even better.

About you

You have exceptionally high standards and take pride in creating clean, safe, and welcoming environments. You have a proactive approach to cleaning, enjoy rolling up your sleeves, and are dedicated to providing excellent care and service. Your enthusiasm and compassion ensure that those you support feel cared for and proud of the environment they work in.

What you'll be doing

As a Housekeeper/Cleaner, you will maintain a high standard of cleanliness throughout the nursery setting. Following the cleaning schedule, you will ensure all areas are kept clean, tidy, safe and well cared for. Your role will involve managing cleaning materials and supplies, in line with health and safety guidelines, following the latest child protection and health and safety legislation.

You will work closely with the educator team to ensure any issues impacting daily operations are reported and dealt with quickly, effectively and safely.

What you'll need

• Experience in a similar role
• Enthusiasm and high standards of cleanliness
• Excellent understanding of basic hygiene and cleanliness
• Understanding of Health and Safety regulations and COSHH
• Understanding of safeguarding and site security

Why work for us

• For you - We get the basics right: enhanced holidays, paid sick pay, extra wellness day off (yearly) and accessing your pay before payday with PayCaptain
• Family matters - Balance starts at home: Childcare Discount + Funding, compassionate leave & enhanced maternity (and more)
• Health & wellness - Nourishing body & mind: Partnerships with Vitality & Peppy; fertility & menopause support, gym discount, free movie tickets and more
• Development - Investing in your future: Micro-learning, financial stability tools & Storal Support Fund
• Our community - Growing together: Termly inset days, team app & Storal Awards gathering.
• Enhanced DBS check and subscription to the DBS Update Service

We partner with world leading third parties such as Pay Captain, Vitality, and Peppy.

We take our role in the safety of children, our families and our team extremely seriously. As governed by the EYFS, we have a designated safeguarding lead in each setting and all staff (and volunteers) complete thorough compliance checks prior to employment including employment references & DBS.