Environmental Services Cleaner

About The Role
What you can expect from us

• We offer a competitive salary of £26,200 per annum.
• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
• Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility.
• Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
• Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%).
• A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies.
• Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family.
  Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
• Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Access of up to £150 annually through the 'Learning for life' scheme.
• Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
• Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.

We are looking for a Cleaning Operative to be working across multiple sites in Manchester and cleaning communal areas. You may also be required to work out of hours occasionally when required. A full UK driving license is required for this role.
The purpose of the role is to provide high standards of cleanliness of scheme communal areas / communal properties by cleaning to agreed standards.
Responsibilities
Cleaning

• General cleaning duties at locations to include sheltered /supported/ specialist living schemes,blocks of flats, communal areas/communal properties, in accordance with the operational cleaning specification and quality assurance work schedules. This will include a range of duties including, vacuuming, mopping, wiping, dusting, cleaning internal windows /frames and sills, emptying of communal bins and bin areas, etc, ensuring areas being cleaned are safe and appropriately signed off.
• Carry out ad hoc cleaning tasks as and when required. Use of internal software to complete work records.
• Responsible for removing discarded syringes and needles and cleaning hazardous substances when identified or reported, only when trained to do the task.
• Responsibility to order and restock cleaning supplies and sundries as and when required.

Health & Safety /Compliance checks/ Minor maintenance

• Handling and use of cleaning materials in accordance with COSHH regulations ensuring appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) is always worn.
• Undertake appropriate H&S and compliance checks, such as water flushing and water temperature checks, carry out fire alarm testing, as identified within your dedicated work schedules.
• Where required, carry out daily van and equipment checks inline with health & safety safe systems of work.
• Report repairs and carry out minor maintenance tasks such as changing light bulbs when required.
• Attend appropriate training courses/seminars as requested.

What we require?
Essential:

• Experience of delivering cleaning services to a variety of customers.
• Ability to work on own initiative or as part of a team, acting on instruction as required.
• Able to use different cleaning methods and equipment, for example, mopping, dusting, wiping, and buffing.
• Able to follow procedures to meet high standards with the ability to prioritise tasks to complete them on time.
• Be willing to cover and work in various areas within and covering different duties as requested.
• Previous experience in a similar role.
• Good customer service skills.
• Good communication skills - written and verbal.
• The ability to follow procedures and provide performance data of operations.

Desirable:

• Use of electronic equipment e.g., Smart phone/iPad
• Experience of carrying out facilities checks such as Water testing and Alarm testing.

Qualifications
Essential:

• Knowledge of hygiene regulations.
• Knowledge of COSSH regulations.

Desirable:

• Hygiene certificate.
• BICS

About The Organisation
About Onward
Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across the region.
We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we're committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers' heads, we're here to make a real difference.
In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.
We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.
If candidates have any concerns / questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.