Cleaning Team Leader Rugby, Warwickshire £25,292.28

Role Responsibility:

CLEANING TEAM LEADER

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services

HMP Rye Hill, Rugby, CV23 8SZ

Salary £25,292.28 per annum

Permanent, Full Time (40 hours per week)

Benefits:  Company Pension, free on-site parking, on-site canteen, ongoing training and development and access to High Street Shop discounts.

Within Care and Rehabilitation Services, the philosophy of our prisons is to rehabilitate offenders and equip them to re-integrate into mainstream society on release. We seek to normalise prison conditions as far as possible to reflect life in the outside community. Our aim is to create an environment in which staff and prisoners feel safe and causes of prison stress are minimised. Central to our philosophy is the relationship between staff and prisoners. Our training and operational practices emphasise the need to treat prisoners with dignity and respect and G4S staff build positive and supportive relationships with the prisoners in their care. 

HMP Rye Hill is a category 'B' training prison situated in the village of Willoughby, near Rugby in Warwickshire, holding approximately 664 sentenced male adults.

We now have an opportunity for a Cleaning Team Leader to to provide leadership and mentoring to direct subordinates in order ensure that cleaning standards, COSHH conformity and training is in place for staff under their control. To ensure specified areas are cleaned and are hygienic in line with contract expectations and standards.  To work as part of a team and ensure that standards are maintained at all times.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that you are familiar with the contract cleaning specification and ensure adhere to it.
• Ensure that team members are trained/qualified and adhere to COSHH, safety data sheets and respective risk assessments.
• Ensure that specific areas are cleaned at a stated time so we do not impact on the operational needs of the business.
• Report any building related faults to the FM helpdesk.
• Review, order and maintain stock levels of cleaning consumables in cleaning cupboards.
• Ensure all cleaning cupboards and areas we occupy are kept clean and consumables stored in a safe manner.
• Maintain COSHH documents in suitable locations to support the task and use and storage of chemicals.
• Check cleaning equipment is safe before use, maintain it to a high standard and ensure all losses and breakages are reported.
• Complete any work tasks within the scheduled target dates and submit to helpdesk for closure.
• Assist in the promotion of creating a positive Health & Safety culture across the site leading by example, this includes reporting accidents and near misses in a timely manner & follow the applicable safe systems of work for the role.
• The duties and responsibilities listed within this job description are not exhaustive and the job holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary from time to time.

The Ideal Candidate:

You must have experience in a previous cleaning role and be able to work to high standards and schedules. With an eye for detail and a flexible approach you must be reliable and conscientious together with strong supervision skills and experience of managing staff.

Qualifications in Health and Safety (IOSH/NEBOSH) and Cleaning (BICs) would be desirable but aren’t essential.

If you join us, you can be sure that you’ll find a secure, friendly and professional working environment and be given all the support, training and encouragement you need to build and develop a successful career with us.

For more information about HMP Rye Hill please visit https://hmpryehill.co.uk/

Equality and Diversity is an important part of G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services. We actively encourage applications from all backgrounds and are a fully inclusive employer who aims to support all employees to be their true selves. We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments for either the role or during the recruitment process.

G4S Care and Rehabilitation Services is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and adults at risk and each employee is expected to support these goals.

Please note that these vacancies are subject to a 10 year checkable history and the strict vetting standards set by G4S and the Secretary of State for the Home Office and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. 

You must be eligible to work in the UK and you will need to provide full details of your employment and education history for the last 10 years as part of the security screening process for this role.