H142 - Cleaning Team Leader

Broxtowe Borough Council is looking to recruit an experienced Cleaning Team Leader to lead and manage its established cleaning time within the Housing Department.

The Cleaning Team Leader will have relevant experience in best cleaning practices and techniques, having management experience of supporting the achievement of high standards of work and ensuring performance across the team.

The post will manage a dispersed team of Scheme Cleaners across Broxtowe Borough Council’s Independent Living Schemes, as well as Mobile Cleaners, who provide the cleaning of the Council’s empty void properties ready for new tenants to move in.

We are looking to recruit a conscientious and committed person who is able to effectively lead a team, manage their time and work effectively to support the Cleaning Team whilst implementing and meeting performance targets.

The Council has a positive approach to training and development and will seek to facilitate appropriate job related training. Please ensure you demonstrate in your application how you achieve the essential and desirable criteria set out in the person specification. Consideration may be given to applicants who do not achieve all essential criteria, but are able to demonstrate a good level of relevant work experience.

The role will require you to be able to drive and a designated car user status has been applied to this post. Please see the Personal Specification for further information.

We’re looking for an individual who has experience in:

• Providing professional cleaning services
• Managing and leading a team
• Performance monitoring
• Managing their own time and workload
• Able to adapt to changing priorities

The ideal candidate would be:

• Someone who represents our GREAT values and behaviours

What you need to know:

This is a permanent role and will involve travel around the Borough of Broxtowe.

 Successfully shortlisted candidates will be asked to attend a formal interview which may include a test in order to determine suitability for the role.

If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Louise Gealy on 0115 9173045.

Please quote reference no: H142

Closing date: 30 June 2024

Expected interview date: W/C 15 July 2024

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Why join us?

The Council has five GREAT values which represent our standards and expectations of how we’ll work.

As a disability confident employer and an organisation that is committed to equal opportunities, we welcome applications from all sections of the community. 

The Council embraces flexible ways of working to ensure that we can attract the best talent and experience and get the most from our employees. Whilst meeting the needs of our residents is a priority and we can’t guarantee we can accept all flexible working requests, we are happy to discuss your options when you apply for a job with us.

As a Broxtowe Borough Council employee you can enjoy many benefits including a generous pension fund, loyalty awards and family friendly policies to help you balance your work and family life, as well as discounts and offers as part of our employee benefits scheme.

Read more about the benefits of working at Broxtowe Borough Council.