Cleaning Operative

Location: Gateshead
Salary: £12.03 per hour (£10,011 per year)
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: 16 hours per week

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) are recruiting for a Cleaning Operative to join our large production site in Gateshead.

You'll be part of a small team who deliver a variety of daily tasks to provide a clean and safe environment for all site users. Uniform, cleaning supplies and equipment will be provided.

Daily shared tasks will include:

• Cleaning all work areas including office and production environments (dusting, sweeping, hoovering, mopping)
• Cleaning of the on-site facilities including 20 toilets and urinals, canteen, approx. 40 desks, staff rooms and several public areas.
• Maintain cleaning products and re-ordering new supplies
• Refilling and restocking cleaning supplies and toiletries (hand wash, toilet paper, paper towels)
• Opening up the building daily

Skills you'll need to be considered:

• Experience of cleaning in large commercial buildings.
• Experience of health, safety and hygiene standards.
• Knowledge of various cleaning chemicals and supplies

In return

RNIB prides itself on being a great place to work with a positive, progressive culture. We offer a wide range of benefits including 26 days of holiday per year (plus bank holidays) which rises with service, enhanced family friendly benefits, a contributory pension scheme with an employer contribution of up to 11% and a rewards platform with employee discounts across over 800 retailers.

For more information on our available benefits, please visit our Benefits of Working at RNIB page.

How to Apply

To apply, please submit your CV and a supporting statement which tells us how you meet this criteria:

• Experience of cleaning large commercial buildings
• Experience of health and safety and hygiene standards.
• Knowledge of various cleaning chemicals and supplies
• Good knowledge of Material Safety Data Sheets

Successful candidates are required to undertake a financial sanctions, credit and basic DBS check. Job offers are conditional upon the satisfactory completion of these checks.

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