Cleaner


Company:	USP College
Salary:	£24,289 FTE (Pro Rata: £9,715.60)
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Benfleet, SS7 1TW
Working pattern:	On-site
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	17 Sept 2026
Closing date:	24 Sept 2026

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Summary

Job Details

As a college, our strategy is Career-Focused Learning and ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do.

We are looking for a part-time cleaner to maintain the high cleanliness standards of our Seevic campus.

Cleaning duties will involve, emptying bins, hoovering, sweeping & mopping floors, wiping down and disinfecting hard surfaces as well as cleaning toilets & shower area.

Duties & Responsibilities

Ensure designated areas of work are left in a safe, clean and hygienic condition.

Manual cleaning is undertaken in accordance with service best practice methods

Manual cleaning tasks inclusive of but not limited to mopping, hoovering, wet wipe, dusting, polishing and changing waste bins.

Appropriate use of cleaning products/materials (as trained), handheld and powered equipment required to complete cleaning tasks

Maintain required standards of Health and Safety at all times for self, colleagues and others

Any other duties relevant to the nature of the post.

The right candidate

Previous experience in cleaning

Must be able to work with own initiative

Must be reliable

Why choose us?

Our strategy is to create a Career Focused, Digital Learning environment, ensuring that the learner experience and our relationship within our community, local and regional employers, are at the heart of everything we do. We are proud to be selected as finalists for the AoC Beacon awards for effective use of digital Technology in FE. Providing a high achieving, focused learning environment allowing our students to achieve the grades they need for higher educations, or the skills and aptitude required to secure a suitable role in their chosen career. Our college is set in the leafy suburbs of Essex, with easy access to surrounding areas and amenities, we are based in a well-connected location both by road and rail.

What we offer:

A dedicated and friendly team of professionals who are keen to develop and learn

Excellent pension provision

Annual Staff Awards

CPD days - opportunities to grow and development through mentorship and coaching

Free onsite parking

Staff appreciation days

Eye care vouchers

Onsite Starbucks & Restaurant

Well-being days & activities

Electric Vehicle Scheme*

Discounted gym membership

Hybrid Working available

Fully immersive teaching rooms allow simultaneous online teaching at multiple locations

Free Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7, 365 days offering legal & financial advice, as well as general support & guidance

* subject to terms & conditions

This role is considered exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Self-declaration is subject to Ministry of Justice guidance on the disclosure of criminal records, further information can be found on GOV UK

USP College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, we therefore expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service, and any other checks that the role requires to ascertain suitability for working with children and/or vulnerable adults, which may include online searches.

We will hold and process any personal data, including sensitive (special category) personal data, relating to you in accordance with our legal obligations, in the manner set out in the Privacy Notice for staff and in accordance with our Data Protection Policy, which is set out on the College’s website, found here. You should familiarise yourself with our Data Protection Policy (and all other subsidiary policies to it) and comply with them at all times. Neither the Privacy Notice for Staff nor those policies form a part of your contract of employment.

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