Cleaning Supervisor – Day Time

Directorate: Chief Executive’s

Hours: 20 hours a week, Monday to Friday 07:00 – 11:00am

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Various sites across Derby City

You will also be required to work occasional weekends and late nights covering Derby Live events at Derby Arena (to be agreed in advance).

We are looking for an individual with vast experience within the cleaning industry, who has previously managed teams, worked at a variety of sites and would like to take the next step towards management. Under direction of the Area Manager ensure a cost effective and efficient cleaning service is provided to our customers in various buildings around the city.

The role will be communicating with customers daily and auditing the cleaning standards to ensure a high-quality service is delivered. Tackling any shortfalls and providing key feedback to the cleaning team & management team. You will be responsible for the supervision, training, and development of staff to ensure they reach their full potential.

You will also be at the forefront of changing the shape of how we deliver our services, looking into new ways of working, trialling new products and equipment and continuously looking at ways of improving our delivery service.

We expect you to have a working knowledge of the COSHH regulations & follow the councils Health & Safety policy & procedures.

As you are required to drive round the city as part of your job role you will need use of a vehicle with business use on your vehicle insurance. You will also be required to undertake a driving assessment to use our electric van weekly.

We want our employees to support the Council’s vision to make Derby a safe, strong and ambitious city – and a better place to live, work and visit – the successful candidate will need to be confident and competent and work to a quality standard.

Benefits of working for Derby City Council include training opportunities, paid annual leave and the chance of career progression.

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 19 February 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Important Information

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Before you complete your application form please read our guidance on filling in your application form.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference.  As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on [phone removed] (Relay UK – 18001 [phone removed]) or at [email removed]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/