Salary: £12.60 - £13.05 per hour (As of 1st April 2025)
Grades: AB and CD
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy Hours: 17.5 hours Cleaner; 7.5 hours Caretaker
Location: St Mary’s C of E School, Askham Richard
Are you looking for a cleaning role that is a little different? Please note this role is term time only plus 3 weeks.
We have an opportunity for you to join North Yorkshire Council working at one of our schools, St Mary’s C of E School, Askham Richard. As our school vision states, St Mary's is first and foremost is a community, a family and a team; you feel this immediately as you walk through our doors. This applies to our staff, children and parents. The school is made up of kind and caring adults who enjoy coming to school to teach our wonderful children. Every child is known to all adults in school by name, allowing us to wrap around all children to keep them safe and happy. We are very proud of our culture here at St Mary's and look forward to welcoming someone who will fit with this ethos.
Working for NYC as a Cleaner, you will be responsible for the cleaning duties on site including dusting, vacuuming and the cleaning of sanitary fittings. Full training will be provided, and the hours are between 3:30pm to 7pm with some flexibility on start and finish time and totalling to 17.5 hours per week over 5 days. For this you will be paid £12.60 per hour (As of 1st April 2025). No weekend work!
In addition to this, we can offer the additional caretaker responsibilities of opening and locking the site after cleaning, setting the alarm, and ensuring the site is fully secure. We are looking for a caretaker to open St Mary’s from 7am. For this we will pay you an additional £12.60 per hour (As of 1st April 2025), based on 7.5 hours per week.
What can we offer you? You could find working for North Yorkshire Council more rewarding than you first thought:
- Competitive rate of pay
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme
- Generous holiday entitlement starting at 28 days per year plus Bank Holidays
- Access to range of benefits and discounts including green car scheme, childcare vouchers and home technology scheme.
Click on our Total Rewards Brochure at the bottom of this advert to see the full range of benefits.
This post requires an Enhanced DBS, the cost of which will be met by the Employer.
For further information about this vacancy, please contact Meika Hitch on 01609 797178 or email Meika.Hitch@northyorks.gov.uk
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External: to apply for this role, please visit Jobs and careers | North Yorkshire Council and submit an online application.
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Key Documents
Job description: Cleaner Grade AB.docx
Job description: Caretaker Grade CD.docx
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Key Dates
Closing Date: 13th April 2025
Interview Date: TBC
Venue for Interview: St Mary’s School, Askham Richard
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