Cleaning Supervisor

Job Overview
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Cleaning Supervisor to lead our cleaning team and ensure the highest standards of cleanliness and hygiene across our facilities. The ideal candidate will possess strong organisational skills, excellent communication abilities, and a customer\-focused approach. This role offers an opportunity to oversee daily operations, motivate staff, and maintain exceptional service quality in a dynamic environment.

Main responsibilities

• Maintain a high standard of cleaning in the main house, teaching blocks, pre prep, boarding houses, theatre and sports centre


• Tasks including but not limited to dusting, sweeping, mopping and vacuuming specified areas of the school, cleaning floors, furniture, walls and fittings by use of manual and electrically powered tools and equipment


• Schedule staffing rotas and task/area allocation including ad hoc events and lettings, sports day, speech day and extra cleaning days


• Unlock and inspect the designated tour route for prospective parent tours and Open Days


• Weekly walkabouts of the school to check all areas are cleaned to a high standard


• Compile task lists resulting from the walk about and coordinate with the cleaning team to rectify areas that need attention


• Identify in a timely manner to the Business Manager any hazards or substandard equipment and report maintenance issues on the school’s Every Compliance system


• Organise annual servicing of industrial cleaning equipment


• Organise carpet cleaning using external contractors around the needs of the business


• Organise contract window and canopy cleaning using external contractors around the needs of the business


• Organise deep cleans at the beginning and end of each term, to include main house, teaching and boarding areas


• Ensure that adequate supplies of cleaning materials and equipment are available


• Ensure that orders for cleaning materials and equipment are within the agreed budget, and that invoices are approved within group wide spending parameters


• Stock take and keep the storerooms clean and tidy, deliver stock to relevant areas of the school under the appropriate guidelines


• Perform and document monthly routine and random audits and inspections of all COSHH storage areas to make sure COSHH lists and are up to date and all chemicals are fully documented


• Arrange annual COSHH training with an accredited trainer for all those who need it


• Ensure staff training records and understanding of appropriate risk assessments are kept up to date and that staff are aware where they can access these documents (including COSHH data sheets) when needed


• Liaise with hygiene contractor and dust mat contractor regarding service visits and escort representative whilst onsite


• Ensure a high standard of professional appearance wearing the uniform provided(branded polo shirt and fleece jacket) and to comply with relevant regulations in use of personal protective equipment (PPE)


• Ensure good working practices of staff under your supervision especially where chemicals and hazardous substances are in use (COSSH)


• Undertake in\-house training of new and current staff in safe cleaning practices


• Reporting absence, sickness and any other staff issues using appropriate forms to the Business Manager and HR Manager


• Use of the School’s WHAPPS Reservation system to support internal and external event planning

Windlesham House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, qualifications, experience checks, medical clearance, enhanced DBS checks, social media checks, and documentary evidence showing your entitlement to work in the UK.

Pay: £30,000\.00 per year

Work Location: In person

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