Chargehand CleanerCouncil

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent

Play a key role in keeping our buildings safe and clean.

Join our dedicated and well-established building cleaning team to assist with the allocation and supervision of cleaning work. We are a friendly and welcoming team who fully understand the levels of cleaning required and work closely together to ensure our standards of cleanliness are met and maintained.

This is a full-time, permanent post, working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday. On occasions you may be required to collect keys at a weekend or on a bank holiday. You’ll work in various council buildings across the city and in specific geographical areas. You’ll be required to work in adverse weather conditions.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll supervise the cleaners to ensure high standards are maintained and meet the health and safety criteria to ensure the safety of cleaning operatives, service users and visitors. You’ll delegate and undertake daily tasks which include vacuuming, mopping, dusting, polishing, cleaning toilets and washrooms, clearing rubbish, restocking hand soaps and toilet roll dispensers. You will also be required to use industrial machinery such as jet washers, carpet cleaners and scrubber dryers. You’ll oversee work to check that all tasks are complete before the staff finish for the day. You’ll check the cleaning materials stock and plan in orders to ensure the team have the right level of cleaning equipment and consumables. You’ll assist complete quality conversations to address issues they may have, or that you have with their performance. You’ll carry out cleaning audits on housing estates and other buildings, as well as assist in training of other cleaning operatives.

What you’ll need

As a methodical and organised individual with substantial cleaning experience, you’ll have the ability to lead by example and motivate the team. You’ll have a good understanding of COSHH and Health & Safety within the workplace and be able to apply this within the various environments. Using excellent verbal and written communication skills, you’ll be able to give clear and concise instructions to the team, liaise with members of the public and clients, complete forms and maintain records. A strong team player, you’ll also be able to work on your own initiative to ensure daily tasks are completed. You will be required to have your own vehicle with business insurance to travel to and from sites.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.

For a chat about this post, please feel free to contact Sarah Tovey at [email protected]

Interviews will take place on Tuesday 8th and Wednesday 9th December 2026....[more details]

Location:

Various locations across Leicester City

Salary:

£26,427 - £26,847 Per Year

Position type: 37