Cleaner - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Citizen

Citizen

Verified Company

Birmingham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Position:
Permanent

Hours: 15 hours over 3 days flexible, or 3 hours a day over 5 days (Monday to Friday) in line with a rota pattern.

We are brave, we are ambitious, we are honest, and we are Citizen
We have a Cleaner opportunity within our Estates and Services team based in Birmingham. In this role, you will work as part of a mobile or static cleaning team to deliver a good standard of cleanliness, security and safety to the communal parts of the organisation's housing stock including in our high
- and low-rise blocks. The role also involves the completion of block inspections, report repairs when found and carrying out some compliance checks.

In housing you can make a real difference, the role of a Cleaner (communal) will involve:

Litter and small-scale graffiti removal
Completion of paperwork relating to daily work
Basic Health and Safety knowledge in a cleaning environment including the use of equipment
Being able to work to and meet varying deadlines
Being able to work in unpleasant conditions
Understanding and responding to verbal and written instructions.
The completion of fire, emergency light and bin suppression compliance checks where applicable
The reporting of bulk items and repairs

As a Cleaner (communal) we need you to have:

Previous cleaning experience including mopping, sweeping, buffing, polishing, dusting, vacuuming and cleaning of glass, toilet and sanitary areas in line with a cleaning specification.
Basic knowledge on how to use a mobile phone and how to access apps and data. Mobile phone provided by Citizen
Experience of working effectively with a team of cleaners or working alone
An awareness of Citizens values and the ability to give examples of how these have been demonstrated
Experience in being able to clean to a required standard set by management

We would be excited if you have:

Experience or knowledge of BICS
Previous experience of working in communal areas located in high

- and low-rise blocks

Previous experience working in a customer focused environment

Our people are everything and we offer:

Opportunities for salary progression, which is directly linked to performance reviews
Vehicle provided for work use

- 'Live work better' scheme which actively encourages work-life balance

Annual leave starts at 25 days per year, increasing with length of service
Enhanced family leave

Company Pension

Citizen matches up to 10%
If part of the pension scheme you are entitled to Life cover (three times your annual salary)
Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
EAP a 24/7 service which gives free, confidential advice and support on a range of issues including telephone counselling
Medicash scheme digital Physiotherapy app, retail vouchers and discounts, discounted gym memberships and more
Organisational Sick Pay (benefit increases with length of service)
Recognition through our Employee Excellence Awards
Representation opportunities on our Staff Consultative Forum
Access to Citizen's Wellbeing platform
Employee Excellence Awards (winners receive extra days annual leave that year)

Here at Citizen, our purpose is to provide homes that are a foundation for life.

With over fifty years of experience, we have grown to be
one of the UK's most trusted social housing providers,** Citizen owns and manages 30,000 homes for diverse communities across the West Midlands, from urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns.

There are some fundamental challenges people in our communities' face, and we want to be an organisation which can help them deal with these.

So, we are working to solve some of the most pressing issues around housing and homelessness.

We adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing our services can do so without fear of harm, abuse or neglect.

We adopt a proactive approach to safeguarding to ensure everyone accessing our services can do so without fear of harm, abuse, or neglect.

As part of our recruitment process, we carry out robust safeguarding checks.

Closing date: 7th February 2024

Interview date:
TBC

INDAD
This is a great opportunity for you to join one of the UK's most trusted social housing providers.

Citizen owns and manages 30,000 homes across the West Midlands, including diverse communities from urban tower blocks to rural villages and towns; but we provide more than housing - our homes are a foundation for life.

We are proud to be an organisation which deals directly with the consequences of our housing crisis by providing homes for people who can't access them on the market.

We are a not-for-profit organisation and a registered charity.

All the money we make goes back into improving our homes and services and building new homes so that we can help more people.

Working for Citizen not only offers you the chance to work for an award-winning, big-hitting organisation in the Wes