Start date: 26 November 2024

Hours per week: 10 (Afternoon Clean- 15:30pm to 17:30pm), Term time only Washwood Heath Academy Trust
Brownmead Junior And Infant School
Pencroft Road
Birmingham
B34 6SS
Telephone number: 0121 675 3102

Contact email: prichardson-grant@whmat.academy

Contract type: Permanent  

Could you join our hardworking team?

We are looking for an experienced Cleaner to join us as soon as possible. You will have responsibility for providing a clean environment for our staff, students and visitors. Duties will include sweeping /mopping and vacuuming floors, cleaning and dusting surfaces, plus any other associated tasks as required. This is for an afternoon clean Monday to Friday 15:30pm to 17:30pm.

Our Academies are in the heart of multi-cultural Birmingham. The Academies are progressing fast in their mission to develop outstanding learners, ensure academic success and nurture happy citizens in a supportive and inspiring environment.

We are part of Washwood Heath Multi Academy Trust, welcoming students from 4-16 years old, providing a standard of academic excellence for secondary education where everyone works and learns within a caring and supportive environment. We are very proud of the positive learning experience offered to our students and the support available to ensure they achieve their full potential. 

In return, we will offer you:

• a collaborative and inclusive culture, where team members will upskill you and give you regular opportunities to learn from each other in a safe and collaborative environment, both within your schools and Trust-wide
• an opportunity to undertake structured CPD via access to the national college online CPD platform and/or apprenticeships such as level 7 senior leaders masters, with regular twilights
• access to career pathways and pledge to help you plan for and make your goals a reality via our professional growth and performance (PPG) process
• a wellbeing culture, with paid and unpaid time off to support life events via our life leave policy, access to a wellbeing champion and the opportunity to participate in our annual staff wellbeing survey with edurio, so we know and can respond to views
• access to 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP), which includes confidential counselling, access to wellbeing advice and a lifestyle app called “my possible self”
• access to a suite of supportive policies, such as life leave, wellbeing, career break and family friendly
• access to a generous pension scheme known as the teachers’ pension scheme (LGPS)
• access to a comprehensive employee rewards package including long service awards, employee referral scheme, cycle to work scheme and contribution to glasses and eye-sight tests for eligible display screen users
• opportunity to be part of key trust-wide collaborative groups such as the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI working group) and wellbeing working groups, including menopause support and neurodiversity support
• onsite parking at all schools

Informal chats are warmly welcomed. Please speak to Paris Richardson – Grant by email (prichardson-grant@whmat.academy) or by telephone on Tel: 0121 802 2936

(NB. CV’s will not be accepted)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

We value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to work at Brownmead Academy as a Cleaner

We promise to treat all candidates fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment, and selection process.

We are also “happy to talk flexible working” subject to the operational requirements of the role.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Brownmead Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. 

How to Apply

Please apply online.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. 

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.