School Cleaning Supervisor and Porter - Pipers Corner School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
We are looking for a School Cleaning Supervisor and Porter to support all aspects of school housekeeping, supervise the cleaning of the School and complete daily porter/cleaning tasks as necessary.
Salary: £25-29k dependent on experience
Contract: Permanent, To start as soon as possible
Hours: 40 hours per week with Five weeks annual holiday, Please see recruitment booklet for further information.
Closing date: Thursday 24 April 2025
About us
Pipers Corner is a Girls’ School Association Independent School for girls aged 4-18. Set in 96 acres of beautiful Chiltern countryside, the school is four miles north of High Wycombe and two miles from Great Missenden. In its most recent ISI inspection (March 2023) the school was graded as “excellent” in all categories.
Website: www.piperscorner.co.uk
About the role
Check daily to ensure that rooms are ready for school exams, functions and events.
Monitor the work of the externally-contracted cleaning operatives, liaising closely with the Cleaning Supervisor
Respond to service requests for porter/hospitality jobs.
Perform cleaning tasks based on a schedule produced by the Estates Manager
Further information regarding the role is available from the recruitment booklet in the vacancy section on our website https://www.piperscorner.co.uk/our-community/staff/job-vacancies
About you
- Ideally the candidate will enjoy working as part of a team but will also be able to take the initiative particularly when events and activities are in progress.
- This is a demanding role which requires a level of physical fitness.
- The successful candidate should be able to evidence their reliability and be amenable to some flexibility in working hours according to the needs of the School calendar.
- Punctuality is an important part of the function.
Other information
An application form can be obtained from the HR Department, email [email protected] or downloaded from the vacancies section of our website www.piperscorner.co.uk.
Completed application forms and a covering letter should be addressed to the Headmistress and returned to HR via the email address above.
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Pipers Corner School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.
Pipers Corner School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
