Cleaner

Job summary

Are you looking for a well-paid cleaning role with a great team and your afternoons free to balance your home life?

As a cleaner at HMGCC you’ll get exactly that and will be joining a positive, inclusive team who helps make this organisation work.

With your positive and friendly approach, you’ll provide a clean working environment to all employees and visitors using your time management skills to prioritise your tasks and complete the cleaning needed.

You’ll be given all the support you need not only from your manager but also the rest of the team. If you’re looking to study towards gaining qualifications, we can help with that as well.

You’ll be enabling the UK government to produce reliable and totally secure communications to protect national security. It doesn’t get much more important than that.

Job description

Putting your skills to use

Using your diverse range of skills within the cleaning team, you will:

• Undertake all aspects of cleaning in designated areas within the site, as per the cleaning schedule, to the required standard.
• Empty litter and recycling bins and remove the waste to the designated areas.
• Use powered equipment where necessary.
• Clear up after flooding or any other emergency cleaning within the nature of the job.
• Collect and distribute laundry, including white coats and tea towels.
• Report any items that need maintenance or repair.

Person specification

More about you

To apply for this role, you will already have:

• Some experience of cleaning duties, preferably in an office or workplace environment.
• Some experience of dealing with the public.
• Basic IT skills.
• The ability to start at 6am.

It would be beneficial if you also have one of the following (although these are not essential):

• An awareness of Health & Safety and COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulations (training will be given to successful applicants).
• Ability to work independently and part of a team.

Your personal skills

You will be the type of person who:

• Treats security and health and safety as essential to the wellbeing of all.
• Works cooperatively with others to achieve goals.
• Shows flexibility in adapting to situations or requirements.
• Deals efficiently with customer requests, queries and problems, delivering the best possible service.
• Uses the most appropriate style and approach for the situation.
• Overcomes obstacles and sees tasks through to completion.
• Thinks through issues logically and finds appropriate solutions.

Benefits

What we offer

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will be doing, here’s what we can offer you:

• A positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
• 8 bank holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
• 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
• Pension. Our government pension scheme is Alpha. It’s a competitive, defined benefits scheme.
• Opportunities for development.
• Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
• Flexible or compressed hours to support you to balance your life with your work.
• Paid parental and adoption leave and neonatal policy.
• Training. Lots and lots of training. This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
• Opportunities for mentoring and coaching.
• Free secure parking and allocated parking for car shares.
• Affinity groups – whether you are a person with a disability, part of the LGBTQIA+ community and/or from an ethnic minority background, we provide an inclusive environment, support and a variety of networks for everyone.
• Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.
• Bike to work scheme.
• Multi-faith prayer room. This is a quiet contemplation room for staff to use for prayer or reflection.
• 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
• Sports & social society. We have a range of clubs and societies and offer regular subsidised theatre tickets and on-site activities.
• On site café and restaurant.
• On site nursery (subject to availability).
• Change of employment loan*.

About HMGCC

We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.

We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the life - work balance many aspire to.

To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.

Equal Opportunities

Inclusion and diversity really matter to us. It's not just about numbers or visible differences.

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each other's differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.

To find out more about our culture and inclusion and diversity, please visit our website.

We are proud to offer applicants who declare a disability or long-term health condition the opportunity to apply through the Offer of Interview Scheme. We aim to ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants who best meet the minimum essential criteria for this position are offered an interview where practicable.

We offer reasonable reimbursement of travel costs for candidates attending in person interviews or assessments during the recruitment and vetting process. Full details will be provided with your interview or assessment invitation. Reimbursement is discretionary and will only be made in line with the Candidate Expenses Policy, as amended from time to time. Candidates must book their own travel, using the most economical option, and provide original hardcopy receipts for reimbursement.

Things you need to know

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Selection process details

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