Cleaner

Job title: Cleaner

Location: Fir Vale Academy, Owler Lane, Sheffield, S4 8GB

Starting salary: £14.24 hourly rate (inclusive of holiday pay)

Contract: Zero-hour, casual contract

Start date: As soon as possible

Fir Vale Academy is seeking to appoint a Cleaner to join our dedicated site team.  The successful candidate will join a friendly and dedicated team under the supervision of the Cleaning Supervisor, undertaking a range of cleaning duties to ensure the academy is maintained to a consistently high standard for students, staff and visitors.

Main duties will include:

• Cleaning floor space in teaching, communal and office areas using appropriate techniques and equipment, for example, mops, sweeps, spray cleans, machine scrub, dry, buff and suction clean.

• Cleaning all internal surface areas, for example, walls, windows, work surfaces and floors using appropriate techniques, equipment and materials.

• Emptying wastepaper bins and removing waste to a designated area.

We will offer you:

• Highly competitive pay above national average.

• Excellent facilities and resources.

• Access to an outstanding professional development programme.

• A respectful working environment.

• Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.

• A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.

• Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy across the Yorkshire Cluster and United Learning.

• Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.

• Free on-site parking.

• We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.

What we would like from you:

• Ability to use, clean and maintain a full range of industrial and domestic cleaning equipment and materials.

• Good understanding of operational practices, working methods and schedules associated with cleaning services.

• Understanding and awareness of the related Health and Safety issues associated with cleaning materials, equipment and premises.

• Good communication skills.

• Ability to maintain appropriate levels of security in all working areas.

• Ability to work effectively as an individual and part of a team.

• Previous experience of working within an educational setting would be advantageous, although full training will be provided and applications from candidates with relevant transferable skills are welcomed.

If you possess these qualities and would like to contribute to a positive and welcoming environment for our students and staff, we would be delighted to hear from you.

To apply, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button at the top of the advert on our website using the following link to our vacancies page: Fir Vale Academy Vacancies and complete our online application form.  Please note that CVs are not accepted. 

The closing date for this post is midnight on the 19 October 2026.  Interviews will take place soon after.

If you would like to discuss this exciting opportunity, please contact hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk

United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.