Cleaning Assistant
New College Pontefract
Pontefract
- Expired
- Salary:
- FTE £24,759, pro rata £8,178
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 4 October 2026
Job overview
Hours: 13.75 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 3.45pm–6.30pm
Contract: Permanent, term time only plus 2 weeks (40 weeks)
Help us create a clean, safe and welcoming environment for our students and staff
We are looking for a reliable and hardworking Cleaning Assistant to join the Estates Team at New College Pontefract.
You’ll play an important part in ensuring that our college is clean, tidy and welcoming each day, carrying out routine cleaning across the site as well as helping with additional cleaning during college closures. You’ll work as part of a supportive team, while also taking responsibility for completing your own areas to a high standard.
The role will include cleaning college areas in line with agreed schedules, identifying and reporting repairs or maintenance issues, and helping us maintain a safe and well-presented environment for everyone who studies and works here.
About you
You will ideally have previous cleaning experience and be comfortable with the physical demands of the role. More importantly, you’ll take pride in your work, have a practical and common-sense approach, and be able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
Good communication and organisational skills are important, along with a flexible approach and a commitment to providing a good standard of service. Experience of using different types of cleaning equipment or working within an educational environment would be an advantage.
Why join New College Pontefract?
New College Pontefract is an outstanding place to work. As the founding member of New Collaborative Learning Trust, the college is part of a supportive and ambitious organisation with a strong reputation for staff development and career progression.
Benefits include access to high-quality professional development, an attractive pension scheme, a cycle to work scheme and technology scheme, alongside a strong commitment to staff wellbeing. NCLT was also named Employer of the Year at the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards.
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Closing date: Sunday 4 October 2026, 12 midnight.
New Collaborative Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If appointed, you will be expected to apply for a disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service as well as other employment checks before your appointment is confirmed.
About New College Pontefract
An exciting opportunity to join an outstanding team!
This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious candidate to join our dynamic and welcoming team at the forefront of the sector, and make a real difference to the education and aspirations of the young people in the local community.
New College Pontefract is an outstanding place to work and study, regularly near the top of UK sixth from College results tables and awarded outstanding in all areas by Ofsted in 2023. The majority of our A level students progress to higher education at over 60 different universities, including Oxford and Cambridge.
New College Pontefract delivers primarily A Level provision, alongside a range of Applied General Qualifications and GCSE Maths. We provide students with over 60 courses to choose from, this along with our highly qualified and enthusiastic teachers ensures our students receive an outstanding learner experience. We provide a wide range of extra-curricular and personal development activities, including sports and college production; we want New College Pontefract to be a vibrant community that students and staff will be eager to join.
The college is outward facing and believes strongly in collaboration, being the lead partner in our teaching school, collaborating with over 30 schools and colleges. The teaching school creates opportunities for staff to access a range of CPD, to deliver on CPD events and to support colleagues and departments in other schools/colleges.
As an employer, we strongly believe in recognising and rewarding outstanding performance in all our staff and have an excellent reward and recognition scheme in place. The college has a warm and friendly atmosphere, making it an exciting and enjoyable place to study and work. We have lots of great benefits to offer staff and we always have plenty going on, whether it is our annual well-being day, Christmas party or social gatherings.
New College Pontefract sits within the New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT), a multi-academy Trust which currently consisting of three 16-19 Colleges, three Primary Schools and one 11-16 Academy. NCLT was awarded ‘Employer of the year’ in the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards and is recognised as a Leader in Diversity and a Disability Confident Employer. Collaboration is at the core if our work and we have a shared commitment to providing an outstanding learning experience and making a positive contribution to social mobility and the lives of young people.
Thank you for considering the exciting opportunities available with us.
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