Cleaner

Post: Cleaner

Hours: 10 hours per week, 52.14 weeks per year (5 weeks holiday entitlement)

Contract: Permanent contract

Salary: Scale 2, Point 3 £6,493.78 per annum (full time equivalent salary £24,027)

Start date: 22nd April 2025

Location: St James' Church of England Primary and Nursery School. Colchester

Our school has been serving the community for over 150 years and we provide a caring and nurturing environment for all the children attending St James'.

The ideal candidate:

Will preferably need to have cleaning experience, know how to handle cleaning tools and chemicals, and have experience with or be willing to learn about health and safety related to cleaning processes. You will work closely with the caretaker.

In return we can offer:

A caring, friendly, Christian ethos that aims to develop everyone to their full potential and where every person is valued.

Highly motivated children and a supportive staff team; SLT and Governors with a clear vision for the future.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

For more information, please contact Maria Chinegwu (maria.chinegwu@dcvst.org).

If you would like to apply, please complete the online application form via Essex School Jobs. Alternatively, please complete the Vines Trusts application form and return to maria.chinegwu@dcvst.org

Applications closing date is Monday 31st of March 2025

Interviews will be held during the week commencing 31st of March 2025

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The appointment will be subject to a successful enhanced DBS check and additional pre- employment checks. A full job description and person specification, our Privacy Notice and our Recruitment & Selection Policy Statement are attached.

As a Church of England school, we have Christian Values at the centre of all we do as we teach the children how to aim high, using their skills and talents to achieve whatever they aim for.

Learning at St James' is exciting and fun, children get messy and enjoy talking about their learning. Classrooms are vibrant and full of resources to make sure that pupils obtain the knowledge, skills and understanding that they need to thrive. Our pupils are hard-working individuals who enjoy their learning and who support each other to improve.

Our Christian school has a strong ethos to ensure pupils achieve. The school has a supportive staff team who are committed to improving learning outcomes for pupils.