We are currently recruiting a Cleaning Services Assistant to assist the University of Stirling team based at the Marine Environmental Research Laboratory (MERL) at Machrihanish.
You will be an enthusiastic individual, committed to ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness are maintained throughout the buildings. Reporting directly to the onsite manager, you will be responsible for ensuring designated areas are cleaned in accordance with specifications. As a front-facing role, you will be expected to provide excellence in customer care to all users of the properties.

OPERATIONAL

• Provide planned and reactive cleaning services to defined service level standards to ensure a common standard is maintained within your designated area. Cleaning services include cleaning of all accessible surfaces, comprising furniture, fixtures and fittings, various floor types, carpets, sanitary ware, toilet and shower facilities (including unblocking drains as necessary), kitchens (including appliances) and laboratories.
• Report any maintenance, damage, cleanliness issues to the site manager.
• Ensure safe working practices are maintained in the workplace, particularly ensuring compliance with all instructions relating to the use and storage of chemicals, materials and equipment provided for the role.
• Undertake legislative compliance through regular sanitising in relation to Legionella treatment and to report when such works are completed.
• Undertake room preparation in relation to bookings, including but not limited to making beds, literature distribution and hospitality provision set up.
• Ensure all lost property is dealt with in accordance with University policy and procedures.
• Attend and participate in relevant training and development to ensure that operational and safety standards are maintained at all times.
• Support internal and external emergency cleaning, ensuring that body fluid and other emergency spillages and graffiti removal is dealt with in accordance with agreed procedures.
• Empty waste and recycling receptacles in line with building specification and actual usage, transferring waste to designated disposal points.
• Use all equipment and materials in an economical way, minimising waste.
• Restock consumables and report any faults or difficulties with equipment or materials to the site manager.
• Plan and organise own duties effectively and efficiently, within training/guidance given, proactively seeking support from the site manager where required.
• Proactively respond to changes in demands as appropriate i.e., floods, spillages, replenishment of toilet supplies.