Cleaning Supervisor

at  Kings College London

Job id: 091845. Salary: £29,248 - £32,181 (£16.03 per hour) per annum inclusive of London weighting.
Posted: 26 June 2024. Closing date: 14 July 2024.
Business unit: Estates & Facilities. Department: Cleaning - Central.
Contact details: Amy Turner / Judette Makieleka. css-recruitment@kcl.ac.uk
Location: St. Thomas House. Category: Professional & Support Services.
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About us:
King’s College London offers industry-leading benefits, such as highly competitive pension schemes. Other benefits include annual season-ticket loans, Cycle to Work scheme, staff discounts such as a discounted gym membership at the King’s Health and Fitness Centre and access to sports facilities.
Your place of work at King’s College shall be the work location specified by the Duty Manager responsible for the relevant campus. The company reserves the right to move you to a different location within the building on a temporary or permanent basis. The company also reserves the right to move you to a different KCL Campus.
About the role:
The Cleaning Supervisor will be the operational supervisor of the cleaning workforce responsible for supervising all aspects of the daily cleaning operation and ensuring ‘service excellence’ is delivered in a world class university.
The Supervisor will ensure that all cleaning is delivered safely and in line with both college and departmental standards and that they and their team work collaboratively respecting King’s values and Fit for Kings behaviours.
The supervisor must also be able to provide a hands-on approach when needed to support the team and show a clear understanding of how to deliver the cleaning standards they expect from others.
This role has 1 position available
Shift patter is Monday – Friday 6pm till 10pm
About you: (the candidate)
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
Good understanding of what is required to be an effective supervisor
1. Good English language communication skills, including the ability to understand and respond to instructions both written and verbal
2. Good customer service skills with an understanding of customer expectations and how these can be met
3. Experience in a supervisor role
4. Good cleaning experience with both equipment and machinery
5. Ability to work calmly and efficiently under pressure
6. Good teamwork skills
7. Confident in delivering training sessions to the team
8. Good understanding of COSHH and color coding
9. Good understanding of safe working practices
Desirable criteria
1. Qualifications: BICs License, Cleaning related, First Aid
2. Good understanding of auditing and using audit systems to monitor cleaning standards
3. Spanish speaker
Strong understanding of different methods of cleaning and how to achieve high standards in different methods
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