Job Title: Business Services Mobile Cleaner - JRN 30041

Salary: £23,823 based on full time hours/pro rata (£12.34 per hour)

Location: Southern Area.

Hours/Contract: Full-time, 12 months Fixed Term/Secondment

A driving licence is essential, however a vehicle will be provided for travel during the tour of duty. 

This role will be based around Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside.

Working for #TeamNP

Our purpose at Team NP is simple: to keep people safe and to fight crime. But it takes more than officers alone to do the job – and that’s where our 2,000-strong team of police staff and 200 volunteers come in.  

As one of the largest police forces in England we have a huge variety of departments and specialisms offering you endless opportunities. From mentoring and coaching schemes and online soft skills courses to leadership development programmes; we’ll give you the support, training, and time to carve out the career you always wanted.  

Learn about our full benefits package 

The role 

Our Business Services team keep things running smoothly for all of us here at Northumbria Police. They are a large team covering various services, including maintenance, health and safety, and supporting Front Line Policing. We’ve got a great opportunity to join the Business Services team as a Mobile Cleaner, where you’ll play an integral part in keeping our stations clean, safe, and functional.

Unlike your typical cleaning role, you’ll be working behind the scenes in our operational police station. You’ll take pride in your work and be part of a fantastic team who work hard to achieve great results. It’s a busy role – with a great sense of achievement at the end of each shift.

What you’ll do 

• Using specialist equipment and chemicals to clean washrooms and kitchens.
• Vacuuming and mopping floors.
•  Use of floor machines will be required such as floor scrubber/dryers.
•  Emptying bins and other general office cleaning duties.
•  Maintaining up to date knowledge of health and safety legislation and complying with cleaning safety standards.
•  Cleaning to be completed within the custody suite, which includes, cells and medical rooms.
•  This is a physical role which also requires working at height.

This is a really important role in our Police Force, so we are looking for someone who takes pride in what they do.

You don’t need to have been a cleaner before – you just need a willingness to learn, the ability to work alone and as part of a team. It’s essential that you have a reasonable level of fitness and that you are punctual and reliable. A driving licence is essential for this role, however a vehicle will be provided for travel during the tour of duty. 

Sound interesting? For further information, and to support your application, please view the role profile.
 
We know it's important for you to feel that you're not only part of a great team, but part of a community. We welcome applications from suitably qualified people from all sections of the community, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.  

Harnessing these differences creates a productive environment in which everyone feels valued, and their talents are fully utilised. Appointments are based on merit alone. 

Interested to learn more? For further information about the role please contact us by email at careers@northumbria.police.uk  

What we offer

•  26 days’ leave (increasing to 30 days for 5 years+ service) plus 8 bank holidays.
•  Enhanced maternity, shared parental and adoption leave.
•  Fantastic market-leading public sector pension scheme with up to 16% employer contribution.
•  Corporate travel schemes – local rail, bus services and metro discounts.
•  Access to private healthcare and eye test vouchers.
•  Discounts on shopping and eating out thanks to the Blue Light Card and Blue Light Tickets. 
•  We’ve invested in extensive paid sick leave, trained mental health first aiders on-site, an employee advice service for the times you need that additional support. 
•  Access to gyms in some stations.
•  Sports & Social Club – join our thriving sports scene at Team NP and enjoy further exclusive discounts on days out and travel.
•  Cycle to work scheme.
  

 Just so you know

The application form shouldn’t take long to complete, you’ll need to attach a CV. You can save your application and come back to it any time prior to the closing date on the advert.  

We are proud members of the Business Disability Forum, with whom we collaborate with to improve the lives of disabled employees. We are also a Disability Confident Leader, therefore if you demonstrate that you meet the minimum criteria for this role as stated in the advert, we will progress your application and offer you an interview. 

If you tell us that you have a disability, we can make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process (for example we can arrange extra time for tests or provide a sign language interpreter) You can get in touch with us via careers@northumbria.police.uk for any support regarding the application process. Please provide us with plenty of notice so we can ensure your visit goes smoothly. 

If your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a Recruitment Vetting (RV) form, therefore you must be a resident of the UK for a minimum period of 3 years to ensure vetting checks can be successfully performed.  A job offer will be dependent upon vetting clearance, medical information, and references. 

Northumbria Police are currently a Real Living Wage employer – this means that if the hourly rate paid to you by Northumbria Police in respect of your assigned role does not meet the Real Living Wage, then an additional payment will be made.   

Terms of appointment 

This is a Fixed Term role subject to a six-month probationary period.

If you are successful in your application, you will have a 6month probation period with us where you will be unable to apply for any other post advertised internally or externally.