Cleaning Supervisor

An experienced Cleaning Supervisor is required to join the Support Services team in Estates. Applicants should have excellent supervisory, leadership and communication skills. You should ideally be qualified to SVQ/City and Guilds/ BICSc levels and have at least two years previous supervisory experience within a similar environment.

You should have extensive knowledge and experience of cleaning practices, products and equipment and of managing a team in a busy, diverse and progressive environment. You should have the ability to cope well when under pressure and demonstrate trustworthiness, dependability and initiative, along with an enthusiastic and helpful manner.

Experience in a similar environment is desirable, but training will be given.

Employees of the University have access to a wide range of staff benefits including:

Annual leave of 30 days, plus 5 public holidays pro rata

Financial contribution to relocation where applicable

Membership of the S&LAS Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions

A hybrid working environment, including partial homeworking where appropriate and a range of family friendly policies

Staff discount scheme for local and national goods and services

Free staff parking, employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes and subsidised local bus travel

Subsidised sports membership, reduced tuition fees on degree programmes for staff, access to training and development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning, access to library facilities, salary sacrifice scheme

Applications are particularly welcome from, people from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community, and other protected characteristics who are under-represented in professional posts at the University.

At St Andrews, equality, diversity, and inclusion are central to who we are and form a core pillar of our University Strategy. We are committed to creating a fair, inclusive and supportive workplace, reflected in our participation in national diversity charters and awards, including Athena Swan, Carer Positive and the Race Equality Charter. We particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian, minority ethnic and minority religions backgrounds and from LGBTQ+ and disabled people.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Information on other visa options is available at https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa or by contacting our HR Immigration Team on hrimmigration@st-andrews.ac.uk.