Cleaner

Join DN Colleges as a Cleaner and help provide a professional, customer-focused cleaning service across our sites. This role is responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness within classrooms, offices and public areas, helping to create a safe, welcoming and inclusive environment for students, staff and visitors.

Working as part of the Facilities Cleaning Services team, you will undertake both planned and reactive cleaning tasks, ensuring buildings, furnishings and facilities are maintained to an excellent standard. This is an ideal opportunity for someone with a methodical approach, strong timekeeping skills and previous cleaning experience.

Working pattern- Monday to Friday 12:30pm - 16:30pm

Actual Salary as per 20 hours per week- £13,660.84 per annum

Key Responsibilities

Clean the fabric of buildings, including floor coverings, fixtures, furniture and sanitary facilities.

Carry out both planned and reactive cleaning duties.

• Move chairs, desks and other furniture as required.

• Operate cleaning equipment such as buffers, scrubbers and other cleaning machinery.

Ensure cleaning equipment and consumables are used safely and stored correctly.

Undertake routine maintenance checks on cleaning equipment.

Report defects, hazards and concerns to the Estates Helpdesk.

Maintain high standards of cleanliness across classrooms, offices and public areas.

Work collaboratively with colleagues to support an effective cleaning service.

Essential Criteria

Experience working in a cleaning role within a similar environment.

Ability to read and follow instructions relevant to the role.

Good communication skills.

Ability to use cleaning equipment and machinery.

Ability to work as part of a team and undertake physically demanding duties, including lifting and moving furniture and equipment.

Benefits for Working for DN Colleges

Permanent position subject to a satisfactory six-month probationary period.

Annual leave entitlement of 30 days plus public holidays and efficiency closure days.

Flexible working arrangements may be considered depending on operational requirements.

Opportunities for job share and part-time working arrangements.

Access to a group personal pension scheme.

Option to join the Health Scheme.

Reimbursement of approved work-related expenses.

Uniform provided where applicable.

Opportunity to work within a supportive and inclusive educational environment.

Important Things to Note

In DN Colleges we call this role Cleaner but you might know this as Cleaning Operative, Domestic Assistant, Facilities Cleaner, Housekeeping Assistant or Site Cleaner.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check.

Employees are expected to be flexible, as hours may be subject to averaging and some evening or weekend working may be required.

We are not looking for agency support for this role.

If you need more information, please contact us at [email protected].

Closing date- 9th October 2026

North Lindsey College has been a key training provider in Scunthorpe for over 60 years, helping thousands of people throughout the years to go on to achieve their dreams.

We offer post-16 study programmes, apprenticeships, traineeships, part-time short courses and Higher Education programmes.

Across all of our provision we work closely with employers across every sector in this region and further afield, to help you gain the skills you need to progress into your chosen career.