Caretaker/cleaner

**Saheliya Cleaner/Caretaker**
**Job Title **Saheliya Cleaner/Caretaker (*Female)
**Location** Saheliya, 125 McDonald Road, Edinburgh,EH7 4NW
**Job Hours** 30 hrs per week; 7am to 1pm, Monday to Friday

**Salary** Scottish Living Wage - £9.90 per hour, rising to £10.90 from 1stMay

2023

Saheliya is a specialist mental health and well-being support organisation working with women (12+ years) experiencing racial inequality in Edinburgh, Glasgow and other parts of Scotland

**Key Role**

Maintain a high level of cleanliness within Saheliya’s office premises and Saheliya’s Nursery.
Presenting a high degree of professional and personal integrity.

**Daily duties (Monday to Friday) include**:

- Clean toilet areas including sweeping and mopping floors
- Wash, disinfect all wash surfaces, sanitary ware and WC’s
- Disinfect all door handles in the nursery, nursery corridor
- Sweep and mop all hardfloor areas in the office premises and the nursery
- Hoover the carpeted areas in the nursery
- Set up and organise meeting/training rooms, assist with setting up refreshments when required
- Keep the reception area and communal areas tidy
- Ensure fire exits are not blocked and kept clear at all times
- Ensure fire doors are kept closed at all times
- Keep the kitchen and storage areas tidy
- Load and unload the dishwasher
- Wipe down desks in the meeting/training rooms
- Replenishment of washroom consumables
- Empty all waste bins and dispose of in correct bins
- Any other relevant tasks that may arise

**Weekly/Monthly duties include**:

- Wipe down toilet walls and tiles - weekly
- Disinfect all desks, IT equipment, phone handsets - weekly
- Disinfect light switches and doors - weekly
- Hoover all carpeted areas in the office premises - weekly
- Dust and clean all window ledges,doors and skirtings - monthly
- Brush and pick up litter in the nursery garden and car park garden - weekly
- Deep clean of all carptets/hardfloors - monthly
- Clean/wipe all radiators and heaters - monthly
- Any other relevant tasks that may arise
- Support of COSHH system and storage where applicable

**Key Competencies**:
Ability to communicate in English

Patience, tolerance, and flexibility

Experience of practical cleaning skills

Ability to multi task and work on own initiative

Able to work as a member of a team

Knowledge of health and safety in respect of general cleaning and use of products/equipment

Willingness to participate in other relevant work if required

**Desirable requirements**:

- Experience of working with vulnerable people from BAME backgrounds
- An understanding of the voluntary and public sectors within Scotland
- An understanding of the policy context Saheliya works within

**Interview Date: TBC**

**CVs will not be accepted**

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 30 per week

**Salary**: £9.90 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 08/02/2023
Expected start date: 13/02/2023