Specialist Cleaning Operative

Job title: Specialist Cleaning Operative

**Salary**: B1 £25,185 - £25,989
Hours: 37 hours
Contract: Temporary until 30 June 2026
Location: Mobile Leeds City Council District.

As a Specialist Cleaning Operative youμ thrive on having a positive can do attitude approach to work and focus your effort on what will make the biggest difference to people lives.

This role is about having numerous transferrable skills making a real difference in the community and working with housing stock and void properties ensuring people can have a home which supports good health, wellbeing and educational outcomes.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our

**council values**

and

**ambitions**


**About you**

As a Specialist Cleaning Operative, you will bring to the role:

- The ability to carry out cleaning tasks on council buildings/council Property and assets including void. Work includes deep cleaning of vulnerable properties and housing stock.
- The ability to work across various duties ranging from gardening, removal work, cleaning, clearing and refuse loading
- all of which could be in the Leeds area or wider districts.
- Good communication skills with the client officer/customer.
- To carry out general duties of a basic trade. Such as painting and decorating duties, installing notice boards, Building Furniture (Handy man Duties).
- Carrying out general maintenance of external areas and land such as Children Centres grounds or LCC Land including housing stock and Void. Duties include clearing leaves and moss from Paths etc.

**About the role**

As our next Specialist Cleaning Operative youμ contribute to delivering a safe and welcoming city for all people of all ages and from all communities in which Leeds residents feel more secure, safe and take pride in their community.

The role is integral to our cleaning and facilities management team striving to deliver high standards of work across Leeds in an array of different roles that includes but is not limited to gardening works, property clearances, removal services and fly tip / waste collections.

**What we offer you**

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
- a range of
**staff benefits**

to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

**How to apply**

**Read our guidance**

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the

**Skilled Worker visa**

route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.

**Job purpose**:
To provide various services in an efficient and effective manner for a multi-client base as directed by the Service Manager/ Assistant

**Responsibilities**:

- Carry out cleaning tasks on council buildings / council property and assets including void. Work includes deep cleaning of vulnerable properties, Housing stock.
- Carry out cleaning of a hazardous substance and work of unpleasant nature (Pigeon guano, human faeces, blood, fleas, stagnate water).
- Clearing items of a hazardous nature (needles, waste, emptying of buildings, animals).
- Ability to work across various duties ranging from gardening, removal work, cleaning, clearing and refuse loading, all of which could be in the Leeds area or wider districts.
- Communicating with the client officer / customer.
- Carry out general duties of a basic trade, such as painting and decorating duties, installing notice boards, building furniture (handy man duties).
- Ability to use / drive up to a 7.5-ton vehicle (tipper / box wagon).
- Carrying out general maintenance of external areas and land such as Children Centres grounds or LCC land including housing stock and void. Duties include clearing leaves and moss from paths etc.
- Complying with transport use of vehicle “clean, reporting defects” carrying out a prestart check.
- Adhere to the Health and Safety regulations and LCC policies on safe working practice and correct use of P.P.E.
- Ability to carry out a working risk assessment before work starts.
- Ability to complete effective paperwork (HAV’S reporting, work / job sheets, method statements, dynamic risk assessments on site).
- Be able to work as part of a team, act on instruction from senior staff.
- Attend appropriate training course, meetings as requested and communication events.
- Ability to attend and complete machine training (Stihl) Gardening.
- The ability to complete working at heights and scaffold training / ladd