Cleaner
Grade A - £24,796 – 26,403 full time equivalent
Grove School, Dawson Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9HB
Head Teacher: Ms Justine Baker
Hours: 12.5 hours weekly

We are looking to appoint a cleaner to join our highly motivated, enthusiastic and hardworking cleaning team.

You will be responsible for the cleanliness of a specified area of the school.  This area will be allocated to you by the Building Site Manager. For the details of the duties and responsibilities of this role, please read the job description.

You will need to be diligent, efficient and professional. It is essential that you have the ability to work effectively as part of a team.

Previous experience is preferred but not essential.

The hours required are: 15:30 – 18:00, Monday – Friday (12.5 hours per week)

Staff are required to work during the Christmas half term – 1 day, Easter half term – 1 week, February half term – 1 week and summer holidays – 2 weeks.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Closing Date: Wednesday 22nd April 2026 at 12.00pm

Interviews: Thursday 30th April 2026

Application forms, job description and person specification are available on the school website:
http://web.grove.bham.sch.uk

Please email your completed application form to vacancy@grove.bham.sch.uk

Grove School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks.

The pre-employment checks include: Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable) medical fitness; identity, Birth Certificate and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and the amendments to the Exemption Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Please note that applicatiobs must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates

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