Cleaner Supervisor

Salary: £38,923 -£43,749
Grade: Level 3 Zone 1
Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (36 hours)
Closing Date: Sunday 9^th November at 23:59

About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

What You’ll Be Doing

To help Camden achieve our aim of providing a clean, safe and pleasant environment for our residents to live in, by providing a comprehensive, professional cleaning service across the accommodation schemes, identifying and reporting health and safety hazards and repairs, and undertaking low level maintenance and repair tasks.

You will provide a planned cleaning programme across our temporary accommodation buildings including health and safety checks and minor repairs to ensure that the units are well maintained, remain safe and health and safety compliant.

Managing a team delivering a customer focused cleaning and caretaking service to homeless households residing in temporary accommodation with a focus on taking all necessary steps to maximise tenancy sustainment and reducing the time properties remain void.

You will be responsible for managing and planning the work schedules for a team of cleaners dispersed across temporary accommodation buildings, ensuring communal and external areas are kept clean and tidy and ensuring all buildings have appropriate staff cover when required.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Basic DBS.

All About You

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

You’re enthusiastic about Camden’s ambition to be the best place to live and work. You care deeply about delivering services that put residents first, and you’re passionate about housing equality believing everyone deserves a safe, warm home and a sense of belonging in the community. You’re proactive, taking early action to support residents and create positive change. You make services accessible, going the extra mile to meet diverse needs, and if you can’t help, you’ll connect with someone who can.

You’re a great communicator, you build strong relationships with colleagues and the community, listen actively, and adapt to meet people where they are. You believe in doing things together, ensuring no one is left behind and that residents’ voices are central to your work.

You bring experience from a busy housing environment and have a good understanding of housing legislation, including the Housing Act 1996 Parts VI and VII. You’re confident using digital systems and committed to equality, inclusion, and safeguarding.

If you’re passionate about making a difference and want to help shape services that go beyond bricks and mortar, we’d love to hear from you.

How To Apply

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/11449849/file/documen…

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Inclusion and Belonging

At Camden, we want every colleague to feel they belong and can thrive. We welcome applications from all parts of our community, and particularly encourage people from Black, Asian and Other Ethnic Heritage communities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled and neurodiverse people, survivors of domestic abuse, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds or with care experience. We know that different voices and perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to providing the support, adjustments and flexibility people need to succeed. Click here for more information on our commitment.

Asking for Adjustments

At Camden, we are committed to making our recruitment process barrier-free and accessible for everyone. If you need us to do something differently during the application, interview or assessment process, just let us know and we will support you. This could include providing information in an alternative format, extra time in assessments, or adjustments for disabled, neurodiverse or long-term health conditions.

Please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or by post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG. We’ll work with you to make sure the process works for you.

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.