Job Description

The Role

• To provide a clean and pleasant environment and to cover occasional absences within the Domestic services Department.
• To help maintain the fabric of school buildings in good condition.
• To maintain high levels of cleanliness throughout the school.

Duties

• To clean specified areas of the school to the required standard as instructed by your line Manager.
• Wash floors, surfaces, fixtures and fittings and walls up to specified height.
• Cleaning inside windows up to a specified height.
• Sweeping and vacuuming floors.
• Polishing and dusting surfaces and furniture.
• Cleaning toilets and shower areas.
• Use cleaning materials as appropriate and according to their instructions for use.
• To empty bins and remove rubbish from the premises.
• To take recyclable materials to appropriate recycling points.
• To report any damages to School property or other relevant matters to your line Manager.
• To use power cleaning equipment as directed and as per manufacturer\xe2\x80\x99s instructions.
• To undertake any relevant training as required.
• To comply with the requirements of the Health and Safety at Work Regulations.
• To take reasonable care for the Health and Safety of themselves and for others.
• To co-operate with the employer in ensuring that Health and Safety Responsibilities are carried out.
• To undertake any other relevant duties.

Please see the job description for further details.

Dean Close School is a co-educational day and boarding school which provides continuity of education from age 2 to 18. The School was established in 1886, and is set in 50 acres of parkland in the centre of Cheltenham. In 2015 the Dean Close Foundation was formed, when the School acquired St John\xe2\x80\x99s on-the-Hill Preparatory School and three nurseries in the Chepstow area. In 2017 the Foundation purchased a further two nurseries, Tree Tops in Cheltenham and Gloucester, taking its total to five.

Dean Close is renowned for focusing on individual development. Small classes, excellent learning facilities plus a 550-seater professional theatre, amphitheatre, 2 floodlit astro-turfs, 25m indoor pool, climbing wall, indoor rifle range, dance studio and fully equipped gymnasium all help to nurture each child\xe2\x80\x99s strengths and talents. With around 300 pupils in the Prep School and 500 in the Senior School, Dean Close is small enough to allow everyone to know one another and to feel valued. It also allows everyone to get fully involved in the life of the School. However, it is large enough to have an extremely strong boarding community, vibrant and exciting creative arts, impressive academic results and great sports achievements across all ages.

Visitors to Dean Close regularly comment on the atmosphere, saying how warm and friendly they find it, and we believe that this positive environment can be attributed directly to the Christian heart and principles of the School.

Dean Close Foundation