Cleaner Spring

Role: Ref 11222 – Cleaner 

Location: Exeter, Devon

Salary: £25,467 per annum (pro-rata)

Contract/Hours: Permanent Part Time – 15 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 5.30pm-8.30pm or 6pm-9pm)

Closing date: Midnight on 15^th May 2025

Benefits:  

• 25 days annual leave PLUS bank holidays
• 60% discount on childcare within our nurseries and clubs 
• Gain professional qualifications and excellent training/development opportunities 
• Flexible maternity, adoption, and paternity packages 
• Pension with up to 7% employer contribution with included life assurance cover 
• Staff discount portal and Blue Light Card eligibility with 15,000 national retailers’ discounts 
   

We're thrilled that you're considering a career with Spring. Spare us five minutes, and we'll tell you what you need to know… 

  
About Spring

Spring offers award-winning childcare services, as part of the national charity Action for Children. It's our mission to be the best provider of outstanding quality early education to children throughout the UK, that is accessible to all. We are focused on enabling young people to learn, have fun and make friends in our bright, engaging settings. That starts with creating a happy environment for our team. Join us and you can look forward to: 

• A kind, caring culture with an emphasis on wellbeing, both physical and mental. 
• Flexible working – wherever possible we offer flexibility on hours and/or hybrid working. 
• Lots of opportunities for training, learning, development, including gaining qualifications. 
• Excellent benefits that compare favourably to other employers in our sector. 

What you’ll be doing   

In the role of Cleaner, you'll be: 

• Keeping a high standard of cleaning at all times. 
• Keeping all areas free from hazards. 
• Ensuring all bins are emptied to minimise any fire risk. 
• Reporting any breakages or any concerns to the nursery manager.  
• Working within Spring Nursery's policies and procedures. 

What we need from you   

In the role of Cleaner, we’re ideally looking for someone who has: 

• Experience in a similar role is desirable.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• The ability to work on your own initiative when required.   
• Report any breakages or any concerns to the nursery manager.  
• Some knowledge of COSH and health and Safety would be beneficial. 

Whether this is a career change for you or the next step in your journey, we'd love to hear from you. 

We work together to reach our mission to give children a healthy start in life. 

Good luck! We can't wait to hear from you. 

Contact: If you need support with your application, please contact our Recruitment Team at RecruitmentService@actionforchildren.org.uk quoting the above Reference.

We'll be happy to give you any support you require. 

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion 

At Spring Oscars we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are under-represented within the organisation. We want to take deliberate and purposeful action to ensure equal opportunity to all groups. 

Male staff are often under-represented within this sector, and we would like to encourage more male applicants for our roles. 

We are committed to safer recruitment practices to protect our service users; therefore, all applicants are expected to have an understanding of and commitment to safeguarding best-practice. 

Application Process

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

There are 5 sections for you to complete - Personal Details, CV, Supporting Statement & Information, Equality & Diversity, Submission & Declaration – please refer to the Job Description when applying. 

We also want to know what unique qualities you can bring to help us reach our vision for children and families.  

Talent Pool: We're sure you've got what it takes to join our ambitious team. If you're unsuccessful this time around, we'd like to hold your details in case similar jobs come up that you might be better suited for. But feel free to let us know if you'd rather we didn't do that. 

Want to know more about Spring and Oscars? 

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See below for further information about working with us:

Employee Reward Booklet

Spring Early Years Career Pathway

Job Description