Cleaner (38.5 hours per fortnight)

• Permanent Part-Time (38.5 hours per fortnight)
• From $29,298pa (inc superannuation)
• Overtime and Allowances
• Casual positions also available

Council offers a wide range of benefits such as salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits), health and wellbeing programs and employee vaccinations to employees.

Do you want to be part of something challenging and rewarding? Are you passionate about our community? If so, joining the Glen Innes Severn Council might be the right career move for you.

Working for Council means you'll be joining a dedicated team where your individual effort is part of something much bigger – delivering great things for our community.

The Council covers an area of 5,487km2, and is located in the beautiful New England area of NSW.  This area encompasses the town of Glen Innes and villages of Deepwater, Emmaville, Glencoe, Wellingrove and Red Range. We're proud of the contribution our community makes to this vibrant, dynamic and attractive area in which to live and work.

Glen Innes offers an attractive lifestyle including a well serviced and friendly rural community, laid back living, short commuting times, affordable housing, easy access to NSW north coast beaches and larger regional centres, and terrific recreational and sporting facilities. 

A GREAT PLACE TO WORK

As part of our team you will have the opportunity to make a real difference to our community, working with a diverse range of passionate, supportive and engaging people within a collaborative environment. You will also be part of a workplace that offers competitive employee benefits and opportunities and encourages professional development including:

• Salary packaging (including novated motor vehicle leasing and remote area housing benefits) for all permanent staff
• Long service leave after 5 years
• Corporate wellbeing programs
• Employee vaccinations
• PPE supplied
• Training and development programs

THE POSITION

This position will clean offices, public amenities and other buildings / facilities, in accordance with the roster set by the position’s supervisor to ensure that these facilities are clean and free of rubbish.

Reporting to Manager of Recreation and Open Spaces, you will:

• Carry out all cleaning duties as required for each specific work site and/or event that may occur from time to time, including but not limited to vacuuming, sweeping, removal of rubbish, mopping, hosing, disinfecting.
• Replenish consumables in toilets, kitchen areas and storerooms, as required to ensure that these items are well stocked.
• Sweep and removes rubbish from adjacent external areas to maintain a clean and tidy state, including paths, walkways, gardens, verandahs and entrance areas including the removal of cobwebs and management of graffiti.
• Perform minor maintenance work and reports major damage and / or defects to buildings, fixtures and furniture to the supervisor or relevant site manager. 
• Ensure building security is maintained during and following cleaning activities, including closing and securing all external windows and doors, and activating building alarms where they are fitted.
• Store, mix and apply cleaners and other chemical products in accordance with Safety Data Sheets (SDS), manufacturers' instructions and / or other relevant safety procedures.
• Participate in training and staff meetings as required.
• Train and coach new or relief staff and also relieve in cleaning roles at other Council sites when required.
• Assist customers with simple enquiries outside opening hours.

 WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

Specifically, you will have:

• Current driver’s licence
• Ability and willingness to work nights and weekends
• Ability to read, interpret and apply written instructions
• Ability to calculate amounts involving ratios, proportions, area and volume
• Previous experience in commercial/industrial cleaning work

INTERESTED IN APPLYING

• Carefully download and read the Guide to Applying for Employment, together with the position description to familiarise yourself with the role and application process
• Please upload documents in PDF or word format
• Please note that as part of Glen Innes Severn Council's recruitment process, prior to an offer of employment being made, recommended candidates will be required to undertake pre-employment checks. This may include: reference checks; national criminal police check; functional/medical assessment; qualification verification; Working with Children Check and NDIS verification.
• Our recruitment notification process is primarily via system generated emails. Please ensure your email is correct before submitting an application to avoid missing crucial updates and outcomes. Email communication notifications are used for but not limited to: application received, interview booking tools, confirmation of interview, request for references/more information, delay notifications, testing/assessments (aptitude/psychometric/industry specific) and application outcomes (unsuccessful before or after interview)
• Please regularly check your 'junk mail' or ensure our email address jobs@gisc.nsw.gov.au and Pulse email no_reply@lgss.com.au is set to 'trustworthy'

NEED MORE INFORMATION OR ASSISTANCE 

 Council is an EEO employer. Women, Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders, people with a disability, and members of racial, ethnic, and ethno-religious minority groups are encouraged to apply.