King's College London

About us:

King’s College London offers industry-leading benefits, such as highly competitive pension schemes. Other benefits include annual season-ticket loans, Cycle to Work scheme, staff discounts such as a discounted gym membership at the King’s Health and Fitness Centre and access to sports facilities.

Your place of work at King’s College shall be the work location specified by the Duty Manager responsible for the relevant campus. The company reserves the right to move you to a different location within the building on a temporary or permanent basis. The company also reserves the right to move you to a different KCL Campus.

About the role:

The Cleaning Supervisor will be the operational supervisor of the cleaning workforce responsible for supervising all aspects of the daily cleaning operation and ensuring ‘service excellence’ is delivered in a world class university.

The Supervisor will ensure that all cleaning is delivered safely and in line with both college and departmental standards and that they and their team work collaboratively respecting King’s values and Fit for Kings behaviours.

The supervisor must also be able to provide a hands-on approach when needed to support the team and show a clear understanding of how to deliver the cleaning standards they expect from others. 

This role has 1 position available

Shift patter is Monday – Friday 6pm till 10pm

About you: (the candidate) 

To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:

Essential criteria

Good understanding of what is required to be an effective supervisor

1.       Good English language communication skills, including the ability to understand and respond to instructions both written and verbal

2.       Good customer service skills with an understanding of customer expectations and how these can be met

3.       Experience in a supervisor role

4.       Good cleaning experience with both equipment and machinery

5.       Ability to work calmly and efficiently under pressure

6.       Good teamwork skills

7.       Confident in delivering training sessions to the team

8.       Good understanding of COSHH and color coding

9.       Good understanding of safe working practices 

Desirable criteria

1.       Qualifications: BICs License, Cleaning related, First Aid

2.       Good understanding of auditing and using audit systems to monitor cleaning standards

3.       Spanish speaker

Strong understanding of different methods of cleaning and how to achieve high standards in different methods 

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click “Apply Now”. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process. 

We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.

We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's. We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.