Deputy Cleaning Supervisor

Open To:
All Interested Candidates / All Sources

Position Title:
Deputy Cleaning Supervisor

Reference:
16/83

Opening Date:
October 04, 2016

Closing Date:
October 18, 2016

Work Hours:
Full-time, 40 hours/week

Salary:
£24,297 gross starting salary per annum, (consisting of: basic salary £20,490, London weighting £2,100 and bonus £1,707). Plus discounted health care plan.

Are you looking for job security with guaranteed working hours and paid public holidays? If so, U.S. Embassy London is in search of a Deputy Cleaning Supervisor!

Working from a daily/weekly schedule, your cleaning duties within the Embassy will include:

• sweeping, mopping, scrubbing and waxing floors;
• shampooing carpets and upholstery;
• cleaning internal windows;
• disinfecting and deodorizing lavatories, commodes and other rest room facilities.

You will also be required to clean our government owned residential properties pre-occupancy and after occupancy, to include: vacuuming; dusting; cleaning cookers and all other types of domestic appliances. In order to travel between the Embassy and these residential properties, you must hold a valid full (manual) UK/EU/EEA driver’s license and, as necessary, be able to safely and confidently drive in and around central London.

Drawing from your supervisory experience, you will act as the “on-the ground” point of contact, providing guidance and direction to other custodians to overcome non-routine custodial problems. Additinally, the Deputy Cleaning Supervisor acts as a customer services liaison for custodial services, making regular visits to customers to ensure their cleaning needs are being met and covering for the Cleaning Supervisor, when on vacation/sickness.

The following qualifications are also required. It is very important that you address each selection criterion detailed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item in your application and resume/CV. This will help you in our short listing process.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED

Applicants must address each required qualification listed below with specific and comprehensive information supporting each item.  Failure to do so may result in a determination that the applicant is not qualified.

EDUCATION:
No formal educational qualifications are required.

EXPERIENCE:
Prior experience in commercial/residential property cleaning is required. Supervisory experience is required.

LANGUAGE:
Level III (good working knowledge) written and spoken English English is required.

JOB KNOWLEDGE:Knowledge of up-to-date cleaning methods/materials is required.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES:Must be able to cover all aspects of the cleaning required, to the highest standard, in both office work and residential property cleaning. Ability to communicate effectively with whole range of customers, supervisors and colleagues is required. A valid full (manual) UK/EU/EEA driver’s license is required.

INTERESTED CANDIDATES FOR THIS VACANCY MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING FOR CONSIDERATION OF THEIR APPLICATION:

• The London DS0-174 Application Form (PDF): – This is our preferred form of application, as it aims to focus the candidate on the essential criteria of an advertised vacancy.

OR

• Universal Application for Employment UAE/DS-174 (PDF)

Please reference our instructions on how to complete the UAE/DS-0174 form (PDF, 150Kb)/

You must ALSO include the following information in your application for employment:

• Your current curriculum vitae/resume.

• Evidence of your legal right to work in the UK such as a copy of your passport biographical page, work visa page and, or, birth certificate. Please do not send originals by mail. Copies are acceptable. Short-listed applicants will be asked to provide, prior to interview, original documentation in support of their legal right to work in the UK.

• Evidence of Appointment Eligible Family Member Preference (such as copy of your sponsor’s orders) or U.S. Veteran Preference (DD214 – Member 2 or Member 4), if applicable. Please do not send originals by mail. Copies are acceptable.

PLEASE NOTE, IF YOUR APPLICATION PACKAGE IS INCOMPLETE, YOU WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FURTHER FOR THIS VACANCY.

Submitting your Application

As an environmentally aware employer, our preference is for you to submit your application by email toLNDRecruit@state.gov

Please ensure documents are in Microsoft Word and/or Adobe Acrobat PDFformat.

JPEG, TIFF, SkyDrive or files other than in the 2 formats specified above will not be accepted and your application will be determined invalid.

Similarly, if your application exceeds 5Mb, your application will be determined invalid.

Alternatively, your application can be mailed to:

Recruitment
The HRD Office
American Embassy
24 Grosvenor Square
London
W1K 6AH