Cleaning Operative - #2164861

Purpose of the Job Cleaning Operative

To be responsible for ensuring the security, safety, and cleanliness in relation to the cleaning of designated streets and estates within Southwark. These will determined by the needs of the service.

• To undertake cleaning duties specified below in the following areas of the Council’s estates and highways:

• Corridors, utility rooms, balconies and pedways, entrances and lobbies, refuse stores, lifts/stairs and landings, store rooms, external areas and other areas and accommodation that might exist.

2. Cleaning duties using appropriate equipment and materials, to include:

• Sweeping of hard floors and walkways, damp and wet mopping of hard floors and walkways.

• Sweeping of external areas e.g. pathways/pavement/channels and courtyards.

• Scrubbing of internal and external hard floors, walkways and other areas as might be directed.

• Wall wash, high cleaning of walls, associated furniture, fixtures, fittings and internal window cleaning.

• Collection and removal of bulk/bagged refuse from all areas on the estate.

• Emptying of external litterbins and rotation of paladin refuse stores.

• Litter picking/leaf clearing/snow clearing.