JOB NEWS: Beamish Museum is hiring a Seasonal Cleaner in Beamish on a Seasonal basis.
Job Overview
Cleaner (Seasonal)
Employer: Beamish Museum
Location: Beamish Museum, County Durham
Job Type: Seasonal
Working Hours: Flexible hours, including weekends, bank holidays, evenings and school holidays
Reports To: Cleaning Supervisor
Salary & Benefits
Salary: Salary: See link
The supplied job description does not specify a salary or detailed employee benefits.
Key Responsibilities
- Clean various museum buildings, catering areas and toilets before opening and throughout the day
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness across the museum site
- Carry out litter picking, particularly around picnic and food outlet areas
- Empty bins and fit new bin liners
- Arrange collection of black bags
- Refill cleaning supplies and toiletries
- Prepare and clean rooms before and after events and school groups
- Report low stocks of cleaning materials
- Help maintain safe and well-managed working areas and stores
- Use protective clothing and cleaning products correctly
- Operate cleaning machinery such as buffers, polishers and vacuum cleaners safely
- Provide a high level of customer service to visitors
- Take part in team and individual training
- Work collaboratively with other Museum departments
- Support museum events and operational requirements
Requirements
- Experience of general cleaning duties
- Excellent teamwork skills and a hands-on approach
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to engage effectively with visitors
- Experience of working in a fast-paced, public-facing environment, or the ability to do so
- Self-motivated and able to work without supervision
- Ability to carry out manual handling duties
- Basic health and safety awareness
- Ability to work safely and maintain tidy working areas
- Ability to use initiative
- Flexible approach to working hours
- Willingness to work weekends, bank holidays and evenings
- Ability to work during school holidays
About The Role
Beamish Museum is recruiting a Seasonal Cleaner to help maintain the museum site to a high standard and provide visitors with a clean, safe and welcoming experience.
The successful candidate will work across the museum, cleaning buildings, catering areas and toilets before opening and carrying out regular checks throughout the day. The role also includes litter picking, emptying bins, restocking toiletries and cleaning supplies, and preparing rooms before and after events and school groups.
The Cleaner will work closely with the Cleaning Supervisor, Facilities Team Leader, Attendants, Museum staff and volunteers. The role requires a hands-on approach and the ability to work independently while also contributing effectively as part of the wider Museum team.
The successful applicant will need to use cleaning products, protective clothing and equipment correctly and operate machinery such as buffers, polishers and vacuum cleaners in accordance with training and instructions.
Providing good customer service is an important part of the position, with the Museum specifically looking for people who put visitors first and can communicate effectively with members of the public.
Flexibility is essential. The role may require working late evenings, weekends, bank holidays and school holidays to support museum events and operational requirements.
All new appointments are subject to satisfactory references, a medical report, criminal conviction vetting clearance and proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Beamish Museum states that it recruits based on aptitude, positive attitude and potential, with transferable skills and diverse experiences valued alongside formal qualifications.
Source
Beamish Museum
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