Overview
Department: Facilities
Location: Birmingham (On-Site)
Type of Contract: Permanent / Full Time
Salary: £29,000 - £32,000
What We Do: Our Facilities department is responsible for maintaining the smooth operation, cleanliness, safety and overall experience of our campus, supporting an inspiring learning environment.
Our Vision: Changing Lives through Education
The Role: As a Cleaning Supervisor you will help us create an environment where students feel supported, staff feel valued, and learning can flourish. Your leadership will ensure our campus stays safe, hygienic, and welcoming, contributing to the wider community and helping us maintain a space that everyone can take pride in. The Cleaning Supervisor is responsible for leading daily cleaning operations across GBS campuses to ensure safe, hygienic, and welcoming environments for students, staff, and visitors. The role combines hands-on duties with operational leadership, driving quality standards, statutory compliance, sustainability goals, and excellent service delivery. The postholder acts as the first point of escalation for cleaning-related issues, coordinates response to incidents, and ensure planned and periodic tasks are completed to great quality.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship!
Responsibilities
- Lead, motivate, mentor and supervise Cleaners across shifts, ensuring adherence to schedule, standards, and procedures.
- Plan daily deployment and rota coverage, ensuring adequate staffing, coordinate agency or contractors when required.
- Deliver and oversee cleaning services of classrooms, offices, libraries, washrooms, receptions, circulation areas, and external areas.
- Uphold colour-coding systems, infection-prevention protocols, and quality assurance processes aligned with industry best practice.
- Monitor and operate relevant systems (e.g. Timetabler, Jira), respond within agreed SLAs.
- Manage stock levels for consumables and materials; ensure timely ordering, secure storage, cost and usage control.
- Complete monthly stocktakes; maintain accurate stock control records and support internal audit requirements.
- Complete and record checks on cleaning machinery and equipment for health & safety; escalate defects to Facilities Manager for repair and remove unsafe items from service.
- Maintain COSHH documentation, risk assessments, method statements, and safe systems of work for all tasks and chemicals.
- Work with the team to undertake sanitising, general, and deep-clean duties across internal and external areas, including car parks, smoking zones, showers, and leisure spaces, ensuring surfaces and floors are free from duct, litter, stains, and residual cleaning materials; replenish hygiene products.
- Support waste management and recycling programmes, ensuring correct segregation, presentation, and traceability (confidential waste, WEEE, toner, general/recycling). Maintain excellent standards in washrooms and high-traffic areas, including proactive attendance and replenishment routines.
- Collect data and prepare KPI reports (audit scores, SLA compliance, attendance, consumables usage, complaints) for the Facilities Manager.
- Maintain a training matrix for Cleaners, scheduling refreshers and keeping accurate records of all training completed; contribute to training plans, toolbox talks, inductions, and ongoing coaching for the team; promote continuous improvement.
About You
- Demonstrable understanding of Health & Safety, COSHH, manual handling, and risk assessment.
- Knowledge of cleaning methods, materials, equipment, and quality standards; ability to set and check standards.
- Strong communication, organisation, and problem-solving skills; able to prioritise and adapt to changing needs.
- Experience in planning rotas, allocating work, conducting audits, and maintaining compliance records.
- Proficiency with emails, MS Office, and basic IT systems.
- Practical knowledge of professional cleaning chemicals and aids across different surfaces and finishes.
- Flexible, proactive, ‘can-do’ approach; able to work under own initiative while meeting service standards.
Desirable
- BICSc (or equivalent) qualification/membership.
- IOSH Working/Managing Safely (or equivalent) and First Aid at Work.
- Experience in education, public-facing venues, or similar settings.
- Experience supporting waste reduction and sustainability initiatives.
What We Offer
- 25 days annual leave, plus 8 public holidays
- 1-day extra leave per year of service, up to a maximum of 5 days
- Workplace pension scheme
- Tuition reimbursement for career development courses
- Flexible Benefits: Cycle to Work, Workplace Nursery, Techscheme and much more
- Perks@Work discounts platform, wellbeing centre and much more
- Reward and recognition programme
- £500 award employee referral scheme
- Discretionary annual performance bonus
“GBS has been a good place for professional growth. I have received great support from managers and colleagues who have encouraged me to develop new skills and take on more senior roles. Their mentorship has been invaluable to help me advance in my career.”
— Barbara Vargas (Professional Services Employee)
GBS is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and providing a workplace free from discrimination or harassment. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities. We take our core values seriously and work hard to create an environment where everyone feels welcomed.
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