Cleaning Supervisor

Job Introduction

We are currently looking to recruit an experienced Cleaning Supervisor to support the day to day running of our prestigious site in Central London. This is a functional management role which requires you to fulfil key tasks and achieve minimum standards, whilst working as part of a team.

Sodexo Healthcare is a leading provider of services to the NHS and private healthcare organisations in England. We provide quality of life services that improve patient and staff experience, raise standards and deliver financial benefits to our clients. We help to enhance the patient environment (including patient dining, cleaning/housekeeping, retail services), provide clinical support (equipment sterilisation) and manage technical estates teams (estates management, asset management, land maintenance and energy management).

Role Responsibility

• Plan, organise and co-ordinate a team of cleaners across the site, to ensure standards of service are achieved and maintained
• Continually monitor all cleaning standards, to ensure that they are to the required client and Sodexo satisfaction
• Monitor all hygiene standards, to ensure they are maintained to the required client and Sodexo satisfaction as outlined by Safeguard
• Monitor financial performance (e.g. supply chain, sales, labour, expenses, internal issues) to ensure that the pre-set budget figures are maintained and, when variances do occur, to provide written explanation of these costs, and to implement action plans for correction
• Undertake development plans for both heavy and light equipment to ensure pre-planned phased purchasing.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experienced business manager who has operated in a multi-disciplined environment
• Direct management experience of Cleaning
• Strong level of literacy and numeracy
• Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent time management and organisational skills
• Computer literate
• Ability to set high standards, achievable through striving for continuous improvement
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team

Desirable

• Relevant higher level qualification in functional specialities (i.e catering, facilities management)
• Direct management experience of  cleaning, housekeeping or general facilities management
• Able to successfully implement changes

Package Description

As part of our commitment to improving the quality of life for our employees, Sodexo offers a Flexible Benefits Scheme, allowing you to tailor a reward package to suit your needs but includes a technology scheme, private dental insurance, travel insurance, gym membership, Gourmet card, private medical insurance and the ability to purchase or sell annual leave. We also have a Sodexo Discount scheme, which offers employees and their friends and family the opportunity to benefit from over 1,200 discounts from top retailers both online and in-store.

40 hours per week - flexibility required to meet the need of the business – includes evening and weekend work

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process.

Sodexo and our clients are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults within a regulated activity. Certain roles will require applicants to undergo screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and/ or Disclosure Scotland.