Leicester is covered by a wealth of soft and hard open spaces that includes a range of parks, gardens and nature areas. We have over 150,000 individual trees and 107 hectares of woodlands, canals, and riversides. In addition, we also have 150 play and outdoor gym facilities, sports facilities, highways, and housing green spaces totalling 1,250 hectares.

It is widely recognised that quality open spaces contribute to residents’ quality of life and improve physical and mental health wellbeing, with parks in Leicester attracting around 9m visitors per annum.

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Cleaner to join our team. Reporting to the Parks Manager, you’ll be a valued member of the team working alongside our gardeners. Our primary aim is to ensure safety within our parks and provide open space for both humans and wildlife to enjoy.

This is a full-time, permanent position working 37 hours per week. Hours of work are from Monday to Sunday (with 2 days off during the week) including Bank Holidays. You’ll work around varying conditions including periods of exceptionally high footfall and seasonal issues.

• You’ll work outdoors in all weathers to maintain and ensure parks are clean including the standalone toilets blocks on park sites. 
• You’ll carry out litter picking, empty litter bins, remove any unpleasant substances and sharp objects such as, needles. 
• You’ll ensure your work is completed in line with all legal requirements including Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) regulations, and those relating to health and safety. 
• Maintaining basic security checks such as, locking and unlocking areas, you’ll ensure the parks are kept safe. 
• In addition, you’ll carry out manual handling of cleaning equipment, a range of tools and buckets of water in between work areas to ensure cleaning duties are completed efficiently. 
• Quite often as the first point of contact in the park, you’ll provide a friendly, high quality customer service by assisting customers where you can.

For the full job description, including the key areas of responsibilities and accountabilities, please click the 'apply now' button.

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.

• You’ll have experience of carrying out general cleaning duties in public duties or you’ll have the ability to undertake relevant cleaning tasks. 
• You’ll have basic literacy and numeracy skills sufficient for safe compliance with Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH), to maintain cleaning records and complete incident forms. 
• With an awareness of your duties and responsibilities in relation to health and safety, you’ll be able to use cleaning equipment and chemicals safely. 
• You’ll be willing to work in unpleasant environments such as, public toilets and outdoors in winter months. 
• With the ability to be comfortable with working around the public including in actively used toilets, you’ll be able to work on your own with minimal supervision and use your initiative.
• Due to the nature of this role, you’ll be subject to an Full UK Driving License.