Market Cleaner

Join Our Team as a Market Cleaner Bury Markets

Location: Market Management Office, 12 Princess Parade, Bury, BL9 0QL
Hours: 24 hours per week (Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, 10:00am 6:30pm)
Salary: Grade 3 + Saturday enhancements (FTE £24,309)

Are you passionate about cleanliness, community spaces, and customer care? Bury Council is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Part-Time Market Cleaner to help maintain the high standards of hygiene and presentation across our vibrant market facilities.

As a key member of the Markets Management team, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring our public and trader toilets, market offices, and surrounding areas are spotless, safe, and welcoming. You’ll be working in a dynamic environment where no two days are the sameinteracting with traders, shoppers, and colleagues while keeping our market clean, green, and safe.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Cleaning public and trader toilets, offices, and communal areas to a high standard
• Using powered cleaning equipment and maintaining cleaning supplies
• Supporting recycling and sustainability efforts
• Assisting with general enquiries and promoting a positive visitor experience
• Ensuring health & safety procedures are followed at all times

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience in cleaning or janitorial work (public or commercial settings)
• A strong understanding of hygiene and health & safety standards
• Good communication skills and a friendly, helpful attitude
• Physical fitness to carry out manual tasks such as lifting, bending, and standing for long periods
• Ability to work independently and follow cleaning schedules

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive team that takes pride in keeping Bury’s markets clean and welcoming for everyone. If you’re reliable, hardworking, and take satisfaction in a job well done, we’d love to hear from you!

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Yasmin Ullah on 0161 253 6520.