Operations · Milestones Museum and Basing House

Casual Cleaner

Can you help to make sure that our venue is clean, safe and up to the high standards that our visitors expect?

We usually respond within two weeks

Job Title:

Casual Cleaner

Salary:

£11.44 per hour plus annual leave allowance

Location:

Milestones Museum, Basingstoke

Hours:

Ad-hoc including weekends

Type of Contract:

Job Description (JD): Casual Cleaner

Can you help to make sure that our venue is clean, safe and up to the high standards that our visitors expect?

As a Casual Cleaner at Milestones Museum, you’ll be part of a team responsible for ensuring that the museum is kept clean and well maintained. This will involve general cleaning, tidying our education rooms and ensuring that our visitor washroom facilities are kept clean.

You’ll be responsible for upholding the highest standards and ensuring our venue is presented in its best possible light. You’ll need to closely follow various instructions and procedures, to make sure tasks are carried out correctly and that our venues are safe spaces for our visitors to spend time in.

As a casual worker we’ll offer you shifts when we need additional staff, holiday and/or sickness cover. Our peak times are during school holidays, especially over the winter months and on rainy days.

A bit about you

Ideally, you will have a strong drive to ensure the cleaning standards at Milestones are the best they can be and appreciate the expectation placed on us to ensure our facilities are kept to a high standard thus ensuring that every visitor has an excellent day out!

You will be part of a team of cleaning staff and will be a supportive team player with a strong work ethic. Ability to work efficiently, always willing to jump in and lend a hand, but also happy to work on your own initiative when necessary.

We will provide full PPE, cleaning equipment and uniform.

Who we are

At Hampshire Cultural Trust we have a vision to create inspirational culture experiences that enrich and transform lives. We manage and support 20+ attractions and deliver county-wide outreach programmes that bring great culture to local communities. We also deliver a diverse range of wider social impact initiatives targeted at those who are most vulnerable or disadvantaged and who would not usually have access to arts and culture.

We promote equity, inclusion and diversity and a culture that actively values difference. We recognise that people from different backgrounds and experiences can enhance the way we perform and work and we encourage and support the physical and mental health and wellbeing of all our staff.

We are inclusive, valuing, and respectful of diversity, developing the ability to recruit and retain a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Therefore, we are committed to implementing reasonable adjustments for candidates with disabilities in our recruitment process and in employment.

To apply please fill in the application form with an up-to-date CV. We do not require covering letters for this position however would be grateful to receive context to your application.

Closing date for applications: 26 January 2025

To find out more about us visit our website www.hampshireculture.org.uk

Department: Operations
Role: Facilities Management
Locations: Milestones Museum and Basing House
Hourly salary: £11.44

Our recruitment - what to expect

Step 1 – Application

Check out who we are and find the role for you. Applying through our application form we'll find out about you and you an even add a fun flair to your application.
Step 2 - Catch-up

Once we've got your application one of our team may reach out to find out more about you, your interest and to tell you about life at HCT. This is an informal catch-up.
Step 3 - Interview and Assessment

Depending on the role you may have 1 or 2 stages of interviews. These will often include a task related to the role. We'll send a guidance pack prior to the interview to give you some hints, tips and to help prepare.
Step 4 - Offer and Onboarding

Congratulations! We really think you could make your mark at HCT, so you'll receive your verbal offer and we'll start formally welcoming you.

Need to talk to us?

Use the live chat function to speak directly to the Hiring Manager or drop us a message at: recruitment@hampshireculturaltrust.org.uk.

Alternatively you can talk to us directly on: 01962 396678

Life at HCT

Not your traditional museum or art gallery

HCT is all about changing lives through culture and it is only through our staff and volunteers that we make that happen. We are selective on those who join us as we expect all of our teams and colleagues to uphold HCT’s values of being confident and creative in all circumstances. To strive for excellence with everything we do whilst taking responsibility and ownership for all aspects of our work as a trust in order to deliver amazing things through teamwork. All of this is underpinned by our keen strives to respect everyone’s individuality and uniqueness.