Park Cleaner - Devon
Park Cleaner
Contract: Part time, permanent
Location: Devon park, based outside of Ottery St Mary
Reports to: General Park Manger
Responsible for: This role has no direct reports or line management responsibility
Grade: 6
Job Purpose
This role is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness, hygiene, and presentation of the park facilities, ensuring a safe and pleasant environment for visitors and staff.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure the yurt village residential centre facilities are cleaned between groups and supplies are fully stocked up
- Cleaning of all park facilities such as toilets, play barn and offices
- Stocktakes and ordering of cleaning and toilet supplies
- Be aware of, and work at all times within, health and safety regulations and requirements
- Report any damaged or unusable equipment and maintenance issues promptly
- Provide exceptional customer service and communication when handling enquires and engaging with schools, groups and park visitors in a professional and helpful manner
The Working Week
Your working week will be varied, with visitor facilities spread across the park, and outdoor working in all weathers.
Your working hours are a guaranteed minimum hours of 21 hours per week, with additional hours required during the busy residential season between April – October. Shifts will need to be flexible to accommodate cleaning the yurts between groups and the park facilities such as toilets and offices either before or after the park opening hours. Occasionally there will be residential group swap overs which happen mid-morning and require a quick turnaround.
The job will involve overtime, including some evening, weekend and bank holiday working as part of your normal duties.
This job involves undertaking duties which include the following health, safety and wellbeing considerations:
- Repetitive limb movements
- Lone working
- Pressure to meet key deadlines
- Use of company vehicle
Mandatory Training for this role includes:
- DBS check
- Manual Handling
- Equality & Diversity
- Safeguarding Awareness
- GDPR / Data Protection Awareness
- Fire Safety Awareness
- Ladder Safety
- Customer Service
Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications & Experience
All Wildwood staff are passionate, committed, and resourceful. To succeed in this specific role, you will be self-motivated, have good attention to detail, and a great team player.
Essential
- Confidence to carry out tasks independently, whilst also having the ability to work productively and successfully with a team
- Work to consistently high standards of health and hygiene
- Friendly and polite customer service
- Capable of working to deadlines in a busy environment
- Good attention to detail and pride in a ‘job well done’
- Demonstrate a genuine love of British wildlife and belief in Wildwood’s Mission; to protect, conserve, and rewild British wildlife
Why work for Wildwood
Wildwood is a native species conservation charity established in 2002 to push the boundaries of innovative conservation and rewilding. We work with nature to fight the biodiversity crisis, to halt the extinction of species and to create resilient habitats in which nature thrives. We focus on nature-based solutions to return native species and recreating truly wild spaces.
Wildwood has a proud culture of respecting and valuing all colleagues. Our people are integral to our success; their expertise enables us to achieve our ambitions, their professionalism creates strong collaborations, and their integrity upholds our organisational values.
Employment Package
- Annual salary of £13,336 per annum, plus equivalent hourly rate for additional hours worked
- 18 days’ annual leave per annum, plus accumulative annual leave allowance for additional hours worked
- Inclusive and family-friendly working policies
- Training & development opportunities
- Selection of staff benefits including discounts
- Free or reduced price entry to BIAZA accredited zoos and aquariums