Cleaner - Trinity Bay State High School

Trinity Bay State High School is seeking energetic, honest, and reliable individuals to join our cleaning team. As a School Cleaner, you will play a vital role in maintaining a safe, hygienic, and welcoming environment for students, staff, and visitors. This position involves a variety of cleaning tasks, security responsibilities, and collaboration with the school leadership team to ensure high standards are met. The role requires working split shifts, Monday to Friday, with morning shifts from 5:00am to 9:00am and afternoon shifts from 3:00pm to 6:00pm, plus ADO. This position is being offered in a Permanent Part-Time capacity (0.92FTE), 70 hours per fortnight. About The School Trinity Bay State High School delivers a comprehensive secondary education for students from Years 7 to 12, serving a diverse community from a wide range of professional, trade, and labour backgrounds. The school proudly supports a vibrant Indigenous population, students from migrant backgrounds, and international learners, while providing specialist programs for students with visual, hearing, speech, language, or general disabilities. Staff and students alike are actively engaged in creating an inclusive environment, supporting one another through volunteering and community initiatives. Trinity Bay combines strong academic programs with a commitment to equity, cultural diversity, and student well-being across the Cairns region. Your Role As a Cleaner at Trinity Bay SHS, you will play a vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for students, staff, and visitors. Your responsibilities will include a variety of cleaning tasks to ensure the school operates efficiently and meets high standards of hygiene and presentation. Key Responsibilities Perform general cleaning duties, including sanitising toilets, sick bays, and high-touch surfaces such as doorknobs and taps. Clean and maintain equipment, windows, furniture, and floors (including buffing, stripping, and polishing). Manage rubbish disposal, graffiti removal, and cobweb control. Maintain outdoor areas, including cleaning paved surfaces and removing debris from drains and gutters. Activate and disarm security systems, and lock/unlock buildings as required. Liaise with the Principal or Business Manager regarding cleaning supplies and report any safety or security concerns. About You To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate: Phyiscally fit, hard working and reliable. The ability to work effectively both as a member of a team and independently as required. Ability to follow directions and to show initutive and adapt or prioritise work tasks to meet required deadlines. A high level of attention to detail and pride in the standard of work performed. Being physically fit, hardworking, and reliable, with a strong work ethic and reliable transport. Knowledge of, or the ability to acquire knowledge of, departmental cleaning policies, procedures, and practices applicable to schools including chemical management. Certificate III in Cleaning Operations is desirable, but not essential. Please refer to the attached role description for the full list of responsibilities and mandatory requirements for this position. Interested? To Apply Attach a brief resume including contact details for 2 referees (referees should be familiar with your relevant work history). Attach a written statement (1-page maximum) in response to the attached role description. We welcome all applicants to share any support needed to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive. Applications remain current for 12 months from the closing date and may be considered for appointment to identical or similar vacancies within the Department. Applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted. Occupational group Facilities/Asset Management #J-18808-Ljbffr