Cleaning Assistant

Date: 10 Sept 2026

Location: COVENTRY, GB, CV4 7AL

Company: University of Warwick

Job Title: Cleaning Assistant

Reference: 243             

Department: Estates – Campus Cleaning Services – Area 7

Contract Type: Indefinite

Hours: Part-time, 20 hours per week (0.55 FTE) 

Closing Date: Thursday 24th September 2026                   

Full time Salary Range: £25,528 per annum

 

About the Role

Campus Cleaning Services provides cleaning across 7,076 campus bedrooms, 479 hotel rooms and 65 University buildings.     
    
We are looking for a Cleaning Assistant to join the Campus Cleaning Services team within the Estates Department.    

 

The role will consist of working within our non-residential team. Duties will include cleaning offices, teaching rooms, the Arts Centre, the Library and other areas.  

 

The usual hours are 6am - 10am, 5 days per week including Saturdays and Sundays when required.  20 hrs per week.  

 

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).

About You

You will need to be a good team player, who works well with others and is keen to provide excellent customer service for our students, staff, and visitors to the University.    

About the Department

For more information about Campus Cleaning Services please see our website: Campus Cleaning Services 

How to Apply

To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by 11.59pm on the closing date of Thursday 24th September 2026. 

 

Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history.

 

Your cover letter should detail your motivation for applying for the role as well as detailing how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.   

 

The interviews will be held on TBC.

 

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

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We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance