Casual Caretaker/Cleaner at HSCP OP Older People East

Proposed Interview Date: Week Commencing 06 October 2025 

Closing Date: Tuesday 30 September 2025 

Contract Type: Casual 

Salary: £13.18 per hour 

Working Pattern: as and when required 

Location: Based in the Leven Area (and covering other Community Use venues in the Buckhaven, Methil & Kennoway area) 

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Supporting Statement 

As part of your application, you must provide us with a Supporting Statement which outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. For more information, check out the  How to Apply section of our Career Site.  Without a Supporting Statement, your application will not be progressed. Please upload your Supporting Statement at the section marked ‘upload resumé’. Your Supporting Statement must not be a CV.  More information is available on our Career site at www.fife.gov.uk/jobs/supportingstatement 

Please consider and demonstrate the following when completing your Supporting Statement: 

Ways in which you have demonstrated that you can work effectively as part of a team. 

(Consider the following: how you have built positive relationships built on trust and respect; how you communicate with others; how you use your initiative to meet targets and achieve goals) 

Ways in which you have worked with others to meet customer needs & expectations. 

(Consider the following: how you have gone the extra mile to help a customer; how you have dealt with a difficult situation) 

Ways in which you have demonstrated your ability to be flexible and open to change. 

(Consider the following: how you have been flexible in previous roles; how you deal with short-notice changes) 

Ways in which you have used your knowledge, problem solving skills and understanding of cleaning/administrative processes. 

(Consider the following: how you have used your knowledge of cleaning processes to provide a safe and clean environment; how you organise your workload around business activity; how you have used your knowledge of IT systems to provide a quality of service) 

Job Details 

Community Use is the team that works hard to ensure most of the Halls, Community Centres and Schools in Fife are available for everyone to enjoy learning, leisure, life, and cultural events. Together with amazing partners we deliver a fantastic programme of inclusive pursuits including physical activity & sport, performing arts, arts & crafts, cookery, modern languages, and vocational training. We also offer space for meetings, celebrations, and community events in both modern and historical buildings usually found in the heart of the Kingdom’s city, towns & villages. More information about Community Use can be found at: https://active.fife.scot/about/community-use 

Reporting directly to the Community Use Cluster Supervisor you will undertake a frontline customer facing role. You will be required to engage with customers and service users in a positive manner and respond to customer enquiries and requests by answering telephones, emails, face to face as well as operating our booking procedures and systems. 

As a Casual Caretaker/Cleaner you will be asked to consider work when cover is required which may include evenings and weekends. This role will require you to clean and maintain all designated areas to a high standard and prepare and clear equipment/areas as appropriate to suit the needs of customers and service users.  

You will operate in accordance with service guidelines, health and safety policy and will follow all associated risk assessments and standard operating procedures. You will ensure all building compliance checks are completed periodically, these may include fire safety checks, water quality checks and asbestos monitoring. 

In addition, you will be a nominated key holder responsible for ensuring the building is open at designated times and secured correctly at the end of each working day. This includes internal, external, and outdoor facilities and may involve operating the building alarm system, you may be required to respond to out of hours alarm activations. On occasions, this role will include lone working. 

It is not essential that you hold a driving license. However, you may be expected to travel between different facilities, some of which may have limited public transport links. 

Additional benefits