CASUAL CLEANING OPERATIVE - WIGAN SPORTS GROUP

📍 Location: The Brick Community Stadium
📑 Contract: Casual
👤 Reports to: Cleaning Manager/ Facilities Manager
⏳ Hours: Variable
📅 Closing Date: 13th July 2026, 11:59pm

Role Purpose:

To provide the highest standards of cleaning and hygiene throughout the stadium and surrounding areas ensuring health, safety and hygiene legislation are being adhered to.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

  • Carry out cleaning tasks inside the stadium and training ground sites, including on the terracing at the stadium and external perimeter in accordance with the daily/weekly cleaning schedules using the correct chemicals, equipment and PPE when required.
  • Follow the correct cleaning methods and health and safety procedures in accordance with risk assessments and the safe working methods.
  • Advise the Facilities Manager when equipment/stock requires reordering, keeping levels to a workable minimum.
  • Complete the cleaning check sheets, ensuring standards are maintained at all times.
  • Remove refuse from the building, wearing the High Vis PPE provided.
  • Advise the Facilities Manager of any faults/defects that are discovered.

Qualifications:

(Desirable)

  • NVQ Level 1 or above in cleaning and support services preferred or willingness to work towards
  • Willingness to undertake in-house COSHH training
  • Hold a full UK driving licence with the ability to travel

Experience:

(Essential)

  • Previous experience of cleaning both internal and external of premises
  • Experience of using cleaning machinery

 

Knowledge, skills and qualities:

(Essential)

  • Willing and capable of carrying out manual work tasks in all weather conditions
  • Strong communication skills
  • Ability to successfully work in a team
  • Show enthusiasm
  • Willing to learn and continuously develop
  • Self-motivated
  • Assertive and calm with the ability to work well under pressure
  • Flexible to meet the requirements of varied working shift patterns

(Desirable)

  • Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation
  • Knowledge of COSHH

Health and Safety:

  • Fully endorse, demonstrate and carry out the company’s health and safety policy.
  • Comply with all company policies and statutory regulations relating to health and safety, safe working practices, hygiene, cleanliness, fire and COSHH. This will include your awareness of any specific hazards in your work place, and assist if required with the amending of risk assessments periodically.
  • Have a full knowledge of procedures for evacuation with regard to fire.
  • Identify and report maintenance requirements or hazards within the workplace and encourage any workforce to do the same to avoid injury.

Wigan Sporting Events Limited are committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment and its employment policies for recruitment are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Wigan Sporting Events Limited are committed to safeguarding children, young people, and adults at risk during events and activities. The Club recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The Club expects all staff and volunteers to respect them.

How to Apply
Interested candidates should submit the application form to WRLCandWAFCjobs@wiganathletic.com