This is a permanent part-time (0.75FTE) position commencing Term 4, 2026

The team at Maidens Park Primary School deliver high quality pastoral care, where stakeholders are united to provide a culturally safe and supportive environment where students are valued and encouraged to achieve. There is a strong sense of community connectedness, where diversity is celebrated and community members are welcomed into the school.

The school's staff is committed to delivering high-quality, evidence-based learning opportunities for all students. This is achieved through explicit lesson design and high-impact instructional strategies. A range of specialist programs are offered across the school, focusing on strengthening and consolidating skills and knowledge in both academic learning and health and wellbeing. Maidens Park Primary prides itself on embedding a robust model of Multi-Tiered Systems of Support throughout its practices.

The school promotes positive behaviour through its core values of Safe, Tolerant, Achieve, and Responsible. Staff maintain high expectations for appropriate school behaviours and consistently implement evidence‑based, trauma‑informed practices.

Find out more about our school by visiting www.maidensparkps.wa.edu.au or Schools Online

The Role

The Cleaner in Charge is responsible for opening/closing the school, carry out internal cleaning duties, including the maintenance of carpets and hard floor surfaces, toilet cleaning, furniture and fittings, window cleaning, dusting, rubbish removal, and other items of general cleaning.

You would carry out external cleaning duties, including the cleaning of verandas and covered areas, rubbish removal, cleaning of drinking troughs, window cleaning,



removal of cobwebs, general cleaning, and other such duties as required. Additionally, you would complete vacation cleaning duties, which includes the stripping and sealing of vinyl floors, window cleaning, shampooing of carpets, pressure cleaning of verandas and undercover areas, and other such duties as required.

The successful applicant will ideally have experience in supervising staff, as you would work alongside school staff and manage staff performance in consultation with the Manager Corporate Services. In addition, the Cleaner in Charge will liaise with the Manager Corporate Services on all cleaning matters, and record and respond to issues and concerns. As the Cleaner in Charge, you would also maintain the cleaner’s time book, arrange relief staff, be responsible for monitoring and ordering stock supplies and stocktake of cleaning resources.

The successful applicant will ideally have good attention to detail and be able to work well with others to ensure a clean and safe school environment. Ideally, you would be organised, reliable and punctual. You will ideally be a positive communicator and be able to negotiate solutions that meet school and individual expectations.

Want to know more?

Full details of the role,



selection criteria and training requirements are listed in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Cindy Richardson, Manager Corporate Services on (08) 9724 9450 or emailing [email protected].

Equity and Diversity

We are committed to an inclusive and culturally responsive workforce reflecting the diversity in our schools and the Western Australian community. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, young people, people of diverse sexualities and genders, people with disability, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Explore our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2021-2025 for more details.

Eligibility

- obtain a valid Working With Children Check.
- consent to a Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check and obtain a current Screening Clearance Number issued by the Department of Education's Screening Unit before you start.
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, permanent resident or have a valid visa with relevant work rights for the term of the appointment.

Additional eligibility and training requirements are outlined in the attached Job Description Form (JDF).

Advertised Vacancy Number: IPS/SS1037132

Suitable applicants may be considered for similar vacancies arising within the next 12 months following this selection process. This may include circumstances where the successful applicant declines or vacates the position.

The Department applies a ten (10) day breach period to this selection process.

Applications close:

3:30pm (AWST) on Wednesday, 19 August 2026

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📌 Cleaner In Charge (Kellerberrin)
🏢 Department of Education, Western Australia
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