A well-established cleaning and facilities management organisation with significant experience in providing services to the education sector is looking for an Area Manager to join its team in in the Newcastle area.Along with a salary of up to £30,000 per annum, you will also receive a car allowance, pension, and holiday. This is a hands-on position where you may be required to help with the cleaning if there are staffshortages. You will be required to carry out audits, staff training, stock checks and recruitment along with site visits, meeting clients, holding meetings and reporting to the Operations Manager.As Area Manager your responsibilities will include:

Working with and supporting clients and team members in the day-to-day service delivery.
Communicating effectively with the client, staff, and head office teams.
Ensuring staff retention and motivation and developing team members.
Ensuring that all additional deep clean work is planned, delivered, and audited on completion.
Ensuring that all necessary resources, materials, and machines are available and on site and maintained.
Ensuring that all orders of materials, chemicals and equipment are kept in line with budget.
Ensuring that Areas are operating to and exceeding the required specification and performance and are regularly audited monthly.
Inspecting the facilities regularly to ensure a high standard of work is maintained.

We are looking for an Area Manager with the following skills and experience:

Previous cleaning experience within a school environment.
Area management experience in the cleaning industry preferably in the education sector.
Previous experience interacting with and communicating with clients.
Highly organised and able to schedule cover staff where needed.
A confident and flexible approach, with previous experience managing and directing cleaning and facilities staff.

You will be working Monday - Friday, covering up to (8 sites in the Newcastle area).To apply for this role as an Area Manager, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV.Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency. Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.

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