Tea Lady / Office Cleaner

You'll keep an university campus in Pietermaritzburg clean, stocked and fresh before the people arrive. It's a practical job: you'll see what you got done before you go home.

This post is Pietermaritzburg-based, with most of your time spent at an university campus.

• Refill toilet paper, hand towel and soap dispensers
• Clean glass doors and internal windows without streaks
• Clean and disinfect toilets, basins and urinals several times a shift
• Mix cleaning chemicals at the dilution shown on the label, never by guesswork
• Empty bins and take waste to the correct recycling or general skip

• Clean criminal record for most corporate sites
• Comfortable using cleaning chemicals safely with gloves
• Able to stand, bend and walk for a full shift
• You take pride in a job done properly, even when nobody checks
• Able to start early, often 05:00 or 06:00
• Honest, because you work around laptops and personal items

• Chemical handling training from a supplier or contractor
• Previous contract cleaning experience with a reference
• Supervisory experience for team leader posts

• UIF and paid leave under the cleaning sector rules
• Paid overtime for weekend deep cleans
• Permanent contract once the site contract is secured
• Uniform and cleaning gloves provided

• Mention any machines you can use, like a scrubber or polisher. Machine cleaners are harder to find and often get picked first.
• Ask a former supervisor if you can put their number on your CV. Cleaning contractors almost always phone a reference.