Cleaning Operative
Location: SAMS, Oban
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: 15 hrs per week, Mon-Fri shift 07:30 to 10:30 hrs
Salary Range: £9,828.00 per annum (FTE £24,242.40)
Closing date: Friday 11th July 2025
The Role
This is a part time, permanent position, based on site at Dunbeg, near Oban.
The post will sit within our Facilities Department and will be responsible for maintaining a clean, hygienic and safe environment across the SAMS estate. You will be able to follow defined cleaning schedules and procedures, able to work independently as well as part of a cleaning team.
You will be flexible in covering additional work duties when other team members are absent. Some of this may mean reprioritising tasks within contracted hours as well as working occasional additional hours.
A full induction into SAMS and into your department and role will be provided as well as training to assist your success and a work uniform supplied.
Our Ideal Candidate
Ideally, you will already have experience of working in a cleaning operative role, however, full training will be provided.
You will be friendly, flexible and a good team player, helping other team members, as required.
You must be able to attend work on a regular basis, be organised, able to follow health & safety procedures and work schedules and complete all required tasks on a weekly basis to standard.
Interested?
We would love to hear from you. If you have queries on the job and would like to talk these through before applying, please email these through, in the first instance, to hr@sams.ac.uk
For further information, please go to Vacancies — Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban UK
Applications must include CV and Cover Letter and should be sent electronically to: recruitment@sams.ac.uk quoting Job Ref ‘D08/25.IMac’ in the subject heading.
Closing date for applications is 11th July 2025
Interviews will be held on site in July 2025.
The newly appointed recruit must be able to start work by early Aug.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK already in place.
SAMS’ commitment to gender equality has been recognised, as our institute was presented with an Athena SWAN (Scientific Women’s Academic Network) Bronze Award and is currently working towards Investors in Diversity accreditation.
SAMS follows Fair Work Practices.
SAMS Group is committed to being an equal and open organisation. Diversity and inclusion are important to us, and we strive to remove any barriers that may prevent people from applying to join us. We encourage applications from all backgrounds, and from all who share our values and can help us to broaden our knowledge and range of ideas.
