Facilities Support Team – Cleaner

The Facilities Support Team at Haynes Motor Museum are recruiting a cleaner working from 6am – 2.30pm Monday to Friday and every other weekend. This is a key role in the Museum visitor’s experience, supporting the whole Museum and providing the highest standard cleanliness and customer service to all visitors. 

The Museum has a culture of mentoring, ownership, and mutual professional respect. This is a truly exciting time to be joining a successful and growing business and the role of the Facilities Support Assistant - Cleaner is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate. 

• Working as part of the team, helping maintain high levels of cleanliness and customer service within the Museum. 

• Follow the cleaning schedules for the whole site and other areas when directed 

• Ensure that all equipment is well maintained. 

• Ensure that all rubbish bins are emptied, with rubbish disposed of or recycled correctly 

• Being able to undertake any additional duties as written in the cleaning schedule 

• To report any maintenance issues to the line manager immediately 

• Work within Health & Safety regulations 

• Report all breakages & accidents to your line manager 

• Use all equipment as trained observing all safe practices, so that accidents are avoided 

• Follow COSHH procedures, full training given 

• Participate in health and safety, first aid and fire training as required 

• Observe good personal hygiene and maintain professional appearance 

• Uniform provided.  

• Strong and clear communicator 

• Always presentable with a polite and helpful manner 

• Work as part of a team to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction  

• Able to work independently but also take direction from others 

• Positive attitude and professionalism

• Passion and commitment to work

• Ability to remaining calm under pressure 

• Accuracy and high standard of attention to detail 

• Able to use own initiative 

• 29 days holiday, increasing with service  

• An extra day off for your birthday  

• Free on-site parking  

• Staff discounts in the café and gift shop  

• Free entry to the Museum for you and your family  

• Ongoing training and development 

• Pension

• Salary: £12.71 per hour

• Hours: Full-time role, 40 hours per week, typically 6am – 2.30pm working on a rota covering 5 days out of 7 and will include weekend cover.

• Location: Sparkford, Somerset BA22 7LH, just minutes off the A303, the main trunk road to the South West

Please send a copy of your CV and a covering letter outlining clearly why you consider yourself to be suitable for the role to [email protected]. 

No agencies please. 

We understand that no candidate will meet every requirement. If your experience aligns broadly with the role, we encourage you to apply. We would love to hear how your strengths can contribute to our goals. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.

Haynes Motor Museum is an Arts Council England accredited museum, a registered charity, one of the leading museums and visitor attractions in the South West, and home to the UK’s largest exhibition of cars and motorbikes dating from the present day back to 1898. We welcome over 125,000 visitors annually.

Our Vision

A future where everyone, regardless of age, background, or ability, can explore, understand, and be inspired by the engineering, technology, and design that shape our world.

Our Mission

To fuel a passion for motoring past, present and future, and transform that passion into a lifelong curiosity for how things work.

Our Charitable Objectives

To conserve our collection and use it to bring automotive heritage to life by exploring how things work, integrating engineering innovation with history and human stories. Through the lens of motoring, we aim to grow meaningful engagement with STEM to inspire the next generation of engineers, innovators and problem-solvers.

Other Business Activity

In support of the Charity, the Museum also operates a Trading Company which comprises:

• Haynes Heritage Engineering, a commercial classic and modern classic car workshop, MOT facility and restoration centre
• Conference Department, state-of-the-art conference facilities hosting corporate and private events
• Events, including monthly Breakfast Club car meets, summer evening events, autojumbles and the John Haynes Classic Car Show
• Café 750, the Museum’s in-house grab-and-go café