Facilities management opportunities

Find out about careers and roles in our facilities management team.

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The council has been delivering catering and cleaning services since 1990. We currently provide services to local-authority-maintained schools, academies and multi-academy trusts across North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, the North East and a large multi-academy trust in Hull.

Current key opportunities

Cleaner and Caretaker: Norton

Salary: £12.65 - £13.47 per hour
Contract Type: Permanent
Vacancy Hours: Up to 11.5 hours per week
Location: Norton Children and Family Centre, Grove Street, Norton YO17 9BG

Apply online: Cleaner and Caretaker, Norton

Cleaner - Boroughbridge Primary School

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Contract type: permanent
Hours: 12 hours per week (term time only plus three weeks)
Closing date: 3 August 2025
Location: York - Boroughbridge Primary School

Apply now: Cleaner - York, Boroughbridge Primary School

Cleaner - Selby

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Contract type: established
Hours: 10 hours per week
Closing date: 3 August 2025
Interview date: to be confirmed
Location: Selby

Apply now: Cleaner, Selby

Cleaner and Caretaker - Harrogate

Salary: £12.60 to £13.05 per hour 
Grade: AB - CD
Contract: permanent 
Hours: Cleaner - 11.5 per week. Caretaker - 7.5 per week
Closing date: 4 August 2025
Interview date: 12 August 2025
Location: Admiral Long Primary School, Harrogate

Apply now: Cleaner and Caretaker, Harrogate

Cleaner - Bentham

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Grade: AB
Contract type: permanent (term time only)
Hours: 16 hours per week
Closing date: 4 August 2025
Interview date: 19 August 2025 
Location: Bentham
Weekend working: no

Apply now: Cleaner, Bentham

Cook - Scarborough

Salary: £14.60 to £15.84 per hour
Grade: G
Contract type: permanent (term time only)
Hours: 30 hours per week
Closing date: 4 August 2025
Interview date: 11 August 2025
Location: Scarborough
Weekend working: no

Apply now: Cook, Scarborough

Cleaner - Skipton

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Grade: AB
Contract type: permanent
Hours: 15 hours per week
Closing date: 4 August 2025
Interview date: 19 August 2025
Location: Skipton

Apply now: Cleaner, Skipton

Cleaner and Caretaker - Skipton

Salary: £12.60 to £13.05 per hour
Contract type: permanent
Hours: Cleaner - 15 per week. Caretaker - 7 per week
Closing date: 4 August 2025
Interview date: 18 August 2025
Location: Skipton

Apply now: Cleaner and Caretaker - Skipton

Cleaner - Hurworth School, Darlington

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Grade: AB
Contract type: permanent
Hours: 15 per week
Closing date: 3 August
Interview date: Week commencing 11 August
Location: Hurworth School, Darlington

Apply now: Cleaner, Hurworth School, Darlington

Cleaner - Rydal School, Darlington

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Grade: AB
Contract type: permanent 
Hours: various
Weekend working: no
Closing date: 3 August
Interview date: Tuesday 5 to Friday 8 August
Location: Rydal School, Darlington

Apply now: Cleaner, Rydal School, Darlington

Cleaner - Longfield Academy

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Grade: AB
Contract: permanent 
Hours: various
Weekend Working: No
Closing date: 3 August 2025
Location: Longfield Academy, Darlington  

Apply now: Cleaner, Longfield Academy, Darlington

Catering Assistant - Northallerton

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Grade: AB
Contract type: permanent
Hours: 9 hours per week
Closing date: 3 August 2025
Interview date: To be confirmed
Location: County Hall Campus, Northallerton

Apply now: Catering Assistant, Northallerton

Catering Assistant - Masham

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Grade: AB
Contract type: permanent (term time only)
Hours: 13.75 hours per week
Closing date: 3 August 2025
Interview date: to be confirmed
Location: Masham

Apply now: Catering Assistant, Masham

Cleaner - Knaresborough

Salary: £12.60 per hour
Contract type: permanent
Hours: 16 hours per week
Closing date: 17 August 2025
Location: Knaresborough

Apply now: Cleaner, Knaresborough

Cook - Malton

Salary: £13.05 to £13.69 per hour
Contract type: permanent - term time only
Hours: 25 hours per week
Closing date: 10 August 2025
Location: Slingsby School, Malton

Apply now: Cook, Malton

Cleaner and Caretaker - Green Hammerton CE Primary School

Salary: the basic hourly rate for these posts is £12.65 to £13.47. For the right candidate, a one-off recruitment welcome payment of £250 may also be available.
Contract type: permanent
Hours: Up to 10 hours per week
Closing date: 10 August 2025
Interview date: to be confirmed
Location: Green Hammerton CE Primary School

Apply now: Cleaner and Caretaker, Green Hammerton CE Primary School

Cleaner - Welburn Hall, York

Salary: £12.65 per hour
Contract type: permanent
Hours: 10 hours per week
Closing date: 10 August 2025
Interview date: to be confirmed
Location:  Welburn Hall, York

Apply now: Cleaner, Welburn Hall, York

Catering Assistant - Easingwold, North Yorkshire

Salary: £12.65 per hour
Contract type: permanent
Hours: 6.25 hours per week, term time only
Closing date: 10 August 2025
Interview date: to be confirmed
Location:  Easingwold, North Yorkshire

Apply now: Catering Assistant - Easingwold, North Yorkshire

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Our catering service

We have a strong supply chain infrastructure in place to ensure that we can effectively service all of our contracts and guarantee continuity of service in the event of the failure of any single supplier. In addition, we also have a team of mobile and peripatetic cooks providing short-term staffing cover in the event of planned and unplanned absences.

The service complies with the school food standards and accredited by the soil association food for life bronze award. We founded our service on the provision of fresh food and this continues to be at our core today. We promote local and fresh with 75% of our meals being cooked daily on-site, and with ingredients from our three main suppliers located within Yorkshire to reduce our carbon footprint, and promote local businesses.

The understanding of the field to the fork is important to us, and with this in mind, we provide fun and educational cookery classes for pupils and parents as requested by our passionate and talented development and training team who all have years of experience in catering and educational settings.

Our cleaning service

In addition to providing school services, we also have customers from the corporate sector. We achieved ISO 9001 accreditation in July 2021. This quality standard is a globally recognised reward which provides our customers with the confidence that they are working with a supplier who provides a high standard of customer service. 

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Working for us - what we can offer you

We are a strong performing authority, with supportive political leadership and talented teams providing the platform to have a fulfilling, challenging and successful career in a truly stunning place.

In addition to your salary, we offer a range of great benefits to help you financially and make life a bit easier. These include:

•    a local government pension scheme generous employer contribution
•    salary sacrifice schemes
•    modern flexible working practices
•    learning and development packages
•    career advancement opportunities
•    employee discount benefits including shopping and gym discounts
•    green car and cycle schemes
•    travel loans
•    Health Assured – confidential help and support for your wellbeing

Living and working in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire really is a stunning, vibrant county with safe communities and excellent education. Over the past two years the new national crime figures have revealed North Yorkshire to be the safest place in England. It is rich in heritage and culture, in a back drop of outstanding natural beauty, vibrant cities, market towns, quaint villages, stunning rural and coast landscapes. We can also boast having three towns in the top ten of the UK Halifax quality of life survey

If you are considering relocating to North Yorkshire, we provide a comprehensive relocation benefits package - subject to eligibility - and as a whole North Yorkshire offers some great employment opportunities for your family members along with a substantial number of good to outstanding performing schools. A simply stunning location to live and work, we really do have it all! Read our relocation policy for more information.

The county benefits from excellent road and rail links, with easy access via the east coast mainline, the A1(M) and A19. Leeds, York, Newcastle, Durham and Teesside are all easily commutable, and London just two hours away by train. North Yorkshire borders the Lake District, Lancashire, County Durham, and Yorkshire & Humber regions with all they have to offer.

You can find out more about what North Yorkshire has to offer on the No place like North Yorkshire website
 

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Contact us and apply

If you feel you have the skills, passion, and drive that we are seeking, we want to hear from you.

For an informal conversation about opportunities, please contact Sophie Hills, Resourcing Officer at sophie.hills@northyorks.gov.uk.

To apply for any role, please submit your application via our jobs and careers site.

We will not accept applications from agencies.