Cleaner | RAF Alconbury

Who we are

VIVO provides facilities management and accommodation maintenance for the UK military and its partners. VIVO embodies both experience and innovation.

What we do

We put our Customers and Families First. They are the driving force behind everything we do. We drive forward improvements for them to ensure the service they receive, whether reactive repairs or a major project, is completed safely and on time. In order to achieve this, we have 4 core values: open, caring, agile and collaborative. These are at the heart of everything we do.

Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Location: RAF Alconbury & Molesworth
Working Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday (8:00AM to 4:30PM)
Salary: £28,000–£29,000

VIVO is recruiting for a Cleaning Operative to join its growing team delivering essential services across Military Family Housing (MFH). This is a mobile cleaning role covering multiple domestic properties and related accommodation areas across site, working as part of a small team that is still being established.

The role involves carrying out domestic and housing cleaning duties to a high standard, including deep cleaning requirements such as ovens. You will be responsible for delivering multiple house cleans within scheduled workloads, working independently depending on the location and task allocation. Work is planned and scheduled, and you will be expected to manage your time effectively to meet operational requirements.

A work van and fuel card will be provided to support travel between properties and work areas across the sites.

The role is currently being built from the ground up, with no existing cleaning team in place, offering the opportunity to help shape standards and ways of working from the beginning.

What you’ll need

Full training will be provided, however previous cleaning experience is required. You will be expected to work to defined targets and key performance indicators, ensuring all cleaning standards are consistently achieved and maintained.

Flexibility is required, as occasional overtime or out-of-hours working may be necessary depending on urgency or operational demand.

The successful candidate will hold BPSS clearance (or be willing to undergo clearance) and a full driving licence, and will be able to work independently, reliably, and to a high standard within a structured but evolving environment.

This is an opportunity to join a developing organisation supporting critical housing services within the UK Defence sector, with growing responsibility as the business expands.

VIVO Defence Services

The role you have applied for is with VIVO Defence Services, a joint venture between Serco and EQUANS. By applying for this role, please be aware that information contained within your CV may be shared between VIVO Defence Services, Serco and EQUANS during the recruitment process.

At VIVO, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all. Therefore, we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from a diverse candidate pool.

We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working and operate a hybrid work structure in many of our business areas. We are proudly a Disability Confident Leader. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview.