Area Manager

**WHO ARE WE**

Challenger is an award-winning national industry leader, providing outsourced service solutions to a number of critical industries. Our prime coverage is within Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Our capabilities and success lie within servicing the commercial cleaning, hospitality, food and beverage, food production, government, education and housekeeping environments.

**WHO WE NEED**

We are seeking an experienced Cleaning Area Manager to join our team and manage a Commercial and Aged Care Cleaning portfolio across The Hills District of Sydney.

Your primary focus will be to manage the day-to-day cleaning operations of aged care and independent living facilities within The Hills District of Sydney, ensuring excellent service delivery to our clients across the portfolio. You will supervise a high performing team through solid delegation, coaching and leadership capabilities.

**WHAT YOU’LL DO**
- Managing the service delivery and performance of daily cleaning operations across a portfolio of commercial and aged care sites.
- Provide strong leadership, training and support to your teams so they are empowered to do their best.
- Build and maintain effective and lasting client relationships.
- Be client focused ensuring residents can enjoy a high level of cleanliness and excellent customer service.
- Driving adherence to performance standards across the portfolio in accordance with SOP’s, policies and service expectations.
- Ensure rosters are prepared to modern award and budgetary requirements.
- Implementing initiatives to drive a high performing and safe work environment.
- Provide regular reporting and operational analytics.

**WHAT YOU’LL NEED**
- Experience managing cleaning teams across multiple sites is essential.
- Previous commercial cleaning experience in an aged care environment preferred.
- A valid driving licence.
- Current Police Check.
- To have received 2 Covid-19 vaccinations and a current influenza vaccination.
- Proven success in leading and developing a high performing team.
- Strong understanding of commercial cleaning equipment and processes, chemical handling, and WHS requirements.
- Working knowledge of the Cleaning Services Award highly regarded however, not essential.
- Very high attention to detail, time management and strong written and verbal communication skills.
- The ability to motivate your team and empower them to deliver the highest standards.
- Good presentation, communication skills and a fluency in English.

**WHAT IS ON OFFER**
- ** Full Time Position with an attractive salary package**.
- ** Loads of additional benefits** - our people love their shopping vouchers and discounts from leading retailers such as Woolworths and Amazon.
- ** Be part of a great team** - enjoy camaraderie as part of a dynamic and fun team environment.
- ** Grow your skills and knowledge and design your own training **- we pay for G01 training to transform your professional development through online training in many different areas that compliment your employment and professional development.
- ** Enjoy autonomy** - work autonomously and manage much of your workflow, to our certified and nationally accredited quality standards.
- ** Be tech savvy** - we use cutting edge time and attendance, quality assurance and onboarding software which allows us to be paper free and simplify your workload.
- ** Be diverse and multiskilled** - we work in multiple service areas such as housekeeping, aged care, education, retail, government, facility services, food production and other areas and encourage cross training and development by allowing our people to work at different locations and business areas. You can build a broad skillset without the risk of boredom and burnout.
- ** Progress your career** - we promote from within with a structured pathway to enable you to progress your career.

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