Cleaner

Bupa is hiring a Cleaner for its Crofton Downs care home in Wellington. This on-site role sits within the housekeeping team, helping to keep resident spaces and shared areas welcoming and clean. The listing shows a full-time label for the Full / Part Time field, but the Employment Type is listed as Casual, with hours described as casual and no guaranteed hours. It’s a role that suits someone who takes pride in neat, orderly environments and wants to support a healthcare setting that prioritises residents’ comfort.

As a Cleaner at Bupa Crofton Downs, you’ll contribute to a homely, healthy atmosphere by following a cleaning schedule, managing cleaning supplies, and keeping rooms and public areas in good order. You’ll work alongside the Housekeeping team to ensure duties are carried out consistently, while upholding health and safety practices and treating residents with respect and dignity. Your everyday work will matter, helping residents feel safe and cared for in a modern, purpose-built home on Wellington’s north side.

Keeping things moving smoothly on the floors and in the halls

Day to day, you’ll stick to the cleaning schedule to maintain high standards, handle supplies, and make sure residents’ rooms and public spaces stay tidy. When you notice faults or issues, you’ll report them to the Household supervisor so they can be addressed promptly. You’ll also follow health and safety policies and safe handling of cleaning chemicals, ensuring the environment remains safe for everyone who lives, works, and visits the home.

What we need from you to make this possible

To be considered, the listing notes that prior cleaning experience in a similar setting is preferable. You should be a proactive team player who can also work independently, with a friendly, empathetic approach that helps you make a positive difference for residents. Availability to work rotating rostered shifts, including weekends, is important, and you’ll need reliable transport or travel arrangements. You must also have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

• Experience cleaning in a similar environment is preferred
• Proactive team player who can work independently and pitch in where needed
• Empathetic, enthusiastic, and committed to making a positive difference for residents
• Available to work rotating rostered shifts, including weekends
• Reliable transport and travel arrangements
• Legal right to work in New Zealand

There are no additional nice-to-haves listed beyond the items above.

Perks, schedule and practical details

The role is onsite at Bupa Crofton Downs in Wellington, and the posting reflects a Casual employment type with no guaranteed hours, even though Full / Part Time is indicated in another field. Expect a rotating roster that may include weekend shifts, and the chance to be part of a modern care home that offers rest home and hospital-level care within a contemporary setting.

Benefits highlighted by the employer include regular access to health-related and wellbeing perks, such as free flu vaccinations, free skin checks, free period care products, and a free initial menopause consultation. Uniforms are provided so you can look and feel your best at work. The company also offers Viva, Bupa’s global employee wellbeing programme, plus an Employee Wellbeing Support Service (EAP) and a broad range of discounts across wellbeing, retail, technology and more. Applicants should note that the home emphasises its values of bravery, caring and responsibility in daily work.

Details about work authorization, travel or physical demands beyond those already noted aren’t specified beyond the NZ-right-to-work requirement, but the posting makes clear that applications are reviewed as they come in and may close early if the right candidate is found.

Advice for applicants

Lead your resume with your cleaning experience in environments similar to a care home, and spotlight how you follow a cleaning schedule, manage supplies, and keep spaces orderly. Also mention any experience you have in healthcare or aged-care settings, since that aligns with what this role expects on a daily basis.

When you describe your skills, give concrete examples of times you worked as part of a housekeeping team and times you worked independently to complete tasks. Highlight your empathy and your commitment to respecting residents’ dignity, as these traits are called out in the listing. Don’t forget to note your ability to handle rotating shifts and weekends, plus your reliability with transport or travel arrangements.

In interviews, be ready to discuss how you would follow health and safety policies and safe chemical handling procedures, and how you keep residents and colleagues safe while cleaning. Prepare to share a short, specific example of resolving a cleanliness issue or a fault report you filed to a supervisor and what the outcome was.

Ask a thoughtful question to show you’re engaged with the role, such as how the cleaning schedule is coordinated across shifts and who you would report to on a day-to-day basis. You could also ask about how the home supports ongoing training on health and safety or chemical handling, and what success looks like for someone in this Cleaner position.