Splash Palace is one of New Zealand's premier aquatic facilities and has a strong team approach to ensure the safety, wellbeing and fun of its visitors. With around 1200 visitors' coming through the door each day Splash Palace is a busy place! We pride ourselves with high standards of cleanliness and you will carry out a variety of tasks to see our facility meets and exceeds this.

Our friendly Aquatic Services team are seeking a part-time cleaner to work 20 hours per week over the following roster:

• Monday 10am-12pm 6pm-10pm
• Tuesday 10am-12pm 6pm-10pm
• Wednesday 10am-12pm 6pm-8pm
• Thursday 10am-12pm
• Friday 10am - 12pm

Key responsibilities for this role include:

• Clean public and staff areas, inside and outside the facility to a high standard and ensure surfaces are disinfected and rubbish emptied
• Monitor stock levels and ensure replenishment of all necessary cleaning products and supplies for the facility
• Ensure safe work practices are followed. Proactively promote safe behaviour and injury prevention
• Undertake cleaning of any other areas as required from time to time in an efficient manner in accordance with the general objectives
• Provide a professional, friendly and informative service to customers, ensuring agreed standards of service are delivered

What you will bring:

• First aid certificate or willing to obtain
• Previous cleaning or commercial cleaning experience
• Knowledge of the safe use of cleaning chemicals
• Comprehension, literacy and numeracy skills
• Friendliness, enthusiasm and professionalism

What we offer:

• Career progression and training/development opportunities
• Positive focus of employee health and well-being: Workstation assessments, free flu vaccines, EAP services, 50% off eye exams, discounted gym memberships etc
• Kiwisaver and Superannuation Schemes
• Access to sick leave from day one of employment
• Appointment time leave: Up to 2 hours for important appointments eg. Doctor, bank, dentist

Waihōpai Invercargill is New Zealand's southernmost city and the heart and hub of Southland. We're known for our lush green spaces, like award-winning Queens Park, our long summer daylight hours and our local legend Burt Munro. Our city has character, charm and a laidback atmosphere. There's outstanding nature reserves, Ōreti Beach & the Waihōpai River to explore plus our lively restaurants complimented by a thriving entertainment and arts scene are hard to beat! The sensible gridded layout featuring wide streets ensures a convenient 10-minute drive to work. Who wouldn't want to call this place home!

The Invercargill City Council is committed to the wellbeing and protection of children, the elderly and vulnerable adults. As a component of this role involves interaction with one or more of the above groups, as part of the assessment of candidates, we will require Police Vetting as per the Children's Act 2014 and a Pre-employment Alcohol and Drug Screening test to ensure we are providing a safe environment for our customers and members of the public.

For more information please see the full position description or contact the Invercargill City Council on (03) 211 1777. Apply online at www.icc.govt.nz

Applications close 26 October 2025. Please note applications will be processed as they are received and we encourage you to apply early as this advert may be removed at any time.

Successful applicants must be legally entitled to live and work in New Zealand. While all applications will be reviewed, first priority will be given to those applicants who are currently residing in New Zealand.