Caretaker

MHS Homes; Chatham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused housing organization in Chatham seeks individuals responsible for maintaining and cleaning communal areas of properties. Candidates should have strong customer liaison skills and experience in caretaking. Familiarity with health and safety protocols is essential. This position offers attractive benefits including performance bonuses, training opportunities, and a competitive benefits package, all while making a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

Performance-based annual bonus

28 days holiday + bank holidays

Training & Development opportunities

Flexible employee benefits

Free parking and disabled parking

Access to holiday homes in Norfolk and Dorset

Qualifications

• Experience in caretaking and cleaning is essential.
• Understanding of health, safety, and security in caretaking.
• Experience working with sub-contractors when needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide maintenance and cleaning of communal areas.
• Ensure health, safety, and security of assigned estates.
• Deal with fly tipping and environmental nuisances.

Skills

Customer liaison skills

Problem-solving

Self-motivated

Ability to deal with challenging situations

Job description

You'll be responsible for providing high quality maintenance and cleaning of designated internal and external communal areas of our properties. There are also gardening duties in some properties. You'll ensure the health, safety and security of the estates you’re assigned to, including dealing with fly tipping, abandoned vehicles and environmental nuisance. At times you’ll work with police, neighbourhood officers and community safety teams.

Key Requirements

• You’ll have great customer liaison skills
• Be experienced in caretaking and cleaning
• Have a really good understanding of health, safety and security within a caretaking role
• Be able to plan, organise and prioritise your work effectively and efficiently, using Total Mobile (training will be given)
• Experienced in problem‑solving and dealing with challenging situations
• Used to lone working and being highly self‑motivated
• Able to work with sub‑contractors when required
• Ability to drive and hold a full valid driving licence would be desirable, Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high‑volume, seasonal and high‑peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non‑disabled people. For more details please go to .

Benefits

• A performance based annual bonus + pension contributions matched up to 6%
• 28 days holiday + bank holidays and the option to buy/sell holiday
• Training & Development and opportunities for continuing professional development including regular tool box talks
• A great team of colleagues to work with
• Regular social and charitable events and a range of wellbeing activities
• Enhanced family leave policies
• A really competitive package of flexible employee benefits including a cycle to work scheme
• Free parking and disabled parking
• Access to two holiday homes in Norfolk and Dorset

Join mhs and contribute to making a meaningful impact on the lives of young people in our community. At mhs homes we value equality, diversity and inclusion. We are wholeheartedly committed to the principle of equality of opportunity, both as an employer and as a provider of services. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. We're a Disability Confident employer. This means if you tell us you have a disability and meet the minimum requirements for the job, we'll offer you an interview. We can be flexible when assessing people so everyone has the best opportunity to demonstrate they can do the job.