Caretaker

Pertemps Harrow; City Of London; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Part time

Job summary

Pertemps Recruitment Partnership on behalf of London Borough of Harrow is recruiting an experienced Caretaker to join the Housing Resident Services Team in Harrow. This field-based role covers housing estates across the Borough, ensuring communal areas are clean, safe and well maintained for residents.

Temporary contract initially four months. The position is 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with a PAYE hourly rate of £16.71.

Qualifications

• Experience in estate services, housing, cleaning or similar.

Responsibilities

• Ensure communal areas are clean, tidy and safe.
• Carry out routine cleaning of stairwells, corridors and entrances.
• Inspect lighting and adjust time clocks as needed.
• Check operation of door entry systems and report faults.
• Identify and report health and safety hazards or maintenance issues.
• Prepare and check community centres, set out tables and chairs, check heating and fire safety.
• Work flexibly across the borough and support colleagues to maintain high-quality estate services.

Skills

Cleaning

Handyperson

Customer service

Independent working

Job description

• Role: Caretaker
• Location: Harrow (Various Housing Estates across the Borough - dependent on Line Manager)
• Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership (on behalf of London Borough of Harrow)
• Contract: Temporary - 4 months initially, with potential to extend
• Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Work Style: Field-based, working across housing estates throughout the London Borough of Harrow
• Hourly Rate: £16.71 per hour PAYE
• Please note: A valid UK driving licence are required for this role.

Pertemps Recruitment Partnership is recruiting for an experienced Caretaker to join the Housing Resident Services Team at the London Borough of Harrow. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the delivery of a high-quality, customer-focused estate service, ensuring communal housing areas are clean, safe and well maintained for residents.

Working as part of the Estate Services team, you will play a key role in maintaining the Council's housing estates, providing an efficient and reliable caretaking service that enhances the living environment for tenants, leaseholders and residents.

Key Duties

• Ensure all communal internal and external areas of housing buildings and estates are clean, tidy and safe.
• Carry out routine cleaning of communal areas, including stairwells, corridors, entrances and shared facilities.
• Inspect communal lighting, replace light bulbs where appropriate and adjust time clocks when required.
• Check the operation of communal door entry systems and report faults promptly.
• Help maintain a safe environment by identifying and reporting health and safety hazards or maintenance issues.
• Assist with the preparation and checking of community centres, including setting out tables and chairs and checking heating, hot water and fire safety equipment.
• Work flexibly across the borough and support colleagues to ensure the continued delivery of high-quality estate services.

Candidate Profile

• Experience working within estate services, housing, cleaning, grounds maintenance or a similar environment.
• Knowledge of cleaning techniques and safe working practices.
• General handyperson skills with an understanding of basic repair and maintenance issues.
• Practical experience of building cleaning and grounds maintenance.
• Ability to work independently and use initiative to manage workloads effectively.
• Excellent customer service skills with experience dealing with members of the public in a courteous and professional manner.
• Manual dexterity and the ability to undertake the physical duties associated with the role.
• Basic literacy and numeracy skills.

London Borough of Harrow is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.