Caretaker

Pertemps Bond; Halford CP; Sur place; GBP 15 000 - 22 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Pertemps is seeking a temporary full-time Estate Caretaker for a site in the south of Telford. You will maintain the estate, ensure cleanliness, and carry out routine services and safety checks across community spaces.

You will be a key holder for after-hours activities, manage bookings, and coordinate minor repairs, gardening, deliveries and waste disposal. Flexibility for evenings/weekends is required.

Qualifications

• Numeracy, literacy and IT basics required.
• Clean, full driving licence essential.
• Experience in customer service environment preferred.
• Experience with minor repairs, cleaning and ground maintenance helpful.
• Ability to work flexibly including evenings/weekends.
• Knowledge of health and safety policies and COSHH is advantageous.

Responsabilités

• Maintain estate cleanliness and appearance to a high standard.
• Carry out routine communal services, cleaning, minor repairs, inspections and safety checks.
• Set up community spaces for bookings and manage out-of-hours access.
• Act as key holder during out-of-hours activities; manage waste and storage to prevent fly-tipping.
• Coordinate contractors, ensure timely delivery of works and safety compliance.
• Promote the service and maintain good relationships with residents and partners.
• Be alert to safeguarding and anti-social behaviour and report concerns promptly.
• Work on rotations including evenings and weekends to meet service needs.

Connaissances

Numeracy

Driving license

Customer service

Minor repairs

IT skills

Health & safety

COSHH knowledge

Tools & equipment

Communication

Self-organisation

Time management

Teamworking

Problem solving

Outils

Tools & equipment handling

Description du poste

Estate Caretaker

Pertemps is looking for a temporary full-time caretaker for their client based in the south of Telford, initially for around two months may extend longer.

You will need to make sure that the estate is maintained to a high standard, is clean and free from rubbish, graffiti, weeds and anything that would impact on resident’s enjoyment of the area. To ensure residential blocks are clean and compliant with Health and Safety to carry out routine communal services, cleaning, minor repairs, inspections and building safety checks across the village (including community spaces/buildings). Ensuring community spaces/buildings are set up for bookings, including opening and closing the building outside of normal hours (evenings and weekends).

You will be a key holder for out of hour’s activities, to clean and maintain community spaces, controlling the provision and replenish toiletry items, including requisition, storage and distribution of such items, to be aware of Health and Safety requirements acting as a fire steward in the event of an emergency, you will be carrying out a schedule of safety and compliance checks, recording and reporting findings, removing rubbish and other hazards identified during routine safety checks or as directed, highlighting any concerns to the relevant Officer, providing caretaking duties such as; minor repairs, maintenance tasks, gardening, deliveries, cleaning, removal’s, as directed, engaging with customers and provide advice on the correct methods for disposing of rubbish and for storage of items so as to prevent fly-tipping and other hazards from occurring, ensuring that all vehicle and driving safety checks are carried out in accordance with policy and procedures, promoting the service and develop and maintain good working relationships with internal and external colleagues/partners.

Ensuring contractors deliver specifications and that they are carried out to a high standard and on time, supporting the team achieve its service targets and objectives and contribute to service development and continuous improvement in customer outcomes, being alert to potential safeguarding and anti-social behaviour issues and report your concerns promptly, participating in performance review and team meetings, and undertake training where necessary, supporting and participating in community events and activities.

You may be required work from other sites and places where your attendance is required. You are required to work flexibly including evenings and weekends as necessary to meet the needs of the service. There is a requirement to work evenings and weekends to support the running of the Centre.

Ideal Candidate

• Good levels of numeracy, literacy and IT skills.
• Clean, full Driving License.
• Experience of working in a customer service environment and have provided excellent customer service
• Experience in carrying out minor repairs, cleaning and ground maintenance
• Working using IT systems to deliver services
• Experience of improving services for residents
• Knowledge of relevant health and safety policies, procedures and legislation
• An understanding of COSHH and health and safety
• Relevant knowledge of tools and equipment for various maintenance tasks
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong self-organisation skills, ability to prioritise tasks, work to schedules, respond timely to requests for information and act on own initiative where necessary
• Problem solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to work quickly and safely and respond positively to periods of peak workloads
• Work well with others and develop good working relationships with internal and external stakeholders/partners
• Good level of written and verbal communication
• To work as an effective team member as well as working on your own
• People and Customer focussed
• Approachable and able to influence people
• Well organised and good at managing time
• Good at planning your work and problem solving.
• Required to work flexibly including evenings and weekends as necessary to meet the needs of the service.
• Ideally have a DBS

Hours

You will work 37 Hours on a 4 week rota

Over 7 Days

Days 8.30-4.30

Occasional After hours with events

Salary

£13.45 per hour