Caretaker

Vivid Housing; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing organization is seeking a Caretaker for a full-time position based in Portsmouth. The caretaker will be responsible for maintaining communal areas by performing tasks such as cleaning, minor repairs, and safety checks. Candidates should have experience in caretaking or cleaning, a valid driving license, and must be capable of manual handling and working at heights. The role offers competitive salary along with benefits including a pension scheme and healthcare.

Benefits

26 days holiday plus bank holidays

Company van & fuel card

Productivity-related bonus scheme

Uniform and PPE provided

Generous contributory pension

Life assurance

Private medical insurance

Health care cash plan

Enhanced pay for family leave

Access to counseling services

Electric car scheme

Variety of training courses

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and caretaking work.
• Basic technical capability to use handheld devices.
• Must hold a full, clean current driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a consistent caretaking service to communal areas.
• Complete fire safety compliance checks.
• Maintain sites to a set frequency and standard.

Skills

Cleaning and caretaking/janitorial work

Basic maintenance and minor repairs

Operating cleaning machinery

Comfortable using handheld devices

Ability to work at heights

Manual handling and lifting

Job description

Job Overview

As a caretaker, you'll deliver a consistent caretaking service to the communal areas of our housing blocks and properties, which includes clearing bin areas of rubbish, clearing fly tipping, cleaning communal hallways, testing fire alarms and safety equipment.

We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into our VIVID home we're here to help with that and more. Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long‑term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they're easy to use and access by our customers. We're addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We're the sixth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year. This is summed up in our vision "More homes, bright futures".

Responsibilities

• Follow a rota and pattern of work
• Maintaining sites to a set frequency and standard
• Working to a defined specification
• Adhere to our 7 step first class repairs service
• To complete fire safety compliance checks

You’ll complete electronic records for all of the tasks and activities you’re involved in such as site visits, identifying and resolving minor repairs, and changing communal lamps.

Qualifications

Ideally, you’ll have previous experience of cleaning and caretaking/janitorial work with working knowledge of operating cleaning machinery and will be capable of carrying out basic maintenance and minor repairs. You'll have a category B driving licence. As you need to use a handheld device to log your work, you’ll be comfortable using a basic technical device. We do our best to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible.

However, due to the nature of this position, the job holder must be capable of:

• Working at heights
• Manual handling and lifting heavy and bulky items
• A high degree of mobility, which will include walking/lifting/loading and unloading vehicles.

A full, clean current driving licence (held for at least 1 year) is needed so you can drive one of our vans when necessary. Offers are subject to satisfactory driving licence checks and DBS check.

Benefits

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• Use of a company van & fuel card for your work travel
• A productivity‑related bonus scheme to enhance your take‑home
• Uniform and PPE provided
• A generous contributory pension of 6%. We'll match employee contributions between 7% and 10%
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling, legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of in‑house & e‑learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

We’re looking for a Caretaker to join our team! Contractually based in Portsmouth, you’ll cover Portsmouth and the South Hampshire area. This is a full time, permanent role working 39 hours per week. On top of the competitive salary, you can benefit from the above benefits.