Caretaker (Slough SL1) (40hrs/wk) Immediate Start Dates

SOS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused organization is seeking a dedicated Caretaker to maintain the building's cleanliness and safety while ensuring excellent relations with residents. The role requires flexibility in hours, as well as experience in customer service, ideally in hospitality or security environments. Key responsibilities include interacting with residents, managing deliveries, and ensuring the building's exterior is well-maintained. Candidates should have strong organizational skills and be proactive team players.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy customer service environment, ideally in hospitality or security.
• Ability to provide out of hours support in emergencies.
• Strong data management and record-keeping skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cleanliness and safety of public areas.
• Interact courteously and professionally with residents.
• Report security breaches and damage to authorities.
• Maintain the cleanliness of the building frontage.
• Water plants in external areas.
• Handle key holding and parcel deliveries.

Skills

Customer care passion

Customer service experience

Flexibility in working hours

Organisational skills

Initiative

Job description

The Caretaker is to act as custodian of the building and its curtilage. They are to foster good relations with the residents and ensure that the site is managed to a high standard.

Hours of work: Monday – Friday: 08:00am – 16:00pm

Duties required will include:

• cleanliness and safety of all the public areas.
• interact with residents in a courteous, professional and helpful manner at all times.
• To ensure that any breaches of security or damage is reported to the relevant authorities.
• To ensure the building frontage is kept clean and tidy.
• To be responsible for the watering of any plants or shrubbery within the external areas of the development.
• Key holding
• Parcels and recorded deliveries.
• Temporary car park spaces issued.

About you:

To be successful in the role, you’ll have the following:

• A passion for customer care and a sensitivity to clients needs
• Experience of working in a busy customer service environment within the hospitality or
  education industry or ideally corporate security
• Experience in a customer facing environment
• Ability to offer flexibility in working hours including provision of out of hours support in an emergency if required
• A enthusiasm and motivation to be a performance-driven team player
• Ability to work on own initiative
• Excellent organisational skills and a willingness to work flexibly and to tight deadlines
• Data management and strong record keeping skills