Estate Services Cleaner

Southern Housing; Hastings; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Housing is seeking an Estate Services Cleaner to join our frontline team, helping to keep communal areas clean, safe and welcoming for residents across East Sussex. This hands-on role requires reliability and safety awareness, and the ability to work independently or as part of a small team under the Estate Services Manager.

You will use provided tools and equipment, log repairs and health and safety issues, and carry out physically demanding cleaning tasks.

Qualifications

• Cleaning experience in communal or similar environments.
• Experience of working alone and in a small team.
• Basic understanding of health and safety and safe systems of work.
• Ability to undertake physically demanding tasks.
• Friendly, polite and professional when dealing with residents and visitors.
• Confident using a smartphone to access emails and log repairs or health & safety issues.
• Full UK driving licence and ability to drive company vehicles; licence checks on pre-employment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a high quality cleaning service across internal and external communal areas.
• Identify repairs or health and safety issues and log them.
• Work under the Estate Services Manager and follow safety procedures.
• Use provided tools, machinery and equipment to perform duties.

Skills

Reliability

Safety awareness

Teamwork

Smartphone usage

Tools

Smartphone usage

Job description

About The Role

We're looking for a reliable and hardworking Estate Services Cleaner to join our frontline Estate Services team, helping to keep our communal areas clean, safe and welcoming for residents.

Estate Services sits at the frontline of our housing service and is often the first and most frequent point of contact for residents. In this role, you'll deliver a consistently high quality cleaning service across internal and external communal areas throughout East Sussex, helping to maintain standards and identify any repairs or health and safety issues. Reporting to the local Estate Services Manager, you'll carry out a range of cleaning duties using the tools, machinery and equipment provided. This is a practical, hands on role and you'll need to be comfortable undertaking physically demanding work.

About you

You take pride in your work and understand the importance of clean, safe communal spaces. You're reliable, safety conscious and comfortable working both independently and as part of a team.

You will need:

• Experience undertaking cleaning duties (communal or similar environments)
• Experience of working alone and as part of a small team
• A basic understanding of health & safety and safe systems of work
• The ability to undertake physically demanding tasks
• A friendly, polite and professional approach when dealing with residents and visitors
• Confidence using a smartphone to access emails and log repairs or health & safety issues
• You must hold a full UK driving licence and be able to drive company vehicles where required. Driving licence checks will be undertaken as part of the pre employment process.

About the team

You'll be part of our Estate Services team, which sits at the frontline of our housing service and is often the most visible point of contact for residents. The team is responsible for maintaining the cleanliness and safety of communal areas across our estates.

Working closely with colleagues in Estate Services and Housing teams, you'll help identify issues early, support vulnerable residents where appropriate, and ensure our estates are safe, well maintained and places people are proud to live.

About Us

At Southern Housing, our residents are at the heart of everything we do. As one of the largest housing providers in the UK with over 77,000 homes across London, the Southeast, the Isle of Wight, and the Midlands, we give over 167,000 people somewhere affordable to call their own! We also understand the difference that safe, secure, and affordable homes can make to people's lives.

A career at Southern Housing will allow you to make a difference every day you come to work. Working in the housing sector with us will bring fresh challenges and give you the opportunity to grow and develop, too.