Estates Caretaker/Cleaner

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Job summary

Join a respected social landlord as an Estates Caretaker/Cleaner in South Devon. You will ensure public spaces remain clean and engaging, contributing to a high-performance culture focused on community support. The role offers part-time hours with a comprehensive benefits package, including training opportunities and generous leave.

Benefits

Training opportunities

25 days leave plus bank holidays

Pension scheme

Free parking

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Sound cleaning and caretaking experience, preferably in social housing.
• Formal health and safety qualification is useful.
• Passionate about improving communal areas.

Responsibilities

• Maintain standards of hygiene in internal and external areas.
• Liaise with external contractors as needed.
• Manage a broad range of cleaning equipment.

Skills

Cleaning

Caretaking

Health and Safety Awareness

Job description

We want to build great communities, not just great homes. Youll help us make it happen.

Teign Housing is a successful social landlord employing over 200 ambitious, committed people, responsible for managing more than 4,000 homes across South Devon. Were passionate about giving our residents the best possible homes, and as an EstatesCaretaker/Cleaner,youll help us make the place we live look even better.

About The Estates Caretaker/Cleaner Role

Dealing with everything from internal communal areas to external car parks, bin areas and flower beds, you will set the highest standards of hygiene and make certain that public spaces are litter-free. At the same time, you will maintain a broad range of cleaning equipment and report any failures to your manager, and will on occasion liaise with external contractors, so you can expect considerable variety and real job satisfaction. This is a part-time role for 32 hours per week.

About You

To join us, you should possess sound cleaning and caretaking experience, preferably gained within a social housing environment. A formal health and safety qualification would be useful, as would awareness of risk assessments, but more importantly you will be a hard worker with deep passion for getting things done and making communal areas even better.

Benefits

We are an Investor in People Platinum organisation, so you will be joining a company that creates a supportive high-performance culture. You can also expect to enjoy an excellent benefits package, including:

• Training opportunities
• 25 days leave plus bank holidays and discretionary leave between Christmas and New Year (pro rata for part-time)
• Pension scheme
• Free parking
• Employee Assistance Programme
• And much more
  
  

If you believe youre the right person for our Estates Caretaker/Cleaner role, please visit our website to apply via our online application form.

Closing date: 20 June 2025

Interview date: 25 June 2025

Applications will be considered as they are received, so early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should a suitable candidate apply.

Teign Housing is committed to its policy on equality and diversity and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. Registered charity no. 1112196.