Housing Estate Caretaker - Part Time 25 hours per week

North Northamptonshire Council; Kettering; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Hybrid & flexible working

Annual leave 28 days, rising to 33

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

North Northamptonshire Council is recruiting a part-time Caretaker to help transform housing estates across the Corby and Kettering area. You’ll be out on estates, maintaining communal spaces and ensuring they are clean, safe and welcoming for residents.

This hands-on role works with Housing Officers to tackle estate issues, while promoting a stronger sense of community. A valid transit van driving licence is required.

Qualifications

• Must be able to drive a transit sized van and have a current clean driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out regular inspections of estates, blocks and communal areas.
• Keeping shared spaces such as stairwells, bin stores and walkways clean, safe and presentable.
• Spotting issues early and reporting repairs, hazards and health & safety concerns quickly.
• Acting as a visible and approachable presence on estates, helping deter anti-social behaviour.
• Working alongside Housing Officers to tackle estate-based issues such as fly-tipping or vandalism.
• Taking pride in your work and making sure tenants can see and feel the difference you make.

Job description

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Job Reference Ref/149525/9572

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Part Time

Salary Range:

Working Hours:

Location:

Across Corby and Kettering area

Closing Date:

23/11/2026

Job Category:

Housing

Organisation:

North Northamptonshire Council

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28days, rising to 33days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About the role

We’re not just restructuring – we’re reinventing how housing services are delivered. Come and be part of the change.

About the role

Do you take pride in keeping places clean, safe and welcoming – and want a job where you can see the difference you make every single day?

This is your chance to join North Northamptonshire Council’s Housing Management Service as a Caretaker at a time of real change and investment. We’re reshaping our service to be more visible, proactive and closer to tenants than ever before – and Caretakers are at the very heart of this transformation.

As a Caretaker, you’ll be out on our estates, ensuring communal areas are well maintained, safe and welcoming for all residents. You’ll work closely with Housing Officers, tenants and local communities to create neighbourhoods people are proud to live in. You must be able to drive a transit sized van and have a current clean driving licence.

You will be part of a service that is:

• Visible and connected – smaller patches, stronger links with tenants and communities.
• Cleaner and safer – more caretakers making a real impact on estates.
• Supportive and responsive – tackling issues quickly and preventing problems from escalating.
• Engaged and accountable – giving tenants a stronger voice in how their estates are managed.

This is a hands‑on role where you’ll be a visible presence in communities, helping create safer, stronger and better‑maintained neighbourhoods.

What will you be doing?

What you will be doing

You’ll play a key role in keeping our estates and communal spaces safe, clean and well cared for.

Your work will include:

• Carrying out regular inspections of estates, blocks and communal areas.
• Keeping shared spaces such as stairwells, bin stores and walkways clean, safe and presentable.
• Spotting issues early and reporting repairs, hazards and health & safety concerns quickly.
• Acting as a visible and approachable presence on estates, helping deter anti‑social behaviour.
• Working alongside Housing Officers to tackle estate‑based issues such as fly‑tipping or vandalism.
• Taking pride in your work and making sure tenants can see and feel the difference you make.

About you

About you

We want practical, motivated people who take pride in their work and care about creating safer, stronger communities.

What will you bring to the role:

• Passion, Resilience, Innovation, Drive and Energy – with a commitment to Working Together to Achieve Success.
• A hands‑on approach, with the ability to carry out practical tasks to a high standard.
• A friendly, approachable manner and the confidence to talk to tenants and colleagues.
• An eye for detail, spotting issues before they become bigger problems.
• Reliability, resilience, and the ability to work outdoors in all conditions.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a forward‑looking housing service and be part of a team that is transforming estates into cleaner, safer and more welcoming places to live.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)