Lettings Caretaker

Avanti; West of England; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional development

Retail discounts

Flexible working options

Well-being programs

Job summary

Avanti Gardens is seeking a responsible Lettings Caretaker to oversee day-to-day arrangements for our community lettings. You will open and secure facilities, maintain equipment and assist customers to ensure premises are welcoming, safe and well presented.

This role requires strong organisation and communication, with flexibility to work evenings, weekends and school holidays. You will reflect the school's ethos while delivering reliable, professional service to prospective clients and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a customer focussed environment
• ective communication skills both written and oral to both internal and externalstakeholders
• Competent with Windows and Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to cope with a varied and demanding workload

Responsibilities

• Hold responsibility for the Trust’s site keys, opening and securely closing facilities before and after community lettings, ensuring bookings run smoothly and on time.
• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness, presentation and equipment, carrying out basic cleaning and liaising with cleaning teams or contractors where necessary.
• Provide a welcoming, professional and customer-focused service, showing prospective clients around the facilities and responding to queries or resolving any issues or complaints.
• Carry out post-booking checks to ensure facilities are left in good order, provide access to First Aid equipment when required and follow all relevant health, safety, fire and school policies.
• Demonstrate reliability, punctuality, flexibility and initiative, working independently across evenings, weekends and school holidays while upholding the ethos and values of Avanti Gardens.

Job description

About The Role

Avanti Gardens is seeking a responsible and adaptable Lettings Caretaker to oversee the day-to-day arrangements for our community lettings. From opening and securing our facilities to maintaining equipment and supporting customers, you will ensure our premises are welcoming, safe and well presented.

This varied role requires excellent organisational and communication skills, alongside a flexible approach to working evenings, weekends and school holidays. The successful candidate will share our commitment to high standards and demonstrate behaviours that reflect the School’s ethos and values.

What will you do?

• Hold responsibility for the Trust’s site keys, opening and securely closing facilities before and after community lettings, ensuring bookings run smoothly and on time.
• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness, presentation and equipment, carrying out basic cleaning and liaising with cleaning teams or contractors where necessary.
• Provide a welcoming, professional and customer-focused service, showing prospective clients around the facilities and responding to queries or resolving any issues or complaints.
• Carry out post-booking checks to ensure facilities are left in good order, provide access to First Aid equipment when required and follow all relevant health, safety, fire and school policies.
• Demonstrate reliability, punctuality, flexibility and initiative, working independently across evenings, weekends and school holidays while upholding the ethos and values of Avanti Gardens.

About Us

Why should you apply

You will be working in a fantastic environment.

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

We offer a range of staff benefits including professional development opportunities, retail discounts, flexible working options, well-being programs, and more; further details at the bottom of the page.

What are we looking for?

• Experience working in a customer focussed environment
• ective communication skills both written and oral to both internal and externalstakeholders
• Competent with Windows and Microsoft Office applications
• Ability to cope with a varied and demanding workload

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.