Mobile Caretaker

The Methodist Church in Britain; Burton upon Trent; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Vertas Group, a facilities services provider, is seeking a mobile caretaker in the Facilities Team. The role covers maintenance, cleaning, waste management, and related duties across a normal working day.

The post is 30 hours per week over five weekdays with shifts from 6am to 6pm. A driving licence is required, and an Enhanced DBS check plus safeguarding checks apply.

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS check (where applicable)
• Right to work in the UK
• Own car is required
• Verified qualifications and registrations, where applicable

Responsibilities

• Oversee maintenance and cleanliness
• Manage waste
• Unlock and lock facilities as key holder
• Carry out porterage
• Carry out light decorating
• Carry out maintenance and cleaning

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Organisation

Attention to detail

Independence

Adaptability

Teamwork

Job description

A mobile caretaking post in the Facilities Team of Vertas Group, a facilities services provider. The work centres on maintenance and cleaning, with key holding, porterage, light decorating and waste management across the working day. The post runs 30 hours over five weekdays on split shifts between 6am and 6pm, and the holder must have their own car. Offers are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, with cautions and convictions to be declared.

What the job involves

• Oversee maintenance and cleanliness
• Manage waste
• Unlock and lock facilities as key holder
• Carry out porterage
• Carry out light decorating
• Carry out maintenance work
• Carry out cleaning

What’s required

Qualifications

• Verified qualifications and professional registrations, where applicable

Experience

• Experience in a similar setting such as caretaking, maintenance, trades or handyperson work

Skills & knowledge

• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Strong organisational skills and task prioritisation
• Attention to detail to meet cleaning and maintenance standards
• Working independently with minimal supervision
• Adapting to change in a growing organisation
• Teamwork, listening to colleagues, customers and suppliers

Checks & eligibility

• Enhanced DBS check
• Children's Barred List check, where applicable
• Right to work
• Satisfactory references
• Occupational health and medical clearance, where applicable
• Able to drive own car

Other

• Commitment to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults
• Assessment of suitability to work with children