Mobile Cleaner - Ashford/Canterbury

Southern Housing; United Kingdom; Remote; USD 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Housing is recruiting a reliable Estate Services Cleaner to maintain clean, safe communal areas across Ashford, Canterbury and surrounding areas. You will perform cleaning duties, report repairs or safety issues, and support residents and visitors in a frontline housing service role.

The role is hands-on and physically demanding, requiring independence and teamwork, plus a valid UK driving licence for occasional company vehicle duties.

Qualifications

• Experience undertaking cleaning duties in communal or similar environments.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a small team.
• Basic understanding of health & safety and safe systems of work.
• Ability to undertake physically demanding tasks.
• Friendly, polite and professional with residents and visitors.
• Confidence using a smartphone to access emails and log issues.
• Must hold a full UK driving licence and be able to drive company vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Carry out cleaning duties across internal and external communal areas.
• Identify issues early and report repairs or health & safety concerns.
• Work with Estate Services to keep estates safe, clean, and well maintained.

Skills

Cleaning experience

Safety awareness

Reliable

Driver's licence

Job description

About The Role

We’re looking for reliable and hardworking Estate Services Cleaners 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 in Ashford, Canterbury and surrounding areas, 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.