Supply Caretaker

ESPO Trading Limited; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority is seeking enthusiastic individuals to join its Caretaking team in Nottingham. The role involves maintaining the Council House, performing basic maintenance, and ensuring cleanliness. Candidates should possess basic repair knowledge, team experience, and effective communication skills. In return, the council offers competitive pay, a great benefits package including leave entitlement and pension schemes, and a supportive work environment. Flexible working arrangements are available to promote work-life balance.

Benefits

26 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Generous pension scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Smart working arrangements

Discounted memberships at local fitness centres

Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of repairs and maintenance.
• Basic IT skills.
• Understanding of cleaning methods and equipment.
• Awareness of Health and Safety.
• Ability to communicate at all levels.
• Experience of working in a team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and assist with events at The Council House.
• Perform basic maintenance tasks such as painting and repairs.
• Conduct cleaning duties including vacuuming and mopping.
• Use electrical cleaning machinery as required.

Skills

Basic knowledge of repairs and maintenance

Basic IT skills

Understanding of cleaning methods and equipment

Awareness of Health and Safety

Communication skills

Teamwork experience

Job description

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Councilhere .

About the Role

We are looking for enthusiastic individuals to join our Caretaking team in order to help maintain and assist with events at The Council House.

We are looking for candidates who enjoy working in a busy environment, as part of a team, who are able to communicate at all levels.

Experience in basic maintenance and cleaning is desirable but not essential as training will be given. Duties will include: vacuuming; washroom cleaning; sweeping; mopping; dusting; washing of furniture; basic maintenance e.g. painting, basic repairs, compliance such as fire alarm testing, water flushing and temperature checks etc. and use of electrical cleaning machinery i.e. buffing machine and wet pick-ups.

You will play a vital role as part of a small team of Caretakers across the city, however, this post is predominately one where you will be expected to work using your own initiative and you will be expected to program your daily routine to meet the needs of the site. Protective clothing and other PPE will be provided as required.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Basic knowledge of repairs and maintenance
• Basic IT skills
• Basic understanding of different cleaning methods and equipment
• Basic awareness of Health and Safety
• Able to communicate at all levels
• Experience of being part of a team.

You can find the job description for this posthere

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on theadditional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact us via email athere

Closing Date:1st January 2026

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held:TBC

About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service)+ bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working – to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

Job Info

• Job Identification 6494
• Posting Date 12/18/2025, 03:40 PM
• Locations OLD MARKET SQUARE, Nottingham, NG1 2DT, GB