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Jigsaw Homes Group; Nebraska; On-site; USD 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days holiday

Christmas closure (3 days)

Bank holidays

Buy/sell up to 5 days leave

On-site gym

Training and development opportunities

Job summary

Jigsaw Homes Group is seeking a Caretaker to join our Asset Management team in Lancaster. You will carry out cleaning and grounds maintenance inside and around residents’ homes as part of a large housing organisation.

You will liaise with residents, contractors and colleagues to ensure a clean, safe and well-maintained environment, while meeting the needs of our communities and upholding service standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in cleaning and grounds maintenance.
• Ability to carry out handyperson duties within large properties.
• Physically able to undertake the duties of the role.

Responsibilities

• Carry out cleaning and grounds maintenance inside buildings and outside residents' homes across the North West.
• Liaise with residents, contractors and partners to maintain positive relationships.
• Work as part of the Asset Management team to provide a first‑class service.

Skills

Cleaning

Grounds maintenance

Handyperson duties

Job description

Caretaker

Company: Jigsaw Homes Salary: £26,378 to £28,562 a year Hours: Full-time Location: Lancaster, LA1 Job type: Permanent Posting date: 28 Sept 2026 Closing date: 12 Oct 2026

Would you like to work for a company who is accredited as an outstanding company to work for in Best Companies 2023?

Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a very competitive 24 days holiday per annum, plus 3 days for Christmas closure (5 day working week) plus bank holidays, plus additional days after 2 years continuous service (to a maximum of 5 days). We also offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year.

As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, occupational sick pay, access to the Social Housing Pension Scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, BHSF membership, access to on-site gyms and training/development opportunities.

If you are looking for a career with an outstanding company, then please read on.

Who we are:

Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.

We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.

About the department:

As one of our established and dedicated maintenance operatives within our team of 600, you will be part of an Asset Management department that prides itself on investing in our own people to deliver a first-class property-based service across the Group.

We cover a broad range of disciplines from reactive, planned and grounds maintenance to property refurbishments, estate services, building safety and compliance.

You will be welcomed in to a committed and passionate team, with a key focus on professionalism and working together to provide an excellent customer experience and building trust with our residents when working in their homes and neighbourhoods.

Role information:

Your ability to get things done quickly and efficiently will help us create clean, safe and attractive communities; ones where our customers can call home.

You will take pride in your work to carry out a programme of cleaning and grounds maintenance - both inside buildings and outside of our residents’ homes, across the North West.

You will also be able to liaise well with colleagues and customers alike, to help us keep up effective, positive relationships with our residents, contractors and other partners.

With a good standard of general education and experience in cleaning, grounds maintenance and handyperson duties in some larger properties, you must be able to demonstrate you are able to undertake the physical aspects of the job.

This role requires you to have a full, valid UK driving license (points/convictions must be disclosed), access to a vehicle and insurance for business use prior to commencing this role.

There may be a requirement to be part of a rota working a small number of weekends per year attending select sites.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

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