Estate Caretaker

Estate Caretaker United Kingdom

Kirklees Council
Full Time United Kingdom 10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
Organisation
Kirklees
Directorate
Growth & Regeneration
Service Area
Homes & Neighbourhoods
Hours
37
Number of Jobs
2
Location(s)
Across Kirklees
Position type
Permanent
Grade
Grade 6
Salary

£22,369 - £24,054


The Job:

The Estate Caretaking Service provides an effective and high-quality estate environmental service, supporting Homes & Neighbourhoods staff to deliver a customer focused holistic Housing Management Service.

The main requirement of an Estate Caretaker is to:

  • Deliver a customer focused estate caretaking service
  • Undertake a range of environmental tasks within tenanted property, gardens, and estates
  • Undertake fire safety checks to identity and report findings
  • Keep estates clean and tidy including the removal of fly tipping
  • Help to maintain decent homes and sustainable communities, working in partnership with Housing Officers and other services

Estate Caretakers work on a patch basis and take ownership of their patch to ensure that these duties are covered and will also support colleagues in the team where there is an increase in work on other patches.

Estate caretakers are responsible for ensuring the safety of our tenants in high rise and 6 story blocks of flats and carry out daily checks to ensure that all equipment is in good working order and is compliant, along with being responsible for the removal of any obstruction in communal areas.

Estate Caretakers will work within the estate caretaking service area and will be required to deputise for other Estate Caretakers across Kirklees as and when required.

We particularly welcome applications from women and Black, Asian, minority, Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented in this area. All appointments will be made based on merit of skill and experience for the role.

Please note that we will not be accepting CVs as part of this application process.

The successful candidates will need to have a Full UK, clean driving licence (are able to drive a manual vehicle).

Package:

In addition to joining a great team, you will receive the following:

- A competitive salary of between £22,369 - £24,054

  • Entry into the Local Government Pension Scheme, including Life Assurance.
  • Generous holiday entitlement of 27.5 days annual leave, increasing to 32.5 days with continuous service, plus bank holidays.
  • Flexible working available through agreement with Team Leader and meeting the requirements of the service.
  • Access to a range of well-being support initiatives including but not limited to an Employee Assistance programme, Healthy Eating Active Lifestyle assessments, Cycle to Work programme and discounted KAL gym membership.

Homes & Neighbourhoods is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As an organisation we are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: [email protected] or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Closing date

12 March 2023, 11:55 PM

Important Information

Estate Caretaker Job Profile.pdf – 200KB

Estate Caretaker
Kirklees Council

www.kirklees.gov.uk
Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Adrian Lythgo
$500 million to $1 billion (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
National Services & Agencies
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