Caretaker – Part Time

Job title:

Caretaker – Part Time

Company

Great Places Housing Association

Job description

Caretaker – Part Time (23.5 hours per week)You will play a vital role working across three over-55s schemes in Salford, ensuring the smooth and successful operation of Great Places communities. Acting as a key point of contact for customers on-site, you will address queries and effectively manage expectations. By being a visible and approachable presence in our neighbourhoods, you will foster positive relationships and deliver an outstanding experience for our residents.What you’ll be doing

• Responsible for maintaining a high standard of cleanliness, safety and repairs.
• Carrying out hoovering, sweeping, mopping, cleaning of communal doors, glazed areas, lighting, high & low level dusting, litter picking outside, ensuring all areas are clean and litter free.
• You will also carry out Health & Safety checks ensuring communal areas are free from combustible materials, slip and trip hazards, carrying out emergency light, fire alarm, legionella testing, reporting any issues identified to Compliance.
• You will be carrying out any minor repairs or proactive maintenance in communal areas, including but not limited to; light bulbs, door handles, removal of weeds from hard standings / path areas, jet washing, painting / moss removal/touching up of walls, graffiti removal, adjusting light timers etc.

What you’ll need

• Clean driving licence with two year’s driving experience post passing test
• You will need access to your own vehicle
• Competent in IT and using PDA
• Ability to work as part of a team or on your own
• Ability to manage your own time and work to deadlines.
• To have worked in a similar Caretaker role and competent at carrying out general handy person tasks.
• Demonstrate a positive can do attitude
• A flexible approach to the working day
• You are as comfortable working on your own as you are as part of a team
• Site Health and Safety awareness for yourself and others

What we need from you

• You will be required to attend a number of face to face training sessions as well as virtual sessions and e-learning this part of your role is vital and of equal importance as the day to day aspects.
• A commitment to understand the challenges and opportunities that exist in the communities in which we work. We particularly value lived experience in social housing
• A passion to advocate on behalf of people and communities
• Respecting professional boundaries and conducting yourself and a professional manner at all times
• A commitment to work in partnership with others for the benefit of Great Places
• To be professional and work with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity

Great Places Housing Group exists to improve the lives of the people living in our 25,000 homes across the North West and Yorkshire. We are much more than just a landlord, providing a wide-range of services and promoting partnership work to create vibrant, sustainable communities.You can find details of our story, our vision and our values .At Great Places, we are committed to using inclusive hiring practices. By embracing diversity and difference, we enrich our teams with varied perspectives, drive, and innovation to create an environment in which everyone can thrive. We welcome applications from people of all identities, backgrounds, and cultures and are committed to fostering an environment in which everyone can be their authentic self; building a workforce that truly reflects the diverse communities we serve.We love to hear from anyone who is enthusiastic about working in social housing. We know people can be reluctant to apply if they don’t fill 100% of the job requirements. So, if you are unsure that your qualifications and skills are what we are looking for in this role, why not let us decide?We want to create a recruitment process that allows you to perform at your best! Should you need any support or information throughout the process, please reach out to our recruitment team at .

Expected salary

Location

Salford

Job date

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:18:52 GMT

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