Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!
We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary, and for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.
Introduction
We are looking for someone who can provide high quality, customer focused and responsive service to Lewisham residents.
What’s the role?
Put simply, our caretakers clean and maintain the shared areas of the buildings and estates that we manage. They take pride in ensuring that our residents live in an environment that is safe, clean and tidy.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
1. Sweeping and cleaning all internal and external communal areas on a scheduled and a reactive basis, including the safe use of appropriate equipment, chemicals, and materials
2. Removing fly-tipping, lumber or other bulky items, from communal areas and dwellings to an appropriate area, including loading vehicles and if appropriate, driving to a disposal site
3. Carrying out systematic checks on a scheduled or reactive basis, and ‘sorting or reporting’ problems, including but not limited to chutes, litter bins, communal lighting, fire safety hazards and communal repairs
4. Requesting and monitoring repairs to communal areas, using appropriate means or as identified by managers or supervisors
5. Identifying and reporting any welfare or safeguarding concerns about vulnerable residents
6. Identifying and reporting nuisance, anti-social behaviour or criminal behaviour and providing evidence to support enforcement action – including the provision of information on individuals, actively looking for evidence as required, and providing witness statements
What’s in it for you?
Excellent training and development opportunities, plus a range of benefits including:
7. Generous holiday allowance
8. Local Government Pension scheme
9. Flexible working and family friendly policies
10. Season ticket and bicycle loans
11. A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
12. Supportive staff networks
What we’re looking for
We are looking for someone who:
13. Is able to deputise for the Caretaking Team Manager
14. Takes pride in their work
15. Has an awareness of - and a commitment to - equality of access and opportunity in a diverse community
16. Maintains excellent customer service in all areas of work
17. Takes responsibility for their own learning and development
18. Engages with colleagues and management to support the delivery of excellent services for the benefit of our residents and stakeholders
19. Complies with all policies and procedures - including those relating Health & Safety and Equality& Diversity
Location
Our caretakers work at and from a variety of locations across the borough of Lewisham.
Special conditions
20. A clean, full manual UK/EU driver's licence with Category B.
21. There may be opportunities to work at weekends on a rota basis.
22. The job is subject to a basic DBS check