Trainee Estate Caretaker
Permanent
Grade 2 - £24,027 - £25,992. Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
As a Trainee Estate Caretaker, you will be based at one of our estates, working in communal areas within our high and low rise residential accommodation blocks, and other areas on our council estates. Undertaking a wide variety of interesting, varied and rewarding tasks including, caretaking, cleaning, environmental maintenance, removal of fly-tipping, refuse and graffiti, kerb appeal work, health and safety, painting, and a focus on customer services activities - you could say it's a different job every day
You will provide assistance to customers with general housing related queries, liaising with Neighbourhood Caretakers, Area Neighbourhood Caretakers and other Council colleagues. You will also liaise with other organisations in order to maintain the local environment such as Repair contractors and Waste Management.
You will be a great listener and communicator and be able to understand and interpret instructions. You will be required to make day to day decisions regarding site safety and you must be able to deal with any issues that arise in a calm, professional manner, have a 'can-do' improvement-focused attitude, along with a desire to keep learning. You will also be enthusiastic, flexible and adaptable.
We will support you in your role by providing all the training you will need, this includes qualifications in Cleaning, Health and Safety, COSHH and Infection Prevention and Control.
Due to the nature of the work candidates must have a good level of physical fitness There are various city wide locations available.
You must complete and submit the questions from the link below, this is required for shortlisting, if you do not complete the mandatory questions, your application will not be considered.
Link to complete questionnaire which is a mandatory requirement:
Mandatory Estate Caretaker Questionnaire
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such, applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.
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Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached
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