The role
Caretaker (Estate Compliance Officer) Salary: £ 25,635 per annum plus benefits. 37 hours per week. Field-based with regular travel across Somerset. Permanent Contract. Closing date for applications:
19.06.25 (Midday)
At Magna, our vision is to create great homes together.
We have ambitious plans, and are seeking creative, aspirational, and talented people to join our fast paced, adaptable, and highly collaborative environment.
The role & what you take care of:
You will be part of the Estate Service Team, covering Magna sites across Somerset. We put our customers at the heart of all we do and in return we offer an excellent benefits package and a great working environment, where you can enjoy a rewarding and fulfilling career. We work as part of a team that embraces diversity and recognises that together we can all achieve outstanding results. Performing a variety of comprehensive Estates duties, including testing fire alarms, emergency lighting, and automatic opening vents (AOVs), as well as waste removal, litter collection and communal cleaning. Providing high-quality Estate services across Magna-owned properties. Conducting regular inspections, such as health and safety, security, and fire inspections, ensuring compliance with legislative and regulatory requirements. Surveying garage sites to ensure the security and safety of units before they are re-let. Acting as a key liaison with customers and contractors to resolve issues and representing Magna in a professional manner.
What you need to be successful: Experience of managing a mobile workforce. Excellent communication skills with the ability to confidently handle various situations. Polite and approachable, offering advice and guidance. Proven track record in maintenance and customer-focused services. Knowledge of relevant legislation, including the Fire Safety Act 2021 and general health & safety. Manual driving licence with capability to drive up to a 3.5T vehicle.
This post is subject to a Basic
Level Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
Applicants with transferable skills are encouraged to apply.
Magna Benefits:
We pride ourselves on providing an excellent working environment and great benefits. We look after those who work for us as we understand that without the commitment of our colleagues, we would not be able to provide the fantastic range of services to our customers.
We offer: Company sick pay Pension matched up to 8%. Learning and Development. Mileage and Agile working Paid day a year to volunteer. Wellbeing Portal and Colleague Voice. Rental / Stamp Duty Loan and Credit Union. Employee assistance & Health Care Cash Plan. Discounts on entertainment, high street shops and grocery shopping. Competitive annual leave entitlement, which increases progressively with the duration of your service over the first five years.
Our full range of benefit details can be viewed on our website under each vacancy.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Dani Davies - Talent Acquisition Lead at: dani.davies@magna.org.uk or by mobile: 07528 974936
To apply please visit our website www.magna.org.uk, select Careers Tab / Current Vacancies / Role, or follow the link attached to this advert.
Magna reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application early.
About us
We're Magna Housing, a customer-centred housing association, mainly working in Dorset and Somerset (our head office is in Dorchester) with a vision to create great homes together. We want to make sure that we constantly add value to the lives of our customers, and our colleagues, and we work hard to deliver this year on year.
Our vision of "Creating Great Homes Together" is fundamental to the work we do and we have ambitious plans to be "beyond the best" over the next ten years.
Magna prides itself on being large enough to influence but small enough to care. We are on an exciting journey - one that requires agility in how the business develops over the next decade, and different, innovative ways of working as we explore new territory.
Inclusion is important to us here at Magna, and inclusion for everyone is our commitment to making long term and deep change to become an organisation known for being inclusive and welcoming for all. We won't achieve our vision, mission or strategy without being inclusive. It is the foundation of how we work, our culture and our values and how we adjust to make sure our customer and colleague experiences are welcoming and relevant.
Our successes come through an appreciation of difference - different perspectives, experiences, thoughts, actions and skills. All of which add value and generate innovation. Embracing difference will enable us to get it right, first time, and offer the right homes in the right place for our customers.
For further information about Magna, please visit our website by clicking
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Our benefits
Generous holiday
This means the safety of our colleagues our customers is always our main priority.
Competitive pension
This is our mindset and our team approach to putting customers at the heart of all we do.
Wellbeing support
This is about how we treat each other and how we go about our business.
Healthcare cash plan
This is about how we all take responsibility for all our actions every day.
Learning and development
This is about how we learn about each other, our customers and our business. Learning helps make sure we all do the right thing, how we challenge convention and look beyond existing boundaries.
Colleague voice
This is how we come together as #teammagna, embracing our diversity and recognising that together we can achieve outstanding results.
For more details on our great range of benefits, please download the attachment which can be found at the bottom of this page.
Our values
Always safe
This means the safety of our colleagues and our customers is always our main priority.
All about customers
This is our mindset and our team approach to putting customers at the heart of all we do.
Be kind
This is about how we treat each other and how we go about our business.
Own it
This is about how we all take responsibility for all our actions every day.
One team
This is how we come together as #teammagna, embracing our diversity and recognising that together we can achieve outstanding results.
Be curious
This is about how we learn about each other, our customers and our business. Learning helps make sure we all do the right thing, how we challenge convention and look beyond existing boundaries