We have a great opportunity for a caretaker to join our established city-wide Estate Management team.
Our caretakers provide a visible presence on our housing estates, and ensure the delivery of a responsive, flexible, and high-quality caretaking service.
They are trusted to ensure our estates are a safe, clean, and secure place for our tenants, leaseholders, and visitors.
Job Description
As a caretaker for Norwich City Council, you will carry out cleaning to internal elements of residential buildings, as well as external communal areas, such as shared gardens, car parks and communal bin areas.
Your core responsibilities will include cleaning, monitoring contractors working on-site, carrying out health and safety checks, and assisting with refuse collections.
You will also report repairs and issues relating to anti-social behaviour, as well as work with residents, tenants, and leaseholders.
You will have strong customer service, good communication skills, and will be able to resolve issues using your own initiative.
You will also have a good working knowledge of estate cleanliness, including safe working practices such as knowledge of health & safety and COSHH regulations.
You will have good interpersonal skills and be able to work within a team and on your own.
You will hold a full driving licence.
For further information about this vacancy, please contact Jamie Winter, Team Leader – Estate Management on 01603 989637.
Responsibilities
To ensure the security, safety, cleanliness, maintenance, repair, and monitor of communal areas. To assist tenants in offering guidance assistance and advice.
Contribute to the development of self and others within the role. To include attending relevant training courses and participating in team meetings.
Contribute to the maintenance of a healthy safe and a secure environment including carrying out estate inspections and completing minor repair and maintenance in communal areas.
Carry out cleaning duties to the standard set down by the British Industrial Cleaning Science (BICS).
Steam Clean communal areas.
Maintain Health and Safety working practices, complying with all of the Councils Health and Safety polices and procedures.
This position is very much self motivated and the PM`s works under minimum supervision.
Maintain security of premises and contents within the area of responsibility.
Carry out Fob (door entry system) programming and delivery.
Develop and maintain effective working relationships with tenants and other members of the public, including advising tenants on use of equipment and services provided.
Record all incidents and emergencies in the diary and on a computer system.
Monitor and record maintenance, cleaning work undertaken by contractors on site. Maintain computer record and input details into records. Up date data bases, complete records of incidents.
Promote and implement the Councils equal opportunities policies and practices in relation to employment and services. Attendance at evening and day meeting when requested.
Skills Required
* Carry out / complete manual tasks
* Follow policies and procedures
* Complete tasks.
* Contribute to the work of the Neighbourhood Service Team
* Carry out duties from a step ladder / steps
* Communicate with tenants verbally
* Numeracy and literacy skills
* Ability to build effective working relationship with managers, staff and residents.
* Able to enthuse and motivate people.
* Adaptable and flexible approach that will meet the service demands.
* Attend meetings outside of normal hours.
* Able to build trust and confidence
Educational Requirements
Full driving licence required
Why work for us
Our council is full of people who have chosen to work in local government because they want to help others and make a difference to their lives or the environment in which local people live.
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We offer our employees a competitive pay and benefits package. Whether you’re looking for a new career, promotion, flexible working opportunity to fit with your home life or a sideways move – we have a variety of challenging employment opportunities for everybody.
Norwich City Council offers the opportunity to work with great people who are passionate about promoting Norwich and the services the council provides. We also offer good career prospects with competitive rates of pay, generous holidays and working arrangements to suit all lifestyles.
Equal Opportunities Policy
The council is committed to a policy of equality opportunity in employment, in recruitment and the services we provide. Applications are considered on the basis of their suitability for the post regardless of sex, gender reassignment, race, ethnic origin, disability, age, marital status, domestic responsibilities, sexual orientation or religious affiliation. People with disabilities are guaranteed an interview provided they are suitably qualified and/or experienced.
Candidates will be considered for shortlisting on the factual information on their application form. Therefore it is important to give as much detail as possible including information about experience gained outside employment.
Benefits
We offer our employees a competitive pay and benefits package and are proud to have the Living Wage accreditation. Whether you’re looking for a new career, promotion, flexible working opportunity to fit with your home life or a sideways move – we have a variety of challenging employment opportunities for everybody.
* All employees are eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
* Paid holiday entitlement starts at 26 days per annum and increases with length of service to a maximum of 33 days per annum. This is pro rata for part-time employees
* In addition to the statutory public holidays, we grant an additional statutory day leave at Christmas
* Norwich City Council supports its employees through the provision of occupational health and employee assistance support
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