Pfi Community Caretaker - Oldham, United Kingdom - Great Places Housing Group

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COMMUNITY CARETAKER


You will deliver a range of scheme and estate based services in Great Places neighbourhoods, ensuring customers receive a high quality, responsive and cost effective service, which offers value for money.

You will work in collaboration with the Neighbourhood Services team to ensure we offer safe and attractive places to live and work for our customers and the wider community.


What you'll be doing

  • You will deliver cleanliness and maintenance to a high standard, identifying issues, creating and implementing solutions and you will keep accurate records of all work undertaken. You will achieve this by carrying out Building, Grounds and Estate Inspections, Health and Safety Inspections, Fire Safety Inspections and Liaising with Contractors.
  • You will carry out Health and Safety directives and procedures ensuring communal areas and grounds are kept clean and tidy at all times, carrying out minor repairs, ensuring that any graffiti, bodily waste, drugs and sharps litter discovered on buildings or in common areas is removed in accordance with the timescales as defined in the relevant service level agreement. You will also undertake cleaning and any minor void works to empty properties, to prepare them for letting.
  • You will carry out risk assessments, gardening duties, including grass / hedge cutting and weed control and use chemicals to control weeds when appropriate and in accordance to Great Places CoSHH policies and procedures.
  • You will Report repairs at the first reasonable opportunity and undertake meter readings when necessary.

What you'll need

  • Experience of working in a customer focused environment
  • Experience of working in a housing environment (Desirable)
  • Ability to carry out basic administration and able to use Microsoft Office and other IT systems / programmes.
  • Ability to complete tasks in an accurate and timely manner when working under pressure and maintain attention to detail.
  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative
  • Professional and value led with integrity, inclusivity and respect for diversity
  • Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours
  • Mature outlook and a caring attitude to residents in the area
  • Full Driving Licence

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment

  • Pension up to 10% contribution from both colleague and Great Places


  • WPA

  • Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level
- option to increase & add on family members

  • The Market Place high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships Cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more
  • Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days
  • Lottery
  • Colleague forum groups
  • Link to Manchester Credit Union
  • Savings Club


At Great Places we believe the wellbeing of our colleagues is vital to enable them to deliver to great services, all your benefits can be used inside and outside of work.


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