Caretaker - Braintree, United Kingdom - Peabody

Peabody

Verified Company

Braintree, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Peabody has an exciting opportunity for a
Caretaker on a
full time, permanentbasis based in the
Braintree area. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of
£21,255 per annum.

Peabody are one of the largest housing associations in the UK, and we'll be even bigger when our merger with Catalyst is complete in April 2023.

Our mission is to help people flourish and an important part of this is to ensure that our organisation reflects the wider communities we serve.

We want to attract recruit and retain a diverse, inclusive and creative workforce to give us the best opportunity to meet the diverse needs of our residents and customers.

As our
Caretaker, you will be working within temporary accommodation services, managing void works, health and safety and general maintenance.

The role is full time, working 37.5 hours per week in the Braintree area, although flexibility is essential.

What we're looking for in our Caretaker:

Be adaptable and customer focussed
Good listening and customer care skills
The ability to carry out manual tasks with practical ability
The ability to undertake minor repair maintenance
Some prior knowledge of Health and Safety and issues relating to housing maintenance

What you can expect to be doing as our Caretaker:

Health and safety checks, daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly
Void works, getting properties of various sizes ready to let following departure of previous tenant in a timely manner, could include repair works, cleaning, re decorating etc
Maintenance across multiple sites as required
Overall maintenance and upkeep of the entire grounds, gardens and properties
Litter picking and gardening
Some IT use required for admin
Required to do additional training/eLearning around health and safety, fire safety, manual handling
This role will require an Enhanced DBS check._

If you feel you have the skills and experience to become our
Caretaker, please click 'apply' now

At Peabody, where possible, we provide flexible working opportunities from day one to our employees, as we recognise the importance of a good worklife balance; and to improve our productivity and performance, we embrace agile working, which means if you are in a desk based role, that will be a hybrid of office and home working. If your role is in a client facing environment, appropriate base location will apply._