Grounds Maintenance Caretaker

3 weeks ago


Newport, United Kingdom Newport City Homes Full time

Job description

**Vacancy**: Grounds Maintenance Caretaker

**Closing Date**: Sunday 27 November

**Salary**: £21,130.61

*Must have UK Driving Licence*

**About Newport City Homes**:
At Newport City Homes we are passionate about providing quality housing services for all our residents. We are a values led association which strives for excellence in everything we do. We listen, learn, improve, and most of all, deliver to our communities.

**About the vacancy**:
Due to growth within our Estates portfolio, we are looking for new Grounds Maintenance Caretakers to join our team. We are looking for likeminded individuals who want to make a difference to the communities in Newport and are ready to put our residents at the heart of what they do. For this role you are required to have strong interpersonal skills.

Specifically the Grounds Maintenance Caretaker will:

- Communicate effectively with residents, internal trade teams and external contractors to ensure excellent customer service.
- Carry out grounds maintenance works, vegetation removal, hedge and grass cutting and the treatment of weeds, moss and invasive species. Using appropriate equipment i.e. hand tools, power machinery and vehicles with relevant training.
- Removal of weeds and overgrowth from NCH land including communal areas, footpaths, lanes and open areas as agreed.
- To conduct daily safety checks of the allocated works vehicle and record the findings in the appropriate manner.
- Assisting with tidying of gardens of void and tenanted properties when requested.
- General clearance of litter and fly tipping on NCH land including shrub beds, small landscaped areas and garage/car parking areas and removal of sharps and drug paraphernalia.
- When required, clearing of blocked bin chutes, topping of communal bins, cleaning of communal areas, including bin areas, staircases and landings of flats and maisonette blocks.
- (Please refer to the attached role profile for more information.)_

**Benefits**:
Newport City Homes strive to offer enhanced benefits to create a positive work life balance and work environment for our employees:

- We operate two pension schemes, one with Aviva and one with the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS). LGPS is a defined pension scheme with generous employer contribution values. You may be able to transfer in any other pension you have within your first year of service.
- You would start on 25 days annual leave (+ Bank Holidays) which would increase to 30 days following 3 years’ service.
- We have many health and wellbeing policies and initiatives such as Cycle to Work, Enhanced Maternity/Paternity/Adoption and Sick leave and a sabbatical leave policy.
- We offer many professional and personal development options such as sponsored study opportunities and career progression and development.


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