Caretaker - Neighbourhoods

**What's involved with this role**:
**Temporary Caretaker - Neighbourhoods**
**Reference no: Gateshead 1004153614216927**
**Pay rate: £11.18 per hour PAYE**
**Role length: This opening assignment is for 1 month** A Caretaker is required to work in various multi storey blocks across Gateshead to ensure a clean and safe environment. Key responsibilities:

- Provide a high standard of cleanliness within multi-storey blocks to the published service standards.
- Carry out compliance checks to support the Council’s requirements in relation to Health and Safety and Fire Safety of the building.
- Play a key role in ensuring the security of the building and surrounding areas. Reporting any evidence of antisocial behaviour in the block and surrounding area. Initiating action to deal with vandalism or emergency situations and contact the appropriate services.
- Report repairs and maintenance required to communal and external areas to the appropriate services.
- Carry out minor repairs e.g. changing light bulbs and redecoration, e.g. paint over graffiti when required.
- Routine manual handling skills, including the rotation of refuse bins.
- Verify credentials of official visitors such as those making deliveries or acting on behalf of public utilities.
- Accompany Neighbourhood Housing Officer on new visits and accompanied viewings when required.
- Carry out visits to new tenants advising them of relevant information about their block, the role of the caretaker, including the services they can provide.
- Have responsibility to enhance grounds maintenance provided by other agencies including litter picking external areas of the block, footpaths and gullies

**“Role Requirements” - to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria**:

- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Knowledge of Health & Safety.
- Ability to carry out cleaning duties.
- Strong IT skills using Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).

**_To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would suggest that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, rather than as a PDF._**
**_If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity._**

**Other “Essential Requirements” - Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items**:

- **Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.**
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.

**Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable**:

- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.

**Job Ref: Gateshead 1004153614216927**

**Anticipated Length of Assignment**: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.