Caretaker

**We’re VIVID -We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people**

We’re looking for a Caretaker to join our team in Portsmouth. This is a full time, fixed term contract role for 6 months, working 39 hours per week. On top of the competitive salary, you can benefit from:

- A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home
- Use of a company vehicle and fuel card during work hours
- Uniform and PPE provided
- 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
- A generous contributory pension
- Private medical insurance
- Electric car scheme
- Discounts portal to save money on various products and services, including holidays, shopping and cinema

**Here’s the facts about the role**:
As a caretaker, you’ll deliver a consistent caretaking service to the communal areas of our housing blocks and properties, which includes; clearing bin areas of rubbish, clearing fly tipping, cleaning communal hallways, minor repairs and testing fire detection and safety equipment. The role will require you to:

- Follow a rota and pattern of work
- Maintaining sites to a set frequency and standard
- Working to a defined specification
- Adhere to our 7 step first class repairs service
- To complete fire safety compliance checks
- To complete minor repairs

You’ll complete electronic records for all of the tasks and activities you’re involved in such as; site visits, identifying and resolving minor repairs, Legionella tests where needed on communal taps, checking and changing communal lamps.

Ideally, you’ll have previous experience of cleaning and caretaking/janitorial work with working knowledge of operating cleaning machinery and capable of carrying out basic maintenance and minor repairs. You’ll have a category B driving licence, with experience of driving a vehicle with tipper and tail lift.

We do our best to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible. However, due to the nature of this position, the job holder must be capable of:

- Working at heights
- Manual handling and lifting heavy and bulky items
- A high degree of mobility, which will include walking/lifting/loading and unloading vehicles.

**Interviews are due to take place 5 May.