Caretaker Southeast

**Contract Type: Permanent**

**Location: Thurston, Lewisham**

**Persona: Site based**

**Salary: £21,693**

**Interviews will be held on:To be confirmed for face to face interviews**

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We are currently recruiting for Caretakers who will form part of our Estate Services structure and are a key function of our continuing commitment to providing a responsive customer-based service for our residents. As a caretaker you will be involved in maintaining communal areas within our blocks and on our estates, carrying out **communal cleaning and grounds maintenance** work, as well as doing **small maintenance repairs** as required. You will also be **liaising directly with residents and contractors** and answering queries and you must have due regard to **health & safety and security issues**.**

You should be capable of carrying out a variety of small repair jobs and working effectively as part of a team and under your own initiative. Trade skills, Gardening or DIY experience would be an advantage together with a recognised City & Guilds or Bics qualification in cleaning, although not essential as training would be provided.

**If you don’t have previous experience or qualifications, but are willing to learn, have ambition, enthusiasm, and care about delivering a first-class service to our residents we would like to hear from you.**

**Y**ou must be a good communicator and be willing to learn new skills** as the service adapts to the changing needs within the Neighbourhood. You will often be working alone and therefore need to be able to work on your own initiative and be self-motivated to organise your own time effectively. You will need to be proactive in your daily activities and aware of safe working practices.

It is an essential requirement that you have a good standard of literacy and it would be desirable if you have IT skills as you will be required to use a PC, undertaking online courses and assessments. However, this can be learnt on the job during the probationary period.

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We are a multi-site organisation, so some roles may require occasional travel between offices, but expenses will be covered.
- ECU Allowance is paid in accordance with requirements of the relevant policy as updated from time to time.

At the foundation of everything that we do are our corporate values and associated behaviours. Our organisational behavioural framework outlines the core expectations of all employees, which should be demonstrated at all times when representing L&Q. More information about L&Q’s values can be found on our website and a copy of our behavioural framework can be provided on request.