Caretaker

4 days ago

Kirkby in Ashfield, United Kingdom PA Housing Full time

**Additional role requirements**:
DBS check required

**A little bit about what we are looking for...**
We are looking for a new Caretaker to join our Kingsmill scheme.

Your role will be to deliver an effective caretaking and handyperson service; it is essential to ensure that the scheme is consistently maintained in a safe, secure, and clean condition, while providing a high standard of customer service.

**Your responsibilities...**
- Safety Checks (where applicable): Responsibilities include inspecting lift operations, fire alarm systems, escape routes, security systems (CCTV, door entry, intercom), lighting, and reporting vandalism to the police and scheme staff.
- Cleaning Services (where applicable): Tasks include cleaning communal areas, windows, bin areas, refuse chutes, and promptly removing graffiti and bulk waste. In certain schemes, this extends to cleaning blocked communal toilets, ensuring hazard-free estates, and maintaining COSHH registers.
- Ground Maintenance (where applicable): Duties cover car park barrier checks, sweeping, gardening, litter picking, drain clearance, autumn leaf removal, and winter gritting (with line manager approval). Regular inspections of lighting, slabs, fencing, and reporting defects are also required.
- Handyperson/Repair Functions: Tasks include lock changes, minor repairs, defect reporting, inspecting repairs, adjusting door closers, touching up paintwork, and checking gutters and overflows.
- On-Call and Emergency Services (where applicable): This includes holding master keys, restoring site security, meeting emergency services and contractors, assisting after incidents (e.g., floods, break-ins), reporting back to staff, collecting materials, completing inventories, and other duties as directed within the role’s grade.
- We recommend you read the full job description to get a really good understanding of what the role entails, you can find this as a downloadable attachment at the bottom of the advert._
- Proven experience in performing a range of repair and maintenance tasks.
- Recognised qualification in relevant trades, including plumbing, carpentry, electrical work, or similar disciplines.
- A solid understanding of the housing sector and its operational environment.
- Strong knowledge of health and safety legislation relevant to repair and maintenance activities.
- Proficient handyperson skills, capable of carrying out domestic repairs efficiently and to a high standard.

**Disclosure and Barring Service**:
So why do we need to know this information? This role will be required to visit / support PA Housing residents in their own homes on a regular basis. Therefore we have a duty to our residents to ensure that we have taken precautions regarding who will be visiting them and representing PA Housing.

**AGENCIES: We know where you are if we need your support so please do not contact us.

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