Parish Caretaker

Key information
**Closing date**: 12pm, Monday 10 March 2025
£13.85 per hour // £10,803 per annum
Part-time, 15 hours per week
Permanent Contract
Based in London, W8
**Interviews**: w/c 17 March 2025
**for this role below**:
Are you a reliable, organised, and proactive individual who enjoys working in a community-focused environment? Then this could be the role for you
What you’ll be doing
Based at Kensington Parish, this pivotal role will involve working closely with the Parish Priest and the parish office team. You will use your maintenance experience to support the smooth running of the parish facilities.
We are recruiting a Caretaker to undertake a variety of duties, including general cleaning and maintenance of the parish centre. Additionally, you will liaise regularly with the Parish Priest regarding any malfunctions in equipment or building defects requiring attention.
**Key Responsibilities**:
**Parish Centre Servicing**: Ensure the main hall, four meeting rooms, kitchen, entrance lobby, corridors, and toilets are clean and well-maintained. Replenish supplies as needed and carry out deep cleaning of kitchen appliances on a six-week rotation.
**Caretaking and Maintenance**: Maintain external areas, oversee external contractors, coordinate site visits for events, and conduct regular Health and Safety checks.
**Facilities Caretaking**: Set up and clear away chairs and tables for events, polish the main hall floors quarterly, and attend evening events as required.
**General Maintenance**: Clean communal areas, lavatories, floors, doors, and low-level windows. Move rubbish bins to and from the collection point and report any maintenance issues to the Parish Priest.
This means there’s lots to get involved in - and to be excited about.
What we’re looking for
To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to communicate well both verbally and in writing, be self-motivated, and capable of working unsupervised. An eye for detail and the ability to act on initiative when required are essential.
Additionally, you will have excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your workload effectively and discreetly if required.
What we offer you
In return for your hard work and commitment to us, you will receive a competitive reward package which will include, but is not limited to:
Life Assurance
Access to Healthcare Cash Plan
Discounts scheme through Reward Gateway - shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets gift cards and much more
Specsavers Eyecare Vouchers
Season Ticket Loan
Cycle to Work scheme
Access to low cost loans with Churches Mutual
Employee assistance programme
- free, independent 24/7 help and advice for work-related issues as well as problems affecting home life
Who are we?
We are the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster, a faith-based charity with offices close to Victoria Train and Underground Station and just a short walk from St James Park and Westminster Underground stations.
We are home to the Archbishop of Westminster (Cardinal Vincent Nichols) & our beautiful Westminster Cathedral. We are one of the leading Catholic dioceses in the country, delivering our charitable mission through our network of 208 schools in which over 90,000 pupils attend daily, 212 parishes and several hundred social justice initiatives. We seek to positively impact the lives of all members of society.
Our core values are Competence, Reliability, Honesty, Perseverance & Love.
Our values are at the centre of everything we do and as such we are looking for a Parish Caretaker who is able to clearly demonstrate and evidence them
Application details
**Equal Opportunities & Living Wage Statement**:
We want people from all walks of life to feel valued for their individuality, thrive in our organisation, share a sense of belonging and demonstrate our values. With this in mind, we positively celebrate Diversity & Inclusion at the Diocese of Westminster and place it at the heart of our aim which is to reflect and connect with the diverse communities that we serve.
We provide guidance and brief all our interviewers throughout the selection processes in recruitment best-practice to mitigate against any potential for conscious or unconscious bias or discrimination.