Caretaker
| Reference | 465104761 | |||
| Sector | Public Sector Services Jobs | |||
| Salary | £16.71 per hour | |||
| Town/City | Harrow | |||
| Locations | Middlesex, South East, UK | |||
| Job Type | Temporary | |||
| Date Posted | 17th Jul | |||
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Job Description |
| Role: Caretaker Location: Harrow (Various Housing Estates across the Borough - dependent on Line Manager) Employer: Pertemps Recruitment Partnership (on behalf of London Borough of Harrow) Contract: Temporary - 4 months initially, with potential to extend Hours: 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday Work Style: Field-based, working across housing estates throughout the London Borough of Harrow Hourly Rate: £16.71 per hour PAYE Please note: A valid UK driving licence are required for this role. Pertemps Recruitment Partnership is recruiting for an experienced Caretaker to join the Housing Resident Services Team at the London Borough of Harrow. This is an excellent opportunity to contribute to the delivery of a high-quality, customer-focused estate service, ensuring communal housing areas are clean, safe and well maintained for residents. Working as part of the Estate Services team, you will play a key role in maintaining the Council's housing estates, providing an efficient and reliable caretaking service that enhances the living environment for tenants, leaseholders and residents. Key Duties: - Ensure all communal internal and external areas of housing buildings and estates are clean, tidy and safe. - Carry out routine cleaning of communal areas, including stairwells, corridors, entrances and shared facilities. - Inspect communal lighting, replace light bulbs where appropriate and adjust time clocks when required. - Check the operation of communal door entry systems and report faults promptly. - Help maintain a safe environment by identifying and reporting health and safety hazards or maintenance issues. - Assist with the preparation and checking of community centres, including setting out tables and chairs and checking heating, hot water and fire safety equipment. - Work flexibly across the borough and support colleagues to ensure the continued delivery of high-quality estate services. Candidate Profile: - Experience working within estate services, housing, cleaning, grounds maintenance or a similar environment. - Knowledge of cleaning techniques and safe working practices. - General handyperson skills with an understanding of basic repair and maintenance issues. - Practical experience of building cleaning and grounds maintenance. - Ability to work independently and use initiative to manage workloads effectively. - Excellent customer service skills with experience dealing with members of the public in a courteous and professional manner. - Manual dexterity and the ability to undertake the physical duties associated with the role. - Basic literacy and numeracy skills. About us: For almost 60 years, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership have been the market leader in providing permanent and temporary staffing solutions and we are one of the most established players within the recruitment industry. The Sunday Times has listed us as one of the Best 100 Companies to work for 14 years running. We are not a big scary faceless company, quite the opposite: we strongly believe in the personal touch with everything we do. We are proud to be accredited 'investor in people' which is reflected across our business in length of service and career progression of our employees. London Borough of Harrow is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406. The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, any your data protection rights, can be found by visiting www.cifas.org.uk/fpn |
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