Caretaker

Were VIVID! We offer a vibrant friendly inclusive culture that supports develops and attracts the best people!

Were looking for aCaretakerto join our team inAldershot!Contractually based out of our Basingstoke office youll work in Aldershot and the surrounding Farnham and North Hampshire is afull time permanent positionworking39 hoursper week.

On top of the competitive salary you can benefit from:

• 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays) with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
• Use of a company van & fuel card for your work travel
• A productivityrelated bonus scheme to enhance your takehome
• Uniform and PPE provided
• A generous contributory pension of 6. Well match employee contributions between 7 and 10
• Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary
• Private medical insurance
• Health care cash plan called Medicash
• Enhanced pay for maternity paternity adoption and shared parental leave
• Access to counselling legal and financial information
• Electric car scheme
• Huge variety of inhouse & elearning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes

Heres the facts about the role:

As a Caretaker youll 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 testing fire alarms 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
  

Youll complete electronic records for all of the tasks and activities youre involved in such as; site visits identifying and resolving minor repairs and changing communal lamps.

Ideally youll have previous experience of cleaning and caretaking/janitorial work with working knowledge of operating cleaning machinery and will be capable of carrying out basic maintenance and minor repairs. Youll have a category B driving licence. As youll need to use a hand held device to log your work youll be comfortable using a basic technical device.

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.
  

A full clean current driving licence (held for at least 1 year) is needed so you can drive one of our vans when necessary.

Offers are subject to satisfactory driving licence checks and DBS check.

Were a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home were here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the longterm and this means in the quality safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods with a firm focus on improving services so theyre easy to use and access by our customers.

Were addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. Were the fifth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England having built over 1500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision More homes bright futures.