Senior Caretaker

Discover yourself in Lewisham where what you do makes a difference to our vibrant and culturally diverse communities!

We have a rich history of welcoming people from all over the world and are proud to be recognised as the UKs first Borough of Sanctuary and for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

Introduction

We are looking for someone who can provide high quality customer focused and responsive service to Lewisham residents.

Whats the role

Put simply our caretakersclean and maintain the shared areas of the buildings and estates that we manage. They take pride in ensuring that our residents live in an environment that issafe clean and tidy.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Sweeping and cleaning all internal and external communal areas on a scheduled and a reactive basis including the safe use of appropriate equipment chemicals and materials
• Removing fly-tipping lumber or other bulky items from communal areas and dwellings to an appropriate area including loading vehicles and if appropriate driving to a disposalsite
• Carrying out systematic checks on a scheduled or reactive basis and sorting or reporting problems including but not limited to chutes litter bins communal lighting fire safety hazards and communalrepairs
• Requesting and monitoring repairs to communal areas using appropriate means or as identified by managers orsupervisors
• Identifying and reporting any welfare or safeguarding concerns about vulnerableresidents
• Identifying and reporting nuisance anti-social behaviour or criminal behaviour and providing evidence to support enforcement action including the provision of information on individuals actively looking for evidence as required and providing witnessstatements

Whats in it for you

Excellent training and development opportunities plus a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday allowance
• Local Government Pension scheme
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Season ticket and bicycle loans
• A range of staff discounts including local subsidised gym memberships
• Supportive staff networks

What were looking for

We are looking for someone who:

• Is able to deputise for the Caretaking Team Manager
• Takes pride in their work
• Has an awareness of - and a commitment to - equality of access and opportunity in a diverse community
• Maintains excellent customer service in all areas of work
• Takesresponsibility for their own learning and development
• Engages with colleaguesand management to support the delivery of excellent services for the benefit of our residents and stakeholders
• Complies with all policies and procedures -including those relating Health & Safety and Equality & Diversity

Location

Our caretakers work at and from a variety of locations across the London borough of Lewisham

Special conditions

• A clean full manual UK/EU drivers licence with Category B.
• There may be opportunities to work at weekends on a rota basis.
• The job is subject to a basic DBS check

The recruitment process is anonymous and we dont accept CVs.

Applicant handbook- please read the guidance in this handbook when applying. It is essential that you complete the application fully and that your supporting statement covers how you meet each of the person specification criteria listed.

For an informal discussion about this job please contact Danyal Islam Tel

Please click hereto view the Job Description and Person Specification

Salary

32442 - 33384 per annum (Scale 4)

N.B: All appointments will be offered at the minimum spinal column point (SCP) for the grade of the role. The only exception to this will be when matching current salary (up to the maximum of the scale) which is subject to evidential proof.

Diversity

Lewisham Council is a Disability Confident employer. We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities. If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview please contact the lead contact on this advert. We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process. We support the access to work scheme further details are available at Council has a dedicated employment support serviceLewisham Works which offers Lewisham residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you want to join Lewisham Works please emailand an advisor will be in touch with you.

The Council reserves the right to close adverts early if there is a large response.

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