Caretakers - Derby City Council

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Job details

Job title Caretakers – Derby City Council Job reference 000011269 Date posted 08/07/2025 Application closing date 22/07/2025 Working Pattern Blank Salary Grade C: £24,790 – £24,183 a year Contractual hours 22.2 Basis Blank Job category/type Caretaking Attachments Blank Job description

Directorate: Chief Executive’s
Hours: 22.2 hours a week
Working Pattern: Monday – Friday 07:00 – 20:00 hours on a rota basis
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Council House & Other DCC Buildings

The post holder will be expected to observe safe working practices in carrying out their duties
This is an extremely important role as it is at the very front end of our service delivery. As such it is necessary that you are able to work individually or as part of a team, maintaining the required standards.
To undertake occasional cleaning when required.
The post holder will need to carry out and record Health and Safety duties at a number of assigned Council premises, to reduce the insurance risk to the Council as a whole and to ensure that the buildings are both safe for staff and our customers to use.
From time to time, cover similar duties in any Council Building.
We want our staff to:
• Be reliable and care about doing a good job
• Be committed to working with others to ensure high standards of work
• Work in accordance with Health and Safety regulations
• Be prepared to undertake training
• Understand the need for exceptional customer satisfaction
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.

What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:

• Flexible work/life balance scheme (depending on your role)
• Modern office environment (depending on your job location)
• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years\’ service), plus bank holidays (depending on contract)
• Local Government Pension Scheme (depending on contract)
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website .

The closing date for this vacancy is Tuesday 22nd July 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are \’at risk\’ of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK – 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk

https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/

Please see Job Description here

Please see Person Specification here

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