Senior Caretaker in London

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 UK's first Borough of Sanctuary, and for our work in championing the rights of refugees and migrants.

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

Put simply, our caretakers clean 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 is safe, 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 disposal site.
• 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 communal repairs.
• Requesting and monitoring repairs to communal areas, using appropriate means or as identified by managers or supervisors.
• Identifying and reporting any welfare or safeguarding concerns about vulnerable residents.
• 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 witness statements.

What’s 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.

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.
• Takes responsibility for their own learning and development.
• Engages with colleagues and 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 to 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 driver’s 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 don’t 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.

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.

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