Estate Caretaker

Job Introduction

Estate caretaker – Scale 2

35 hours per week  

An opportunity has arisen in Caretaking/Estate Services; we are looking to recruit 11 full time Estate Caretakers to work across the Royal Borough of Greenwich. The Estate Caretaker will report to a Caretaking Supervisor and will undertake a range of activities on a programmed or ad-hoc basis to ensure that the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s Housing Estates are Safer, Cleaner and Greener. This could involve working alone, or in a team.

You must: 

• Be able to work between the hours of 6:00am and 3.30pm Monday to Friday, as directed by Line Manager. 

• Explicit willingness to work in a variety of locations within the borough and across a range of functions.

• Demonstrate your ability to work safely.

• Ability to pass on information regarding anti-social behaviour, report and assist with Fire Safety issues, report repairs and enviro-crime to the line manager.

• Ability to carry out duties as instructed, whether working alone or as part of a team.

• Aptitude to carry out a range of cleansing duties to help make the borough cleaner, greener, and safer.

• Ability to communicate in a courteous manner with service users (e.g., residents and visitors to the borough), as well as colleagues.

• Understand and commit to equal opportunities.

Note - Driving is not essential but would be desirable. You will need to have a clean driving licence to allow you to drive Council vehicles up to 3.5 Tonne.

If you would like to apply for this position, please submit a full application via the Royal Borough of Greenwich’s website.

For an informal discussion please email Housing-Caretaking@royalgreenwich.gov.uk and a member of the team will contact you. 

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

Our Staff Values: Our Staff Values are important to us. Candidates will be continuously assessed against our staff values throughout the recruitment process. Where candidates demonstrate views and behaviours that do not meet the standards of our staff values, we reserve the right to reject their application/ registration.