Estate Ranger
This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.
The Vacancy
Full Time – 37 Hours per week – Permanent
Based out of our Head Office Shrewsbury Avenue, Peterborough
0800-1600 Monday – Friday
Here at Cross Keys Homes we are looking to recruit for the varied role of Estate Ranger with a primary focus on gardening. You will be at the heart of helping residents maintain and restore their outdoor spaces, ensuring our estates remain green, clean, and welcoming.
About the Role
You will work with the Rangers team to support our residents by carrying out essential garden clearance and ongoing maintenance. This is a hands-on, community-facing role and we are looking for someone who will take pride in our estates and ensure they are well maintained, neat and tidy to enhance the reputation of CKH for providing quality homes.
Key Responsibilities
- Clear and maintain residents’ gardens, including removal of overgrowth and waste.
- Prune trees, hedges, and shrubs.
- Mow lawns and maintain planting beds.
- Remove unwanted garden items and prepare areas for resident upkeep.
- Cut back bushes, brambles, Ivy and mow the grass.
- Fly-tipping and gutter cleaning.
- Inspect estates and streets for disrepair and risks, report to relevant departments and stakeholders.
- Post-inspect contractors' ground maintenance, support compliance with CKH standards.
- Weekly visits to Hostels and Schemes for repairs, ensuring CKH standards.
- Maintain communal areas, perform repairs, remove graffiti, and report complex issues.
- Manage site security, communicate with contractors, public, residents, and CKH staff.
- Test AOVs, emergency lights, powered gates, and playground equipment; report issues.
- Manage fire risks, remove refuse, ensure clear bin areas, report non-compliance.
- Address health and safety non-compliance, report concerns about residents and tenancy breaches.
- Deliver excellent customer service, manage expectations, report unresolved issues.
- Maintain accurate site records, use hand-held devices for job updates and communication.
- Keep estates clean, remove refuse, fly-tipping, and health risks, record service charges.
- Assist vulnerable residents and support Facilities, Health and Safety team with various tasks.
- Maintain company vehicles, report issues, arrange cleaning and maintenance.
What We're Looking For:
- Knowledge of Health and Safety at Work
- Knowledge and understanding of tree, shrub and plant species, garden design and garden maintenance
- Full UK Manual Driving Licence
- Cleaning duties experience
- Site surveys and inspections experience
- Experience interacting with the public
- Experience using a handheld device
- Fire Regulations knowledge
A Disclosure and Barring Service check will be required
If you have the experience and drive to help us achieve our vision, we’d love to hear from you!
Please see attached job description for full details of the role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if sufficient interest is received. Therefore, if you are interested in the role, we encourage you to apply without delay!
No agencies please.
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The Company
A commercial business with a social heart, our vision is to create opportunities that change lives through our drive, expertise, resources and passion.
Our dynamic approach has made us one of the region’s leading providers of affordable homes for rent and sale. Developing new homes across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and the surrounding area, we’re committed to increasing the supply of affordable homes in the communities where they are needed most. Agility and innovation are central to our approach to adapting to change, and we’ll continue to grow our business in today’s fast-paced operating environment.
There’s more to building communities than building houses. In addition to providing quality homes and delivering excellent landlord services, we also provide care at home and at our two extra care communities in Peterborough as well as around the clock support through our LifeLine personal alarm service. Our community investment programme sees us working with specialist partners to bring a range of employment, wellbeing and family-friendly services to the heart of our communities, with a rapidly expanding digital support offer too.
You can find out more about us and the services we offer our residents on the CKH website.
Putting People First
CKH actively seeks to continue to build an inclusive environment for its employees and the communities it serves and welcomes applications from people from all backgrounds.
At CKH, everything we do is about the people who live in our homes and access our services. So, we know we need the best people to deliver the outstanding services and support our communities deserve. No matter where your career with us takes you, you’ll be part of a team that makes a difference and creates opportunities that change lives.
As well as working to create sustainable, prosperous communities, we’re also keen to build a workplace community where you can feel supported by colleagues and enjoy your time at work. With a broad range of backgrounds and experience, our team is united by our shared values: action, commitment, excellence, integrity and teamwork. If that sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits
We know we need to provide a great working environment to attract the best people. Our offer includes:
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A great pension scheme: we will double your contribution up to a maximum of 10% and include Life Cover
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Generous holiday entitlement; 25 days plus bank holidays increasing with time
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Flexible family friendly and carers policies that allow a range of paid and unpaid leave
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CKH Rewards benefits platform including cashback on purchases, instant vouchers and reloadable gift cards
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Westfield Health, giving access to a range of benefits such as 24 hour DoctorLine, Employee Assistance Programme, money back for glasses and dental treatment (after probation)
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