Excellent benefits
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Competitive salaries

Caretaker

Salary £25,552 + up to £1,800 bonus + use of company van
Location Eastleigh
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This is a {Advertised Permanent / Temporary}, {Advertised Full Time / Part Time} vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

We’re VIVID! –We offer a vibrant, friendly, inclusive culture that supports, develops and attracts the best people!   
 

Do you take pride in keeping spaces clean, safe, and welcoming? We’re recruiting for a dedicated Caretaker/Cleaner to ensure that the high standard of cleanliness in our housing blocks is maintained.  

 

You’ll be a vital part of the team, carrying out regular cleaning, caretaking and minor maintenance tasks in shared areas such as entrance halls, stairwells and bin stores. Your eye for detail and can-do attitude will help create a tidy, pleasant environment for everyone who lives there. 

 

Contractually based out of our Portsmouth office, you’ll cover Eastleigh and the surrounding areas. This is a full time, permanent role working 39 hours per week. You’ll be required to work Monday to Thursday 08:00am – 16:30pm and Friday 08:00am – 15:30pm. 
 

On top of the competitive salary, you can benefit from: 

  • 26 days holiday (plus bank holidays), with the opportunity to buy or sell annual leave 
  • Use of a company van & fuel card for your work travel 
  • A productivity-related bonus scheme to enhance your take-home 
  • Uniform and PPE provided 
  • A generous contributory pension of 6%. We’ll match employee contributions between 7% and 10% 
  • Life assurance paid at x 3 annual salary 
  • Private medical insurance  
  • Health care cash plan called Medicash 
  • Enhanced pay for maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave 
  • Access to counselling, legal and financial information 
  • Electric car scheme 
  • Huge variety of in-house & e-learning courses and a range of coaching and mentoring programmes 

 
Here’s the facts about the role: 
 
As a caretaker, you’ll deliver a consistent caretaking/cleaning service to the communal areas of our housing blocks and properties. This is a physical role where you’ll be completing the following daily tasks, 

  • Sweeping, picking up loose bags from the floor area within our bins stores 
  • Mopping 
  • Vacuuming 
  • Damp Wiping 
  • Weekly Fire alarm & Smoke detector testing 
  • Monthly Emergency light Testing & Automatic Opening vents 

 

The role will require you to:  

  • Follow a rota and pattern of work 
  • Maintaining sites to a set frequency and standard 
  • Working to a defined specification 
  • Adhere to our 7 step first class repairs service (see job description) 
  • To complete fire safety compliance checks 

 

You’ll complete electronic records for all the tasks and activities you’re involved in such as; site visits, identifying and resolving minor repairs, and changing communal lamps. 

 

Ideally, you’ll have previous experience of cleaning and caretaking/janitorial work with working knowledge of operating cleaning machinery and will be capable of carrying out basic maintenance and minor repairs. As you'll need to use a handheld device to log your work, you'll be comfortable using a basic technical device.   

 
We do our best to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible. However, due to the nature of this position, the job holder must be capable of:  

  • Working at heights  
  • Manual handling and lifting heavy and bulky items  
  • A high degree of mobility, which will include walking/lifting/loading and unloading vehicles. 
     

A full, clean current driving licence (held for at least 1 year) is needed so you can drive one of our vans when necessary. Offers are subject to satisfactory driving licence checks and DBS check.   

If you feel you have the experience, skills and attitude, and want to be part of a committed team who take pride in their work, we want to hear from you. 

We're a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. We believe that everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home, and from the moment customers move into their VIVID home we’re here to help with that and more.

Our customers have access to a wide range of tailored advice to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing. We invest in our homes and communities for the long-term, and this means in the quality, safety and energy efficiency of existing homes and neighbourhoods, with a firm focus on improving services so they’re easy to use and access by our customers.

We’re addressing the shortage of affordable housing in the south, building the right type of homes to meet the needs of our local communities. We’re the fifth largest developer of new homes amongst housing associations in England, having built over 1,500 last year.

This is summed up in our vision “More homes, bright futures”.

We’re ranked 91 in the Top 100 Best Companies to Work For and ranked 12 amongst housing associations. 

As a ‘people’ business, we work hard to create a high-performing and fun working environment. We invest in our people’s development, whilst looking after their wellbeing with our award-winning initiatives.

Buy / sell
annual leave

Pension
scheme

Bonus

From 26 days holiday per year

Private medical / medicash benefits

Enhanced
paternity / maternity leave

Qualification funding support

Electric car scheme

We’re committed to diversity and inclusion, and want people from all walks of life to apply for our vacancies.

We’re a disability confident leader with disabled-friendly offices and we’ll make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to help you; please note your needs on your application form.

If you need additional support with your application, please get in touch with us on 02392 896758 or email HRrecruitment@vividhomes.co.uk. We’ll be happy to help. 

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