Estate Caretaker
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,942.16 to £25,636.39 per month |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Location: | Bournville, Birmingham |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Bournville Village Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Estate Caretaker
Salary: £24,942.16 – £25,636.39
Hours: Full-time – 37 hours/week
Location: Bournville, Birmingham, B30 1QY
At Bournville Village Trust (BVT), we’re proud of our heritage, but we’re even more excited about our future. As we continue to evolve, we’re launching a brand-new Estate Caretaking service that will play a vital role in creating clean, green, and safe neighbourhoods where our residents are proud to live. This is your opportunity to be part of something from the ground up – to shape how this new service develops and make a real, lasting impact on our communities.
We’re on the lookout for dedicated, hands-on Estates Caretakers to join our Birmingham team and bring this new service to life.
We aspire to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. To help achieve this, we offer job opportunities that are agile and centred on personal and professional development in an environment where well-being and work-life balance is a key part of our culture.
Job Profile
As the first Estates Caretakers in our brand-new Caretaking service, you’ll be at the heart of our neighbourhoods, making sure that every space you look after is clean, safe, and welcoming. Whether it’s a residential block, a play area, or a public green space, you’ll take pride in maintaining the highest possible standards across all our estates.
Your day-to-day work will involve a wide range of practical tasks, from litter bin collections and graffiti removal to carrying out minor maintenance tasks and ensuring the grounds look immaculate. You’ll also be responsible for routine safety inspections, carrying out health and safety compliance checks, identifying potential issues and making sure they’re reported and addressed quickly, effectively and rectified.
This role isn’t just about practical work, it’s about community. You’ll regularly engage with residents, offering a friendly and approachable presence and helping to build strong relationships based on trust and reliability. You’ll also work closely with contractors and your colleagues across BVT, acting as the eyes and ears on the ground to ensure everything runs smoothly.
This is a role for someone who enjoys being active, outdoors, and part of a close-knit team that’s making a real difference every single day. It’s hands-on, varied, and genuinely rewarding, with plenty of scope to shape how the service evolves and grows. Every day will bring new challenges and opportunities to make a difference.
Candidate Profile
-You will be values driven and focused on delivering great services.
-You will have experience in caretaking, estate services, or general maintenance
-Health and safety knowledge and experience with compliance inspections
-Be comfortable with basic IT systems to record inspections and report issues
-Be a great communicator with a friendly, customer-first attitude
-Be reliable, organised, and open to learning and continuous improvement
-Have a keen eye for detail and a passion to improve residents’ lives
-Willing to work flexibly including evenings and weekends on occasional Community events.
-Hold a full UK driving licence and happy to travel across estates
Benefits
At BVT we offer a comprehensive reward and benefits package to assist and support employees with everyday healthcare costs, savings towards leisure activities and planning for retirement.
These include:
-Basic 32 days holiday (29 days basic, 3 days at Christmas) plus 8 statutory days.
-A competitive employer contributed pension scheme of 10%
-Healthcare scheme which is free to all employees offering cashback towards optical, dental, therapy treatments, consultations and scans together with counselling sessions and a 24 hour helpline
-Savings on leisure activities with Trust Treats, offering discounted products and services both online and on the high street. You can make savings on your everyday shopping, holidays and insurance.
-Electric Car Scheme
-Cycle to work Scheme
-Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
-Extensive support towards learning and development ensuring that all staff are offered opportunities to develop their skills and careers.
-Life assurance 4x annual salary.
Meet BVT – who we are and what do we do?
Creating and sustaining communities where people can thrive is our mission and is based on the principles and legacy of our founder, George Cadbury. We are inspired by his legacy, but not afraid to be bold and innovative to meet the needs of people today and in the future. We provide a diverse and comprehensive range of services to communities in Birmingham and Telford. We own and manage some 4,000 properties, and have significant estate management, commercial and agricultural portfolios.
To understand more about our work, including our aims of place-shaping, community building, championing people and providing great homes, you can read our Corporate Plan 2023-32 at https://www.bvt.org.uk/publications/corporate-plan-summary-2023-32/
If you require reasonable adjustments and/or support in completing our application process, please contact the HR team by calling on 01216671148 or email hr@bvt.org.uk. If you are having issues with the website and accessing the application form, please also use the same contact details.
Closing date: Monday 14th July 2025
Interview dates: Thursday 17th July – Friday 25th July 2025
Strictly no agencies.
Salary: £24,942.16 – £25,636.39
Hours: Full-time – 37 hours/week
Location: Bournville, Birmingham, B30 1QY
At Bournville Village Trust (BVT), we’re proud of our heritage, but we’re even more excited about our future. As we continue to evolve, we’re launching a brand-new Estate Caretaking service that will play a vital role in creating clean, green, and safe neighbourhoods where our residents are proud to live. This is your opportunity to be part of something from the ground up – to shape how this new service develops and make a real, lasting impact on our communities.
We’re on the lookout for dedicated, hands-on Estates Caretakers to join our Birmingham team and bring this new service to life.
We aspire to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. To help achieve this, we offer job opportunities that are agile and centred on personal and professional development in an environment where well-being and work-life balance is a key part of our culture.
Job Profile
As the first Estates Caretakers in our brand-new Caretaking service, you’ll be at the heart of our neighbourhoods, making sure that every space you look after is clean, safe, and welcoming. Whether it’s a residential block, a play area, or a public green space, you’ll take pride in maintaining the highest possible standards across all our estates.
Your day-to-day work will involve a wide range of practical tasks, from litter bin collections and graffiti removal to carrying out minor maintenance tasks and ensuring the grounds look immaculate. You’ll also be responsible for routine safety inspections, carrying out health and safety compliance checks, identifying potential issues and making sure they’re reported and addressed quickly, effectively and rectified.
This role isn’t just about practical work, it’s about community. You’ll regularly engage with residents, offering a friendly and approachable presence and helping to build strong relationships based on trust and reliability. You’ll also work closely with contractors and your colleagues across BVT, acting as the eyes and ears on the ground to ensure everything runs smoothly.
This is a role for someone who enjoys being active, outdoors, and part of a close-knit team that’s making a real difference every single day. It’s hands-on, varied, and genuinely rewarding, with plenty of scope to shape how the service evolves and grows. Every day will bring new challenges and opportunities to make a difference.
Candidate Profile
-You will be values driven and focused on delivering great services.
-You will have experience in caretaking, estate services, or general maintenance
-Health and safety knowledge and experience with compliance inspections
-Be comfortable with basic IT systems to record inspections and report issues
-Be a great communicator with a friendly, customer-first attitude
-Be reliable, organised, and open to learning and continuous improvement
-Have a keen eye for detail and a passion to improve residents’ lives
-Willing to work flexibly including evenings and weekends on occasional Community events.
-Hold a full UK driving licence and happy to travel across estates
Benefits
At BVT we offer a comprehensive reward and benefits package to assist and support employees with everyday healthcare costs, savings towards leisure activities and planning for retirement.
These include:
-Basic 32 days holiday (29 days basic, 3 days at Christmas) plus 8 statutory days.
-A competitive employer contributed pension scheme of 10%
-Healthcare scheme which is free to all employees offering cashback towards optical, dental, therapy treatments, consultations and scans together with counselling sessions and a 24 hour helpline
-Savings on leisure activities with Trust Treats, offering discounted products and services both online and on the high street. You can make savings on your everyday shopping, holidays and insurance.
-Electric Car Scheme
-Cycle to work Scheme
-Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
-Extensive support towards learning and development ensuring that all staff are offered opportunities to develop their skills and careers.
-Life assurance 4x annual salary.
Meet BVT – who we are and what do we do?
Creating and sustaining communities where people can thrive is our mission and is based on the principles and legacy of our founder, George Cadbury. We are inspired by his legacy, but not afraid to be bold and innovative to meet the needs of people today and in the future. We provide a diverse and comprehensive range of services to communities in Birmingham and Telford. We own and manage some 4,000 properties, and have significant estate management, commercial and agricultural portfolios.
To understand more about our work, including our aims of place-shaping, community building, championing people and providing great homes, you can read our Corporate Plan 2023-32 at https://www.bvt.org.uk/publications/corporate-plan-summary-2023-32/
If you require reasonable adjustments and/or support in completing our application process, please contact the HR team by calling on 01216671148 or email hr@bvt.org.uk. If you are having issues with the website and accessing the application form, please also use the same contact details.
Closing date: Monday 14th July 2025
Interview dates: Thursday 17th July – Friday 25th July 2025
Strictly no agencies.