CARETAKER
| Posting date: | 10 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £18 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £18.00 |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 09 April 2026 |
| Location: | EC1V4NB |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | BLACK AND GOLD SERVICES LTD |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Key responsibilities
To undertake caretaker duties including cleaning and other estate duties in partnership with the
needs of residents and in accordance with management direction. Working flexibly, alone, or
with other caretakers to provide an excellent caretaker service on estates as circumstances
require.
1. Reporting to the Estate Services Co-ordinator (ESC) and the Quality Assurance Officers
(QAOs) who assist the ESC in caretaker management. Also liaising with management and
staff at the Area Offices.
2. The completion of daily management control information and other documentation as
required.
3. Keeping records of complaints made by tenants and reporting cases of fire, burglary,
flood and other important incidents to the Area Office / Housing Department as required.
4. Reporting the contravention of tenancy regulations by tenants.
5. Reporting of abandoned vehicles/illegal parking on the estates and liaising with Estate
Service Officers and contractors as necessary.
6. Maintaining the lighting of communal areas.
7. Keeping keys for communal parts, meter cupboard, vacant dwellings, vacant pram
sheds, etc.
8. Taking appropriate action in respect of repairs or damage in cases of emergency,
including the calling out of police, fire and ambulance services etc. during normal
working hours.
9. To maintain clean and tidy assigned lodges at the allocated patches.
10. Custody of an overall responsibility for the estate stores, tools, plant and equipment at
the allocated patch.
11. To carry out minor repairs to communal areas as directed or as required in accordance
with Health and Safety requirements.
12. To report and remove offensive graffiti as directed within agreed timescales.
13. To use appropriate tools as directed, to control weed growth on estates and to ensure
that sweeping is done in such a way so that hard-standing areas have little or no
accumulation of detritus, which promotes weed growth.
14. To keep shrub beds and grass areas / lawns free of litter.
To undertake caretaker duties including cleaning and other estate duties in partnership with the
needs of residents and in accordance with management direction. Working flexibly, alone, or
with other caretakers to provide an excellent caretaker service on estates as circumstances
require.
1. Reporting to the Estate Services Co-ordinator (ESC) and the Quality Assurance Officers
(QAOs) who assist the ESC in caretaker management. Also liaising with management and
staff at the Area Offices.
2. The completion of daily management control information and other documentation as
required.
3. Keeping records of complaints made by tenants and reporting cases of fire, burglary,
flood and other important incidents to the Area Office / Housing Department as required.
4. Reporting the contravention of tenancy regulations by tenants.
5. Reporting of abandoned vehicles/illegal parking on the estates and liaising with Estate
Service Officers and contractors as necessary.
6. Maintaining the lighting of communal areas.
7. Keeping keys for communal parts, meter cupboard, vacant dwellings, vacant pram
sheds, etc.
8. Taking appropriate action in respect of repairs or damage in cases of emergency,
including the calling out of police, fire and ambulance services etc. during normal
working hours.
9. To maintain clean and tidy assigned lodges at the allocated patches.
10. Custody of an overall responsibility for the estate stores, tools, plant and equipment at
the allocated patch.
11. To carry out minor repairs to communal areas as directed or as required in accordance
with Health and Safety requirements.
12. To report and remove offensive graffiti as directed within agreed timescales.
13. To use appropriate tools as directed, to control weed growth on estates and to ensure
that sweeping is done in such a way so that hard-standing areas have little or no
accumulation of detritus, which promotes weed growth.
14. To keep shrub beds and grass areas / lawns free of litter.