Job Description

Sanctuary manages rented and shared ownership homes and supports community initiatives for thousands of customers across England. Our staff help make a real difference to the quality of people\'s lives.

Caretaker

Chester

\xc2\xa322,918 - \xc2\xa324,125 per year

40 hours per week - including occasional Weekends and Bank Holidays

We have an opportunity for a Caretaker to join our Avenue Services team, based in Chester. This roll will be part of the Caretaking and Cleaning team which consist of 20 staff who cover the Chester area.

The role of Caretaker will include:

• Completing compliance checks of fire alarms, emergency lights and water testing
• Recording test results and ensuring all documents and paperwork are completed
• Undertaking general caretaking duties including cleaning communal areas such as stairs, doors and windows and removing bulk waste
• Liaising with Housing Officers, contractors, and residents
• Maintaining tools and equipment in a good condition
• Providing information to customers on the progress of the works
• Identifying and reporting potential maintenance issues to ensure a safe environment

Skills and experiences:

• Experience in a similar compliance testing role or completing similar tasks
• PA1 PA6 spraying, BICS and Trailer Licence desirable
• Working knowledge of Health and Safety legislation
• Some experience of working to deadlines and prioritising workloads
• Good communication and customer service skills
• A good understanding of Microsoft Word and Excel, plus iPhone applications
• This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence

Why work for us?

Sanctuary Housing is one of the UK\'s leading social landlords, providing around 70,000 homes across England. We give our residents good quality, affordable homes in communities that they can be proud of. As part of a not-for-profit organisation, we reinvest any surplus we make back into the local communities we serve.

Our Benefits

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, where your wellbeing is of genuine importance, we have developed an attractive employment package. The package recognises your contribution, supports your physical, mental and financial health and gives you the flexibility to tailor your employee benefits by offering:

• 24 days annual leave plus public holidays
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• \xc2\xa322,918 per annum (rising to \xc2\xa324,125 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

Closing Date: 27 August 2023

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

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Building Equality and Diversity

Sanctuary Group encourages and welcomes applications from people from diverse backgrounds to support our commitment to offering an inclusive environment for our employees and customers.
We work closely with the Home Office in order to prevent illegal working.
A basic Disclosure and Barring Service check will be necessary in the event of a successful application which we will pay for.
Sanctuary Housing Services Limited is a subsidiary of Sanctuary Housing Association, an exempt charity.

Sanctuary Group