- Pay Rate:
£12.79 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
36 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 5-6 months
- WEMBLEY, LONDON,
HA9 0FJ
Temporary Caretaker x2
Reference no: Brent 5225189
Pay rate £12.79 per hour PAYE
This opening assignment is for 5-6 months
Responsible for ensuring that cleaning of housing properties meets or exceeds the agreed standards and frequencies to internal and external areas of the council estates
Key responsibilities:
- Make a positive contribution to the delivery of customer focused Estate Services; working flexibly and positively to achieve the objectives of the services and the council.
- Key External Contacts: Key resident contacts; Contractor delivering estate services and Repairs service; Utility companies.
- Key Internal Contacts: Tenancy team; Neighbourhood inspectors; Neighbourhood Safety Officers; Customer Experience team.
- Carry out cleaning duties to all external (hard areas) and internal areas of council owned blocks of flats and maisonettes, including bin chambers in line with the agreed service specification and standards.
- Carry out regular litters picking to all internal and external areas of housing sites.
- Ensure all communal areas are kept free of bulk rubbish.
- Carry out inspection and cleaning of communal play areas.
- Use provided equipment and cleaning products to ensure cleaning meets or exceeds the agreed cleaning standards and frequencies
- Ensure that all chutes are kept clear, and blockages are cleared promptly, and if unable to clear blockage it is reported to the repairs contractor.
- Ensure all bin chambers and areas are cleaned and maintained to the agreed standard and that bins are rotated
“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
- A reasonable level of literacy and numeracy
- An understanding of the social housing sector
- An understanding of Health & safety requirements relating to COSHH and Risk Assessment
- Experience of working with the public in a service delivery environment
- Experience of carrying out basic cleaning tasks
- Numeracy and Literacy – Able to read and write and carry out basic counting and arithmetic
- Physical Ability – able to perform the physical tasks required for this post, including lifting heavy weights and working with industrial cleaning materials and equipment
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension you will be working this role at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than entertaining umbrella pay terms, we do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.
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