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Cleaner / Caretaker

Employer
Blue Octopus Recruitment Ltd
Location
Trafford Borough
Salary
£18,017 per annum
Closing date
28 May 2022

Job Details

Trafford Housing Trust encourages a healthy work/life balance with family friendly policies, and we offer an attractive benefits package for employees, as well as a competitive and transparent system of pay and reward. These benefits include:

  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • Access to the Social Housing Defined Contribution pension scheme
  • Free Trafford Leisure Gym Membership
  • Access to Westfield Health Plan
  • Annual leave allowance of 31 days per annum

We’re actively building diverse teams and encourage applications from everybody. We want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve.

The Role:

The Trust is looking for an enthusiastic cleaner to join our busy caretaking team.

Working as part of our Caretaking Team, you'll be working to provide high quality cleaning services and maintenance of internal and external communal spaces around our customers’ homes.

You will ensure that effective relationships are maintained with customers, working with the wider team you will also report and assist the Housing Officers to resolve any neighbourhood issues.

You will also work alongside other internal and external contractors where required, providing assistance and supporting two-person visits so the ability to communicate clearly is essential. You will be required to undertake ad hoc handyperson tasks such as changing light bulbs.

You will have experience of providing excellent customer service and have an understanding of relevant health and safety regulations in an Estates environment. You'll have experience and knowledge of the use of cleaning equipment, be organised and have a can-do attitude and hold a full, clean driving licence

Knowledge of COSHH law and experience of using mobile devices, such a tablet, is beneficial.

We have a very clear mission statement, We create clean, safe and attractive communities, a place which our customer can call home.

If you’re up for the challenge we’d love to hear from you.

The Trust:

Trafford Housing Trust (THT) is an independent housing company providing more than 9,000 quality affordable homes within the Trafford area of Manchester and across the North West. As a social enterprise, we are a ‘profit-for-purpose’ organisation, striving for a society transformed, free from poverty, inequality and injustice.

We have recently joined the L&Q Group, in an exciting deal that will see us build 20,000 new homes across the NW. This represents ambitious growth and a huge vote of confidence in THT’s team and track record.

We’re actively building diverse teams and encourage applications from everybody. We want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and develop to their full potential. We celebrate our differences and recognise the importance of our teams reflecting the communities we serve.

Company

Blue Octopus partners with employers from a multitude of different sectors and industries, using our next generation technology and recruitment expertise to help attract, engage and hire the best talent for their unique career opportunities. We know that having the right people in place is crucial to every business’ current and future successes, regardless of the area they operate in.

Over the last decade, our experience has allowed us to specialise in several sectors, including social housing.

Blue Octopus has a strong history of working with social housing providers to help them hire the best talent and improve their talent management processes. This experience, coupled with knowledge developed over time, has allowed us to fully understand both the market itself and the skills required within the sector. We understand that operating at a high standard, efficiently and cost-effectively, is vital for our clients in the Social Housing sector, who provide a much-needed service for their tenants.

Company info
Telephone
01135323418
Location
Octo House, 2 Station Road
Otley
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS21 3HX
United Kingdom

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