Caretaker (Building Maintenance)
Salary: £30,448 per annum
Hours: 45 hours per week
Closing Date: Sunday 12 January 2025
Who We Are
Central & Cecil Housing Trust provides safe and affordable homes for people over 55 in London. Since 1926, we’ve helped our residents to enjoy vibrant, active and fulfilling lives.
Today, C&C supports people aged over 55 across a portfolio of safe and affordable properties and care homes, in outstanding locations. As a not-for-profit organisation, we re-invest every penny into helping our residents achieve their potential.
Your role
As a part of C&C’s fantastic team of Caretakers, you will be operating within a responsive and fast-paced environment, providing an outstanding service to our residents and ensuring the delivery of a high-quality maintenance service at the schemes. The role will work across two schemes, Ada Court and Edna House, in Maida Vale and Paddington.
You will work with colleagues in the schemes to ensure the maintenance of the building and grounds is carried out in accordance with agreed standards and specifications, ensuring that contractual obligations are met by external contractors.
You will conduct maintenance inspections as requested by the Scheme’s Management Team and C&C Direct, provide cover to other C&C sites when required, and be available to provide out of hours caretaker service on a rota basis.
About you
The successful candidate will have:
* Experience and knowledge of residential or commercial building maintenance
* Solid experience and understanding of undertaking fire, building, and asbestos risk assessments
* Strong background in resident/customer engagement
* Experience of handling and resolving complaints, and conflict resolution
* Experience in housing/customer services
* General experience/understanding of electrical, plumbing, and building maintenance
* Excellent/clear communication and numerical skills
* Responsiveness to internal and external customer priorities
* The ability to demonstrate open, honest, and ethical behaviour in all dealings with contractors and tenants
* Ability to work as part of a team in a busy environment dealing with conflicting priorities
* Excellent punctuality, good time management, and organisational skills
* Resilience and the ability to multi-task in a changing environment and meet agreed deadlines
* Ability to understand, maintain, and manage confidential information appropriately
* To recognise the individuality of residents and provide service with dignity and respect
* Proactive approach and the ability to think and act on own initiative with minimal supervision
If you consider this to be the right opportunity for you, apply as soon as possible with your most up-to-date CV.
Please note that we consider applications as soon as we receive them, interviews will be held as soon as possible, and we will make an offer immediately if we find the right candidate. Apply without delay!
Successful candidates will be submitted to a DBS application.
C&C as part of the Aster Group is not a sponsorship organisation and all candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & its subsidiary brands.
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