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Responsible for providing a comprehensive caretaking service to ensure accommodation is secure and maintained to the highest standard. Duties include performing basic repairs, managing communal cleanliness, and coordinating with contractors for larger maintenance tasks.
Requires proven experience in general maintenance, handyman duties, and the ability to identify and report faults. Candidates must have knowledge of Health & Safety regulations and experience maintaining high standards of presentation in communal areas.
Job Title: Caretaker
Contract Type: Fixed term for 2 years
Salary: £26,227.50 per annum
Working Hours: Full time 37.5 hours
Working Pattern: Monday to Friday- 9am to 5pm
Location: Balls Road, Wirral
If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact at Riverside, please ensure you attach a current CV and covering letter. At Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience, so we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the essential criteria on the job description.
The difference you will make as a Caretaker
You will be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive caretaking service to ensure accommodation is secure and of the highest standard whilst providing an effective caretaking service for specified schemes.
About you
We are looking for someone with:
•Proven experience in general maintenance / caretaking / handyman duties (e.g. minor repairs, basic plumbing, decorating, joinery, grounds upkeep).
•Ability to identify faults, assess what’s needed, and either complete repairs safely or report/escalate appropriately.
•Experience of working with contractors and monitoring repairs (e.g. logging issues, following up, checking work completed).
•Experience of maintaining high standards of cleanliness and presentation in communal areas and external spaces.
Why Riverside?
At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.
We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.
Working with us, you’ll enjoy:
• Competitive pay & generous pension
• 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
• A wide range of benefits
Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:
We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues
Riverside is a Disability Confident Employer and operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicant who declares they have a disability. If the applicant meets the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.
Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.
Role Profile
•Provide day-to-day housing management duties such as room checks, ensuring high standards of cleanliness are maintained within services (waste management) and that rooms are prepared, ready for site inspections.
•Ensure that all services, communal equipment and fixtures and fitting are regularly visually inspected and maintained in good working order.
•Liaise with contractors and relevant colleagues to ensure repairs are carried out quickly and efficiently.
•Report any necessary repairs and faults that are the responsibilities of our contractors.
•Carry out any basic repairs such as light bulb replacement, redecoration, patching plaster work, basic gardening, litter picking etc
•Clean and prepare rooms promptly, ensuring voids are turned around to a high standard within agreed timescales.
•Carry out daily room checks, cleaning as needed and replenishing or replacing items where required.
•Order and monitor cleaning materials and equipment, whilst keeping an accurate records of purchases and deliveries.
•Attend weekly void meetings, monitor progress, and order replacement item where rooms are placed into void for repairs.
•Complete inventories at move‑in and carry out regular property checks alongside Wirral Council.
•Complete Electrical Visual Inspection Reports as and when required
•Ensure compliance with Riverside’s Equality and Diversity policy, in respect of employment and service delivery.
•Ensure compliance with Riverside’s safeguarding policies and procedures in every aspect of service delivery.
•Any other relevant duties as required by the designated manager
•The role will be exposed to sensitive information; therefore, the role holder is expected to maintain levels of confidentiality at all times.
•The role holder is expected to be committed to equal opportunities and to promote non-discriminatory practices in all aspects of work undertaken.
Person specification
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential
•Proven experience in general maintenance / caretaking / handyman duties (e.g. minor repairs, basic plumbing, decorating, joinery, grounds upkeep).
•Ability to identify faults, assess what’s needed, and either complete repairs safely or report/escalate appropriately.
•Experience of working with contractors and monitoring repairs (e.g. logging issues, following up, checking work completed).
•Experience of maintaining high standards of cleanliness and presentation in communal areas and external spaces.
•Working knowledge of Health & Safety at work, including safe use of tools/equipment and manual handling.
Transforming lives. Revitalising neighbourhoods.
Riverside Group are one of the leading registered providers of social housing in the UK, with over 75,000 homes. We provide support and affordable housing to people of all ages and circumstances throughout England. For over 90 years we have been offering much more than simply bricks and mortar. Our award recognition as Social Landlord of the Year for two consecutive years reflects our commitment to regenerate the neighbourhoods we operate in, working with residents to provide employment and development opportunities as well as improving the environment. This dedication to improving services includes our formal commitment to our corporate social responsibility policy. Whether supporting the homeless, providing desperately needed accommodation or offering rented and shared ownership schemes we transform the lives of more than 140,000 people who call their Riverside house 'home'. We are committed to ensuring that each one of our customers feels safe, respected and supported in the home they have chosen.
Offices: Riverside Group, Estuary Commerce Park, Liverpool, England L24 8RF, GB
Transforming lives. Revitalising neighbourhoods.
Riverside Group are one of the leading registered providers of social housing in the UK, with over 75,000 homes. We provide support and affordable housing to people of all ages and circumstances throughout England. For over 90 years we have been offering much more than simply bricks and mortar. Our award recognition as Social Landlord of the Year for two consecutive years reflects our commitment to regenerate the neighbourhoods we operate in, working with residents to provide employment and development opportunities as well as improving the environment. This dedication to improving services includes our formal commitment to our corporate social responsibility policy. Whether supporting the homeless, providing desperately needed accommodation or offering rented and shared ownership schemes we transform the lives of more than 140,000 people who call their Riverside house 'home'. We are committed to ensuring that each one of our customers feels safe, respected and supported in the home they have chosen.
Offices: Riverside Group, Estuary Commerce Park, Liverpool, England L24 8RF, GB
