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Caretaker – Help Keep Our Communities Clean, Safe and Welcoming
Are you someone who takes pride in creating clean, safe, and welcoming environments? Do you enjoy working independently while delivering excellent customer service? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
At Peabody, we're committed to helping people flourish. As a Caretaker, you'll play a vital role in maintaining our residential communities to the highest standards, ensuring residents feel proud of where they live.
What You’ll Do
- Help create clean, safe, and welcoming environments for residents by delivering high-quality caretaking and cleaning services across communal indoor and outdoor spaces.
- Maintain exceptional cleanliness standards in line with Peabody's Gold Standard.
- Keep estates looking their best through litter picking, sweeping, waste management, and responding to emergency cleaning requirements.
- Carry out regular inspections of communal areas, identifying and reporting repairs, defects, and graffiti.
- Complete routine maintenance tasks, including lighting checks.
- Build positive working relationships with residents, providing a friendly and professional first point of contact for caretaking-related enquiries.
- Follow Health & Safety, COSHH, and safe working procedures at all times to protect yourself, colleagues, residents, and visitors.
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What You’ll Need
- Experience in cleaning, caretaking or facilities services.
- Strong customer service and communication skills.
- The ability to work independently and use your initiative.
- Good practical skills and attention to detail.
- Health & Safety awareness and knowledge of COSHH.
- The ability to carry out physical duties, including lifting bulky items and working outdoors in all weather conditions.
Who You Are
You will be:
- Reliable, professional and approachable.
- Proud of delivering high standards of cleanliness.
- Customer-focused and committed to helping residents.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Calm under pressure and able to prioritise your workload.
- A strong team player who contributes positively to the wider service.
Why Join Us?
When you join Peabody, you’re joining a team guided by our values, Be Kind, Do the Right Thing, Love New Ideas, Celebrate Diversity, Keep Our Promises, and Pull Together. We believe in creating a workplace where everyone feels supported, included, and empowered.
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What We Offer
- Up to 30 days’ annual holiday, plus bank holidays.
- Two additional paid volunteering days each year.
- Flexible benefits scheme, including family friendly benefits and access to a discount portal.
- 4 x salary life assurance.
- Up to 10% pension contribution.
Please Read Before Applying
Peabody does not provide sponsorship as a licensed UK employer.
Please note, a basic DBS check is required for this role.
Interview Date: We are looking to conduct in person interviews in Erith (DA18) on 19th – 20th August.
We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
If this sounds like the right opportunity for you and you’d like to be part of Peabody, we’d love to hear from you. Please apply by submitting an anonymised CV and a short supporting statement explaining why you're a great fit for the role.
If you have any questions about the role, please contact Talent Specialist Joanne Ayliffe at Joanne.Ayliffe@peabody.org.uk.
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