# Caretaker

**Company**: Peabody
**Location**: London Borough of Bexley, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 28,148 per year
**Category**: Facilities & Maintenance
**Industry**: Other

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## Description

As a Caretaker at Peabody, you'll play a vital role in maintaining clean, safe and welcoming environments for residents.

**Job Summary** This is a customer-focused, hands-on role where you'll be responsible for maintaining communal areas, carrying out cleaning duties and supporting residents by being a visible and approachable presence across our estates.

**Responsibilities**

- Carry out cleaning and caretaking duties across internal and external communal areas

- Complete routine lighting checks and replace bulbs where required

- Clean entrances, stairwells, corridors, lifts, bin stores, car parks and other communal spaces

- Undertake litter picking, sweeping and general estate tidying duties

- Report repairs, defects, vandalism and Health & Safety concerns promptly

- Build positive relationships with residents and respond professionally to caretaking enquiries

- Work closely with Neighbourhood and Estate Services teams to support residents' needs

- Operate cleaning equipment safely and in line with company procedures

- Follow COSHH, Health & Safety and safeguarding requirements at all times

- Support wider service delivery across estates as required

**Requirements**

- Experience in caretaking, cleaning or a similar customer-facing environment

- Knowledge of COSHH and Health & Safety requirements

- Experience using powered cleaning equipment

- Good customer service and communication skills

- Ability to work independently and use your own initiative

- Good time management and organisational skills

- Ability to work outdoors and undertake physical duties

**Who You Are**

- 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

**Benefits**

- 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

- Two paid volunteering days each year

- Flexible benefits scheme and employee discount portal

- Life assurance at 4x your salary

- Up to 10% pension contribution

## Skills

### Required
- COSHH
- Health & Safety
- powered cleaning equipment
- customer service
- communication

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