Caretaker 

Salary: £29,533 FTE 

Location: Manchester - Agile   

Part time, Permanent 

16 hours, 2 days a week – Thursday and Friday 

Closing Date: 5th November 2024 

Interview Dates: W/C 11th November 2024 

Support our communities. See the difference you can make in our city.      

At One Manchester we are passionate about providing good quality homes, great services and real opportunities for customers and communities. We are more than just a landlord. We invest in new and existing homes, provide money advice and wellbeing, employment and training support and build strong partnerships to support inclusive growth.  

We are looking for a Caretaker to join us to provide an effective, responsive and proactive caretaking service, contributing to the security, and well-being of residents and the maintenance of our estates and high rise properties. The postholder will have specific responsibilities for cleanliness and the overall appearance of the neighbourhood, contributing to the quality of life of customers   

To be successful, we’re looking for you to have:         

• Demonstrable experience of and commitment to providing a good quality customer service    

• Practical ability to carry out property maintenance and to be alert to problems    

• Knowledge of relevant health & safety and procedures and COSHH regulations   

• Able to respond appropriately to emergencies and use own initiative  

• Able to carry out minor building maintenance work   

• Basic IT skills including Microsoft word and email   

• Willing to work out of hours if required   

• Full clean driving licence   

Why take up the challenge with One Manchester? This really is a great place to work. We’ve bags of potential and have huge opportunities waiting to be unlocked. Supportive and flexible, we’re rightly proud of our work and excited about the future. So, challenge yourself to be creative and ambitious and see the difference you can make in our great city.         

If this sounds like you then apply today, we’d love to hear from you!       

We own and manage over 12,000 homes in central, south and east Manchester. We have one purpose: to provide good quality homes, great services, and real opportunities for our customers and communities. Our role as a trusted Registered Provider of Social Housing goes well beyond putting people in safe and secure homes. That’s not to say it’s not one our key priorities, it’s simply one of the many things we do to help our customers live happy and fulfilled lives.  We put people at the heart of everything we do. We’re constantly evolving as a business to ensure we’re supporting our customers and communities. We focus on improving our communities by offering a range of services, including employment opportunities, building new developments, and ensuring our customers have safe homes to live in.    

In accordance with the aims of our Equality and Diversity strategy and organisational commitment to address the employment of underrepresented groups, One Manchester is operating 'the Rooney Rule'.  This means that we aim to interview at least one ethnically diverse candidate for all roles.  We will also interview at least one female candidate for all our roles within our trades and facilities teams where we experience an under representation.  

One Manchester strives for equality, diversity and inclusion in all that we do.  We positively encourage applications for employment from eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.      

We are transitioning to a culture where agile working will be a feature of many of our roles. We also try to support and promote a culture of flexible working where possible and practical. If you are interested in a role but require flexibility or part time hours please give us a call and we can let you know if this can be considered for a particular role.