Estate Caretaker

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Kirklees
Place
Homes & Neighbourhoods
37
Numerous
Across Kirklees
Permanent
Grade 6

£26,403 - £28,142

Our employees are at the very heart of the services we provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the best possible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great range of staff benefits to support you in and out of work. 

The Job:

The Estate Caretaking Service provides an effective and high-quality estate environmental service, supporting Homes & Neighbourhoods staff to deliver a customer focused holistic Housing Management Service. 

The main requirement of an Estate Caretaker is to:

-         Deliver a customer focused estate caretaking service

-         Undertake a range of environmental tasks within tenanted property, gardens, and estates

-         Undertake fire safety checks to identity and report findings

-         Keep estates clean and tidy including the removal of fly tipping

-         Help to maintain decent homes and sustainable communities, working in partnership with Housing Officers and other services 

Estate Caretakers work on a patch basis and take ownership of their patch to ensure that these duties are covered and will also support colleagues in the team where there is an increase in work on other patches.

Estate caretakers are responsible for ensuring the safety of our tenants in high rise and 6 story blocks of flats and carry out checks to ensure that all equipment is in good working order and is compliant, along with being responsible for the removal of any obstruction in communal areas.  

Estate Caretakers will work within the estate caretaking service area and will be required to deputise for other Estate Caretakers across Kirklees as and when required.

We particularly welcome applications from women and Black, Asian, minority, Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds as they are currently underrepresented in this area. All appointments will be made based on merit of skill and experience for the role.

Please note that we will not be accepting CVs as part of this application process.

The successful candidates will need to have a Full UK, clean driving licence (are able to drive a manual vehicle).

Package:

In addition to joining a great team, you will receive the following:

-         A competitive salary £26,403 - £28,142

-         Entry into the Local Government Pension Scheme, including Life Assurance. 

-         Generous holiday entitlement of 27.5 days annual leave, increasing to 32.5 days with continuous service, plus bank holidays.

-         Access to a range of well-being support initiatives including but not limited to an Employee Assistance programme, Healthy Eating Active Lifestyle assessments, Cycle to Work programme and discounted KAL gym membership.

Homes & Neighbourhoods is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As an organisation we are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

Jonathan Taylor is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile.  A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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22 May 2026, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.