Senior Caretaker (Fixed Term)

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Role: Senior Caretaker – Fixed Term 31/3/26

Salary: £27,911-£30,060

Hours: 37 Hours weekly (5 days over a 7 day working week)

Directorate: Housing & Communities

We are seeking a proactive and organised Senior Caretaker to join our dedicated team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in building maintenance and a passion for ensuring a safe and clean environment for all. This is a hands on role and responsibilities include supervising, completing and allocating work related tasks to the Estate Assistants. You will also be conducting quality checks as well as completing regular cleaning tasks, inspections and maintenance as appropriate to provide residents with safe and welcoming communal areas. The Senior Caretaker will be responsible for ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations at all times.

The Senior Caretaker will also be expected to drive large vehicles/tipper trucks (subject to training) and load items of waste/rubbish onto these vehicles on site and dispose at a designated waste site.

Flexibility will be required within the job role and working hours to meet our customer needs. You will be expected to work 5 days over a 7 day week.

For enquires please contact Charlotte Day: [email protected]

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates. Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application.

Online application forms will only be accepted for this vacancy, online facilities for jobs are available at public libraries within the Dudley Borough.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK.

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications

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Senior Caretaker PS 12th August 2022.docx

Senior Caretaker JD 12th August 2022.docx

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About Dudley Council

It’s an incredibly exciting time to work in Dudley Council as we embark on numerous multi-million pound regeneration schemes which will be real game-changers for the borough. In addition to the exciting schemes such as the Midland Metro we also have the ongoing and very serious challenges of ensuring vulnerable people across the borough receive the services they deserve.

At Dudley Council we have a ‘one council’ ethos that builds an effective and dynamic organisation which grows the economy and creates jobs, creating a cleaner and greener place and supports stronger and safer communities.

We are rightly proud to be the historic capital of the Black Country and, working with our partners, Dudley Council is also committed to looking forward and helping to deliver our borough vision of ‘Forge a Future for all’ www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk

We ensure communities influence council decisions and are committed to delivering services in partnership with communities. We provide flexible and responsive service in partnership and help communities help themselves.

In joining a local authority that serves 320,000 residents you will become an integral part of a council that:

• is ready to embrace change, providing an environment in which you will be encouraged to make your mark
• is aware of its key challenges and the need for a new energy to innovate the council, in order to find cost effective ways of delivering services
• has aligned its political and managerial leadership structures and is committed to protecting, securing and transforming the lives of children, families, the vulnerable and older people
• wants borough residents to have their say through our community forums
• dedicates time to meaningful consultation and listen to the views of our residents
• is working with the community to encourage active involvement of our residents
  
  
  

We want to leave a legacy of a better future for the borough that reflects Dudley borough’s potential and harnesses the ambitions of the people we serve. For more information see our Council Plan www.dudley.gov.uk/council-community/plan-policies-and-strategies/council-plan , Dudley Borough Vision for 2030, Forging a Future for All www.dudleyboroughvision2030.org.uk and key information about the borough and its communities at All about Dudley Borough www.allaboutdudley.info

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http://www.dudley.gov.uk/

Telephone

01384 811300

Location

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Council House

Priory Road

Dudley

West Midlands

DY1 1HF

United Kingdom