Neighbourhood Caretakers

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our Housing Management team, as part of our estate services team. You will be responsible for the inspection, maintenance and cleansing of estates, communal housing land and sites within the quadrant boundary. You will be required to supervise estate caretakers. You will be expected to assist the public in a polite and helpful manner in accordance with the Employer's Customer Care Policy. To complete regular health and safety, cleansing, maintenance and inspections as appropriate with the emphasis on maintaining quiet, clean, green and safe communal areas/neighbourhoods and helping to deter Anti-Social Behaviour. You will have responsibility for neighbourhood caretaking schemes and associated communal areas and for communal housing land and sites in the wider quadrant. Your activity in the wider neighbourhood will depend on service needs. Your key role is to improve and maintain the 'kerb appeal' of communal housing land/sites and neighbourhoods. This may include sheltered housing schemes. Activity in tenants homes and gardens may on occasions be required for emergencies. To act as first point of contact for the residents in respect of estate service and maintenance issues, responding to queries in a positive and helpful manner. To ensure a full and effective cleaning and maintenance service is delivered to communal areas within multi storey and low-rise blocks of flats and external areas, other sites as necessary. Your activity will not be restricted to any one neighbourhood caretaking scheme and you will be required to undertake work in the wider housing neighbourhood. E.G. garage sites, accessways, drying areas. This will depend on service needs and be determined in liaison with your housing officer, street scene coordinator/housing manager. To work with other estate based staff, colleagues, contractors and both internal and external partners. E.G. Fleet and Waste Management, Parks, Repairs Service and contractors. To forge relationships with residents and the local community, including RSLs and other landlords that promote service improvements, increased residents' responsibility for their surroundings and resident satisfaction. The above summarises the scope of the work that will be required within each neighbourhood. However the volumes of each particular aspect of work may vary depending on local needs and priorities and the property types within the neighbourhoods. Therefore, flexibility within the role and the working hours will be required to meet the needs of the particular neighbourhood. You will be required to supervise staff (estate caretakers) and this will include managing performance, attendance, leave, health and safety. You will need a full driving license. You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification. If you do not attach your Supporting Statement, your application will not be considered. Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.