Title:  Maintenance Caretaker

Sanctuary Students provide safe and secure accommodation to thousands of students around the country. We believe that our strength lies in our dedicated staff who help students with their everyday needs.

Maintenance Caretaker

Marybone Student Village, Liverpool

£21,543 - £22,677 per year 

37.5 hours per week – shift pattern on a three-week rolling rota

We are currently looking for an experienced Maintenance Caretaker to work across our student accommodation sites based in Liverpool. The ideal candidate will have recent experience working in a maintenance role completing minor maintenance repairs and site housekeeping tasks within a residential setting. Working alongside individual teams and taking instructions from the Assistant Manager, you will be responsible for providing a safe and well maintained environment for student residents. You will work as part of a team of eleven members of staff, alongside three Maintenance Caretakers, on a three week rolling rota, which includes weekends, evening and bank holidays.

The role of Maintenance Caretaker will include:

• Reacting to maintenance duties across the site, undertaking repairs and reporting issues which require specialist attention
• Undertaking building checks and audits to maintain a safe and secure environment in line with health and safety requirements
• Carrying out routine works and providing accurate and timely information on progress
• Maintaining an adequate supply of stock and replenishing as appropriate
• Ensuring waste is disposed of correctly and cleanliness of communal areas is maintained
• Minor redecoration as and when required

Skills and experiences:

• Experience within a caretaking or maintenance role is essential
• Practical skills in identifying and /or carrying out standard repairs
• Working knowledge of health and safety
• Good communication skills allowing you to provide great customer service
• Ability to interpret written instructions, maintain simple written records and assess priorities to then a plan work schedule effectively
• This role will involve driving on company business. In order to drive a company vehicle, drivers must hold a full valid UK driving licence

Why work for us?

One of the UK’s leading providers of housing, care and commercial services, Sanctuary Group employs more than 12,500 people and manages over 100,000 units of accommodation throughout England and Scotland, including general rented, retirement living, supported housing, student and key worker accommodation and care homes. Sanctuary also provides a range of other services including maintenance, care and telecare, all of which are delivered by our dedicated employees who are completely committed to customer service.

Ready to join us?

As part of our commitment to making Sanctuary a great place to work, we offer you access to a range of great employee benefits and the opportunity to develop and progress within your career. Benefits include:

• 25 days leave (rising to a maximum of 30 days) plus public holidays (pro rata)
• A pension scheme with employer contributions from Sanctuary
• Life Assurance
• Employee Volunteering scheme
• Employee Advice Service including counselling
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Voluntary health plans  
• Employee discounts
• Wellbeing support and tools
• Employee recognition scheme
• £21,488 per annum (rising to £22,619 per annum after 12 months, subject to satisfactory performance)

The full time equivalent salary for this role is £22,921 based on 40 hours per week rising to £24,127 after 12 months service and subject to satisfactory performance

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Closing Date: 30 April  2024

We reserve the right depending on application numbers to close or extend the closing dates for positions; we would therefore recommend an early application.

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