Caretaker - Lewisham - 7820

Title: Caretaker

Contract Type: Permanent, Full time, 35 hours

Salary: £28,280 per annum

Grade: 2

Reporting Office: London, Stratford

Working Location: Lewisham

Persona: Site based. Contractual hours to be worked from allocated site(s), with ad hoc office attendance as required

Working Pattern: 8am to 4pm Monday to Friday 1 hour for lunch

Closing Date: 1st June 2026 at 11pm

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Please click here for the role profile - Role profile - Caretaker.docx

Benefits include: Excellent pension plan (up to 6% double contribution), 28 days Annual Leave rising to 31 days with length of service + Bank Holidays, Westfield Health Cash Plan, non-contributory life assurance, up to 21 hours volunteering paid days, lifestyle benefits, Employee Assistance Programme and many more…

Join our Caretaking Team at L&Q:

This is a great opportunity to Join our Caretaking team. This post is based on site in Lewisham. Reporting to the team leader, this position is a key role within our Estates and Open spaces department.

Your impact in the role:

As a Caretaker you will be involved in maintaining communal areas within our blocks and on our estates, carrying out communal cleaning and grounds maintenance work.

You will be able to carry out small maintenance repairs as required.

You will be comfortable liaising directly with residents and contractors and answering queries, you must have due regard to health & safety and security issues.

What you'll bring:

• Capable of carrying out a variety of small repair jobs and working effectively as part of a team and under your own initiative.

• Trade skills, Gardening or DIY experience would be an advantage together with a recognised City & Guilds or Bics qualification in cleaning, although not essential as training would be provided.

• A good communicator and willing to learn new skills as the service adapts to the changing needs within the Neighbourhood.

• Able to work on your own initiative and be self-motivated to organise your own time effectively.

• Proactive in your daily activities and aware of safe working practices.

• Of a good standard of literacy

• Have IT skills as you will be required to use a PC, undertaking online courses and assessments (This can be learned on the job during the probationary period)

If you don’t have previous experience or qualifications but are willing to learn, have ambition, enthusiasm, and care about delivering a first-class service to our residents we would like to hear from you.

DBS

For this post the successful candidate will need to apply for or be in possession of an Basic Disclosure Barring Service certificate (DBS) to enable them to work within the team. For further information about the Disclosure Barring Service please visit www.homeoffice.gov.uk

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk

About L&Q:

We’re one of the UK’s leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people’s health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we’re proud to serve diverse communities across London, the Southeast and Northwest of England.

At L&Q, people are at the heart of our business, and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

L&Q strongly believe a diverse and inclusive workforce is important, and inclusion is part of our core values and everyday working practices. We make hiring decisions based on your experiences, skills and merits and we are recognised externally for our commitment to inclusion. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident (Committed) employer and have signed the Time to Change Employer Pledge to demonstrate our commitment to end mental health discrimination in the workplace. Click here to read more.

At L&Q, sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK’s largest housing associations.

Click here to find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!