Relief Caretaker
Title: Relief Caretaker
Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time 35 hours
Salary: £ 27,860 (London weighted salary) depending on experience
Working Location: (East/NE London region) covers multiple sites across different locations
Persona: Site based
Working Pattern: 08:00 – 16:00 *
Closing Date: 5th August 2025 - 23:00
Interviews will take place week commencing 11th August
Please note that having a UK manual drivers licence is mandatory.
Benefitsinclude: 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…
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.
For this post the successful candidate will need to apply for or be in possession of an Standard/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
Join our Estate Services Team at L&Q:
We are looking for a Relief Caretaker to join our team in Estate Services on a permanent basis. This is a key function of our continuing commitment to providing a responsive customer-based service for our residents.
The Relief Caretaking Team cover for our caretaker’s annual leave, extended sickness and vacancies. Whilst we are primarily looking for cover in the East and North East areas of London, you will on occasion, be asked to cover in any of the neighbouring areas. The post holder could be asked to work across all 4 of the L&Q operational regions London wide. As such, you will need excellent organisational skills/time management and enjoy working across a variety of sites.
If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!
Your impact in the role:
You must be able to carry out a variety of Caretaking tasks including Health and Safety checks, cleaning, rota management, and small repairs. If you have trade skills or DIY experience, gardening experience it would be an advantage.
Although the role is predominately lone working under your own initiative, you should also be able to work effectively as part of a team as some sites have more than one caretaker.
If you are willing to learn, have good decision making skills and can work under pressure, have ambition, enthusiasm, and care about delivering first class service to our residents we would like to hear from you.
You will be involved in maintaining communal areas within our blocks and on our estates, carrying out communal cleaning, grounds maintenance work, carrying out small maintenance repairs as well as and having due regard to health & safety and security issues.
What you'll bring:
You must be a good communicator and able have basic Word & Excel skills as we use these programmes frequently, alongside other digital technology. To submit weekly reports, participate in Ms Teams meetings, undertake online courses and assessments.
It is an essential requirement that you have a good standard of literacy, You will need to be willing to learn new skills as the service adapts to the changing needs within the Neighbourhoods.
You will often be working alone and therefore need to be able to work on your own initiative and be self motivated to organise your own time effectively.
You will need to be proactive in your daily activities and have a good understanding of safe working practices. Practical Health and Safety experience is essential.
You must hold a full, clean manual driving licence (L&Q operates a manual Fleet) and it’s essential that you have access to secure overnight parking if issued a company vehicle. L&Q does not provide resident permits.
*The 35 Hour week begins when drivers arrive at site and ends when they leave. As with normal employment practice, staff are not paid to travel to work. Specific hours of working will be discussed at the interview.
We look forward to reviewing your application, and hearing about the genuine experiences and skills you could bring to our organisation. L&Q reserve the right to not accept statements that exceed 500 words.
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 South East and North West 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.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email lqcareers@lqgroup.org.uk
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.
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Salary range
- £27,860 per year