Estate Caretaker
Lancaster City CouncilLancaster, North West
AI insight: this role at a glance
As an Estate Caretaker for Lancaster City Council, you will be responsible for maintaining the safety, cleanliness, and overall condition of general needs blocks and communal areas. This role involves daily inspections, managing bin areas, reporting repairs, and engaging with tenants. It suits someone who is reliable, observant, and comfortable working independently across multiple sites.
Key points
- Salary: £25,949 to £26,403 per year
- Full-time contract
- Location: Lancaster
- Closing date: August 28, 2026
- Basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check required
- Benefits include generous annual leave, Local Government Pension Scheme, and flexible working
You'll need
- Reliable and observant
- Comfortable working independently across multiple sites
- Basic understanding of health and safety
- Ability to communicate clearly and handle challenging situations professionally
Helps to have
- Experience in customer-facing roles
- Experience in estate caretaking
How to stand out
- 1Emphasize your ability to work independently and your attention to detail in your application
- 2Highlight any experience you have in customer-facing roles or estate caretaking
- 3Show how you embody the council's values of Working Together, Ambition, Pride, and Ownership
- 4Be prepared to provide examples of how you have handled challenging situations professionally
- 5Research the council's benefits and culture to show your enthusiasm for the role
- 6If you have a disability or are an armed forces veteran, ensure you meet the essential criteria to guarantee an interview
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Job description
Make a Difference in Lancaster
As an Estate Caretaker, you’ll play a vital role in keeping Lancaster’s general needs blocks and communal areas safe, clean, and welcoming. Your proactive approach will help maintain high standards, support tenant safety, and contribute to a thriving community where everyone feels proud to live.
What You’ll Be Doing
You’ll carry out daily inspections of communal spaces, manage bin areas, and report any repairs or safety concerns promptly. Your keen eye will spot issues like fly tipping, graffiti, or fire hazards, ensuring swift action. You’ll engage with tenants, respond to enquiries, and work closely with housing, repairs, and community safety teams. Monitoring contractors and keeping accurate records will also be part of your role.
You’ll Fit Right In If…
You’re reliable, observant, and comfortable working independently across multiple sites. Experience in customer-facing roles and estate caretaking is ideal, along with a basic understanding of health and safety. You communicate clearly and handle challenging situations with professionalism. Your flexible attitude and physical fitness will help you thrive outdoors in all weather. A basic Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required for this role. You’ll embody our values of Working Together, Ambition, Pride, and Ownership.
Ready to Join Us?
If you’re ready to make a real difference in your community, we’d love to hear from you. Find out more about what it’s like working with us, our benefits, values and culture, by visiting lancaster.gov.uk/sites/recruitment.
Why Work With Us
Our Benefits
- Generous annual leave
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Discounted gym membership
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Car purchase scheme
- Lifestyle savings
- Health Care Cash Plan
- Volunteering days
- Wellbeing support
Flexible working friendly
Inclusive employer
We welcome applications from all parts of the community and are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
We guarantee interviews for applicants with a disability and armed forces veterans who meet the essential criteria.
How this role compares
We hold 316 council vacancies in North West that publish a salary, and their median advertised starting figure is £36,822. This role pays less than about 89% of them.
There are 4,945 council roles open across the UK on GovJobs right now, 811 of them in North West.
Lancaster City Council has 10 other vacancies open on GovJobs, with a breakdown of what they pay and the kinds of roles they recruit for.
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