About UsThe Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing and care services in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 135,000 customers nationwide. Of our 65,000 homes, more than 70% are let at a social or affordable rent, while around 10,000 are owned or part-owned by the people who live in them.
Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
Job DescriptionWe have a permanent, full-time opportunity for an Estate Assistant to join our Estates team working 35 hours per week (Monday to Friday, from 08:00am to 4:00pm), earning £23,023 per annum. This is a full-time opportunity, working 35 hours per week to support our team providing high quality grounds services to schemes in Devizes, Swindon and surrounding areas. There will be times when you will be expected to cover other areas within Hampshire & Surrey, but company van will be used for travel when this is necessary. All PPE will be provided by Guinness.
Reporting into the Estates Services Officer you will be responsible for providing high quality cleaning services to our schemes. We are looking for someone who has good customer service skills as you will be interacting with our customers and colleagues, and you would be working both within a team and on your own. The work can sometimes be quite physically demanding.
Some of the key duties involved are:
-Grounds, maintenance, and external gardening work (Hedge trimming, grass cutting, weed and moss control etc).
-Cleaning internal and external communal areas.
-Using mechanical cleaning tools.
-Cleaning of internal communal areas including lifts, corridors (mopping dusting and vacuuming).
-Bin store/bulk waste management.
-Litter picking.
-Customer interaction.
Work Schedule
-Monday to Friday - 8am - 4pm.
-No weekend working.
Essential Requirements
-Full clean UK driving licence.
Your Welcome Bonus is payable in 2 parts. £500 is paid in your first month's salary and £500 is paid when you pass your probation. To be eligible for the Welcome Bonus you must be an external applicant and not currently employed by The Guinness Partnership.
Please note: Guinness employees who have left the company within the last 12 months are not eligible to receive recruitment incentive payments
Interviews to take place from 15th January 2024.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships
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