Housekeeper

Vacancy: Housekeeper (Part time. 17.5 hours per week)

Pay: £10.90 per hour

Location: Rowheath House

Hours of work: Monday to Friday 12 pm – 3.30pm.

Creating and sustaining communities where people can thrive is our mission and is based on the principles and legacy of our founder, George Cadbury. We are inspired by his legacy, but not afraid to be bold and innovative to meet the needs of people today and in the future.

We provide a diverse and comprehensive range of services to communities in Birmingham and Telford. We own and manage some 4,000 properties, and have significant estate management, commercial and agricultural portfolios. As a community-based organisation we work in partnership with all our stakeholders to support the achievement of our mission.

We aspire to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. To help achieve this, we offer job opportunities that are agile and centred on personal and professional development in an environment where well-being and work-life balance is a key part of our culture.

If you can relate to our mission and values and think you meet our job and candidate profile, then we would welcome your application.

At BVT we offer a comprehensive reward and benefits package to assist and support employees with everyday healthcare costs, savings towards leisure activities and planning for retirement.

A part time vacancy exists within Communities and Supported Housing for a Housekeeper at Rowheath House.

The overall purpose of the job is :

• To provide a comprehensive cleaning service at the Trust’s sheltered housing scheme, in accordance with Health & Safety recommendations, and to assist in general duties in the absence of the Community Support Manager.
• All key tasks to be allocated as appropriate by line manager.

Key Tasks

• General Cleaning
• To Assist the Community Support Manager within the provision of support to residents, and to interact socially with tenants.
• To Assist the Community Support Manager in the general running of the Scheme.
• Any other reasonable task requested by the Community Support Manager.

Candidate profile

Essential:

• Customer focused attitude
• Experience of working directly with clients
• Flexible approach
• Ability to relate to older people.
• Team player.
• Subject to clear DBS check.

Desirable:

• Experience of working within sheltered housing.
• Understanding of issues relating to older people within supported housing.
• Full driving licence/use of a car.

To understand more about our work including our aims of place-shaping, community building, championing people and providing great homes, you can read our Corporate Plan 2020-29 at

https://www.bvt.org.uk/publications/corporate-plan-summary-2020-29/

CLOSING DATE: 26 May 2023

To apply please view all additional documents to the right of this page and click Apply for this Role.