Caretaker, Maintenance Worker, General Labor
Listed on 2026-11-01
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Maintenance/Cleaning
Maintenance Worker, General Labor, Building Maintenance, Cleaning Services
Do you want to support your local community?
We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to join our Housing team.
We are based in the beautiful Brocks Hill country park in Oadby and this part of Leicestershire is a great place to live, work and visit. Our council is a great organisation to work for, we offer a competitive salary and fantastic benefits including great holiday, flexi-time and the generous local government pension scheme. You can find more information about our benefits here .
Agile working allows employees to work flexibly to balance their home and work needs. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements where possible and encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process.
The Estates Housing Team are responsible for ensuring we provide safe, clean and well-maintained homes for our tenants and leaseholders.
The Estate Caretaker will undertake minor repairs as well as carrying out block inspections, fire alarm testing, fly-tip removal and tenant engagement.
If you are an effective team worker who can engage with our tenants, are able to lift heavy loads, and have basic IT skills, we would love to hear from you. You can find out more by viewing the job description and person specification.
A DBS check is required for this post.
At Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, we are proud of our diversity and recognise the value this brings. We are fair and inclusive and welcome applications from people with different backgrounds.
We guarantee an interview with anyone who either has a disability or is a reservist/veteran and meets the criteria for this role if you apply under our guaranteed interview scheme.
Please contact trina.p for any informal enquiries.
There may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
If you have not heard from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion.
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