Caretaker

Caretaker – Great Yarmouth

Put your practical skills to work in a role where you can take pride in keeping an important facility safe, well maintained and running smoothly. Join our team at the Great Yarmouth Police Investigation Centre and bring your caretaking experience to a varied role combining day-to-day maintenance, grounds upkeep and overseeing cleaners. Your focus will be on caretaking and coordinating cleaning services, rather than carrying out cleaning yourself.

Job title:

Caretaker

Job Description:

Make a practical difference, every day
From tackling minor repairs to helping maintain outdoor spaces, you’ll use a broad range of skills and see the results of your work. You’ll also help keep the cleaning service on track and support colleagues across the facility.

Location: Great Yarmouth Police Investigation Centre. Travel to other sites may be required.

Police vetting: You must be able to complete police vetting and have lived in the UK for at least three years.

What you’ll be doing:

• Oversee cleaners and coordinate planned, reactive and specialist cleaning across the secure facility, helping ensure work is completed to the required standard.
• Keep the site in good working order by assisting with equipment maintenance and carrying out minor repairs.
• Respond to day-to-day maintenance needs and undertake preventative tasks to help keep the facility running smoothly.
• Coordinate scheduled cleaning tasks, including monthly window and window-frame cleaning, rather than carrying them out yourself.
• Look after grounds and gardens, including planting, grass cutting and weeding.
• Oversee waste collection and disposal at the designated points within the facility boundary.
• Maintain stocks of essential supplies and equipment throughout the building, including toilet paper, copier paper and detainee consumables.
• Share your caretaking knowledge, train colleagues in core duties and provide direction when needed.
• Provide out-of-hours support for reactive service needs and holiday and sickness cover at this and other sites, including weekends and public holidays when required.

Bring your caretaking experience

• Previous experience in a caretaking or maintenance role, with a practical, hands-on approach to looking after buildings and facilities.
• Experience working in a secure facility.
• Basic ICT, electrical and mechanical skills to support everyday maintenance tasks.
• A current clean driving licence; access to a vehicle is preferred as travel to other sites may be required.
• Flexibility with working hours, including out-of-hours support and cover when required.
• Ability to complete police vetting, including having lived in the UK for a minimum of three years.

About Capita & Tascor

Capita helps public and private sector clients run complex business processes more efficiently and create better experiences for the people they serve.

Tascor is part of Education & Government Services, a division of Capita. We provide facilities management for secure criminal justice, immigration and public sector settings. We don’t just look after buildings; we take care of the services that keep them working. Join us and put your practical experience to use in a setting where well-maintained facilities matter.

What’s in it for you?

• A basic salary of £26,832.
• Time to recharge: 23 days’ holiday, rising to 27, with the opportunity to buy extra leave.
• Give something back: take a paid day to volunteer for our charity partners or a cause of your choice.
• Support for you and your family: auto-enrolment in our company pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks’ fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, and two weeks’ paternity pay.
• Benefits to suit your lifestyle: voluntary discounts and offers across retail, socialising, health and wellbeing, travel and technology.
• Connect and belong: access to Employee Network Groups representing every strand of diversity, with an open, inclusive space to connect and learn from colleagues.

Unlock Your Potential with Capita

At Capita, your career can take you wherever your ambition leads. You'll become part of a diverse network of talented, forward-thinking professionals working across a wide range of disciplines and sectors. We’re committed to your growth — offering exciting opportunities to expand your skills, explore new paths, and advance your career.

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What we hope you’ll do next:

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Equal Opportunities

At Capita, we’re committed to providing an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment process and working environment for everyone. We want everyone to have the best chance of succeeding as they move through their application and start their career with us. We are an equal opportunity and Disability Confident employer; we want to hear from you if you’d like to discuss any adjustments you might need during your recruitment process. Please email [email protected] or call 07784 237318 and we’ll get back to you to discuss.

For more information about equal opportunities and the types of adjustments we can offer, please visit the Capita Careers website.

If you have a question that does not relate to adjustments during your recruitment process, please email our Talent Acquisition team - [email protected]

Location:

Great Yarmouth

,

United Kingdom

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent