Position: Porter Caretaker
Salary: £24k - £26k DOE
Location: Bethnal Green
Hours/days: 4 days on, 4 days off 8am - 8pm
We are currently recruiting for 2 x Porter Caretaker positions to work on an alternating shift pattern of 4 days on 4 days off, providing a 7 days per week daytime porter caretaker service to a residential development in Bethnal Green, London.
The role requires the successful Porter Caretaker to work at a residential building of circa 100 properties, with an outdoor and underground car park for residents parking.
The site has a cleaner Monday to Friday in the mornings for the communal areas, including litter picking and dealing with the refuse bins. The site also has a handyman for taking care of minor maintenance issues Monday to Friday in the mornings.
Duties and responsibilities:
The Porter Caretaker will be responsible for the following
- Signing for packages, parcels and deliveries on behalf of residents
- Informing residents of deliveries and packages ready for collection
- Maintaining parcel logs
- Taking in the post from royal mail and sorting them into the appropriate letterboxes
- Liaising and coordinating contractors
- Reporting maintenance issues to the he handyman and the managing agent where required
- Answering residents queries via phone and email
- Acting as the eyes and ears of the managing agent
- Issuing keys to contractors and residents
- Handling petty cash
- Monitoring and managing the CCTV system
Candidate Specification:
All applicants for the Porter Caretaker position should meet the following criteria
- Previous experience as a Porter Caretaker highly desirable
- Highly personable, with the ability to develop and maintain ongoing relationships with residents, contractors and the management team
- Computer literate, being able to competently use Microsoft office applications and email etc
- Good customer service skills, taking care of residents basic needs
- The ability to take ownership of the responsibility for the day to day well-being of the building
All applicants for the Porter Caretaker role should submit a CV along with a covering letter, outlining their suitability for the role