JOB DETAILS

Estate Caretaker

CompanyHome Group
LocationLondon Borough of Harrow
Work ModeOn Site
PostedMarch 4, 2026
About The Company
We're Home Group, a housing association, social enterprise and charity with a turnover of £505m and one of the UK's largest providers of high quality housing and integrated housing, health and social care. We're proud of the difference that we have made over the last 90+ years and we continue to work hard to support over 125,000 customers who live in more than 57,000 homes across England and Scotland. Our aim is to build homes, independence and aspirations and according to our trophy cabinet we’re pretty good at it! We're the 9th best place to work in the UK, the 4th best in the North East and the 8th best for women. Our apprenticeship programme is award winning; in 2019 we were named large employer of the year and large north east employer of the year in 2020. If you want to find out more about us, visit our website below.
About the Role

Estate Caretaker

Pay £13.85 ph, £27,082 pa [pro rata] and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Permanent, part time (20 hpw)

Harrow, Rayners Lane Estate

We can’t offer a CoS for this role

Home, a place where you belong

If the outdoor life suits you and you enjoy meeting people and like everything to be clean and tidy, then we have an opportunity for you to join us as our Estate Caretaker in Rayners Lane Estate working alongside Paul and Jackie's North London team.

What you’ll do

  • Keeping our estates and communities safe and keeping a high standard of specification maintained.

  • Resolving customer queries and maintaining standards of service

  • Swift and accurate resolutions for your customer by escalating appropriate queries to the CSC, Leasehold, Older Persons and Health and Safety

  • Being responsible for having a presence in our communities with general estate management tasks, making customers feel safe and supported.

Why join us

This is more than a job – it’s a place where you feel valued. With our learning and development offer, and support from friendly colleagues, you’ll make a real difference every day! If you’re ready to leave behind the ordinary, do something that really matters. Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work!

You have

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

  • Organisational skills, able to prioritise workloads.

  • Great customer service

  • To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage! 

Stronger together

We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work! 

The practical bits

  • Flexible working hours (or we’re open to agreeing a work pattern with you)

  • Although you’ll lone work, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.

  • This is a community based role and you’ll spend days working from our Rayners Lane neighbourhood.

  • Able to use technology

  • You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

What’s in it for you?

  • 34 days leave, pro-rated (including bank holidays and a “me day”)

  • Paid time off for volunteering

  • Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%25, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)

  • Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies

  • Career path with development and an excellent training package

  • Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Estate Caretaker Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Roles can close early, so don’t wait.

For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk

South Rented Portfolio 502

Key Skills
CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsOrganisational SkillsPrioritisationCustomer ServiceEstate ManagementProblem ResolutionTechnology Use
Categories
Security & SafetyAdministrativeTradesCustomer Service & Support
Benefits
Health Cash PlanPaid MileageLearning And Development OfferFlexible Working HoursPaid Time Off For VolunteeringMatching Pension ContributionsLife AssuranceSupermarket Discounts
Job Information
📋Core Responsibilities
The caretaker is responsible for maintaining high standards of specification across estates and communities, ensuring safety, and resolving customer queries swiftly. This includes general estate management tasks and providing a visible, supportive presence within the communities.
📋Job Type
full time
📊Experience Level
0-2
💼Company Size
8155
📊Visa Sponsorship
No
💼Language
English
🏢Working Hours
20 hours
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