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Premises Manager (Temporary Contract - September Start) Location: Merton Contract: Temporary (with the opportunity to become permanent) Start Date: September 2026 We are seeking an experienced and proactive Premises Manager to oversee the maintenance, safety, security, and compliance of a busy educational site in Merton. This is an excellent opportunity for a facilities professional with strong organisational skills, compliance experience, and a hands-on approach to site management. Key Responsibilities Manage the day-to-day maintenance, security, and upkeep of the site and grounds. Carry out routine inspections and identify maintenance requirements. Undertake minor repairs and coordinate larger works with contractors. Ensure buildings and facilities are safe, clean, secure, and fit for purpose. Oversee and maintain compliance records, service schedules, risk assessments, and statutory documentation. Monitor compliance in areas such as fire safety, water hygiene, asbestos management, and emergency lighting. Support health and safety audits, inspections, and reporting. Manage contractors, monitor performance, and maintain contract documentation. Ensure all contractors adhere to site procedures and health and safety requirements. Respond appropriately to site emergencies and operational issues. Person Specification Essential Experience Previous experience as a Premises Manager, Site Manager, Facilities Manager, Caretaker, Estates Officer, or similar. Experience managing compliance paperwork, statutory records, and contractor documentation. Experience supervising contractors and external service providers. Practical building maintenance and repair skills. Strong understanding of health and safety requirements. Essential Qualifications Health & Safety qualification or training (IOSH, NEBOSH, or equivalent). Knowledge of risk assessments, fire safety, and safe working practices. Essential Skills Excellent organisational and record-keeping abilities. Strong communication and problem-solving skills. Good IT skills, including maintaining digital records. Ability to work independently and prioritise workloads effectively. Desirable Experience working within a school or educational environment. First Aid qualification. Relevant trade qualification. What We Offer September 2026 start. Temporary contract with the opportunity to become permanent. Competitive rate of pay. Supportive working environment. Opportunity to play a key role in maintaining a safe and compliant educational setting. Commitment to Safeguarding Our agency is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff to share this commitment. The recruitment process is aligned with the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment are contingent upon successful background checks, including an enhanced DBS check, verification of the right to work in the UK, and satisfactory references.

Estates Officer (Caretaker) Location: Stamford Salary: £24,080 - £24,588 per annum Job Type: Permanent Full-Time 37 hours per week All Year Round Interaction Recruitment are Hiring! Interaction Recruitment are looking for a reliable and proactive Estates Officer (Caretaker) to join our client's Estates team in Stamford. This is a varied, hands-on role where you'll play a key part in maintaining a safe, secure, clean, and welcoming environment. If you have experience in maintenance, caretaking, facilities, or building services and enjoy a role where no two days are the same, we'd love to hear from you. Key Responsibilities Opening and securing buildings on a rota basis. Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance across the site. Completing minor repairs to buildings, fixtures, fittings, and equipment. Monitoring and operating security, fire alarm, and heating systems. Responding promptly to maintenance issues and emergency situations. Undertaking porterage duties, including moving furniture and equipment. Supporting cleaning, waste management, and recycling activities. Maintaining safe external areas, including gritting and snow clearance during adverse weather. Driving company vehicles, including vans and minibuses where required. Working closely with colleagues to deliver excellent customer service across the site. About You We're looking for someone with: Previous experience in a caretaking, estates, maintenance, or facilities role. Practical skills in at least one trade, such as carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, painting and decorating, joinery, or general building maintenance. Good knowledge of health and safety practices. Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach. Excellent communication and customer service skills. The ability to work independently and as part of a team. Good IT skills, including Microsoft Office. Desirable Level 2 qualification in a relevant trade. Full UK driving licence. First Aid qualification (or willingness to obtain). Previous experience as a key holder. Knowledge of heating, fire alarm, and security systems. Working Hours This role operates on a rotating shift pattern: Term Time Early: 6:45am 2:45pm , Monday to Friday Late: Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 12:30pm 8:30pm Tuesday & Thursday: 1:30pm 9:30pm Non-Term Time Early: 6:45am 2:45pm Late: 10:00am 6:00pm The role also includes: Rotational cover at an additional site (8:00am 4:30pm). Occasional evening work for events, with time off in lieu. What's on Offer? Salary of £24,080 - £24,588 per annum Local Government Pension Scheme 30 days annual leave , plus Bank Holidays and additional concessionary days. Ongoing training and professional development. Permanent, full-time position. Supportive working environment. Apply Today If you're a practical, dependable individual with a positive attitude and a passion for maintaining buildings and facilities, we'd love to hear from you. Interaction Recruitment is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. Apply today to be considered.

Job Title: Estates Caretaker Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time Sector: Property Services Location: Chesham or High Wycombe Hours: Monday to Friday, 08:00 am - 4:30 pm Salary: 30,005.00 per annum We have an opportunity for an Estates Caretaker to work across residential estates in the Chesham and High Wycombe areas, delivering a proactive and responsive cleaning and caretaking service. Responsibilities: Cleaning communal areas across residential properties to a high standard. Vacuuming, wiping surfaces, removing rubbish, cleaning toilets, and restocking supplies. Cleaning and sanitising bin rooms, ensuring bins remain accessible, and assisting refuse collection services when required. Removing litter, leaves, dog fouling, and other waste from external areas. Clearing gutters and gullies to prevent blockages and maintain site safety. Sweeping hard surfaces and supporting snow clearance and gritting activities during winter months. Cleaning lift interiors and keeping control panels and door runners free from dirt and debris. Identifying and reporting requirements for deep cleans or specialist cleaning services. Maintaining high standards of health and safety at all times. Reporting tenancy-related issues, estate concerns, or property defects as appropriate. Recording completed work accurately using the required technology and systems. Ordering, handling, and storing cleaning products and equipment safely. Maintaining cleanliness within bin stores and reporting any waste collection issues. Responding to emergency situations when required. Driving service vehicles safely and ensuring they are kept clean, roadworthy, and well maintained. Providing basic advice and assistance to residents while on site. Undertaking any other reasonable duties as required by the role. Requirements: Full UK Driving Licence (Manual) Basic DBS Check Benefits: 25 days' annual leave, increasing with service, plus Christmas office closure and the option to purchase additional leave. Generous pension scheme with employer contributions of up to 9.5% via salary sacrifice. Enhanced family-friendly leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave. Health cash plan offering reimbursement of up to 1,800 for everyday healthcare costs, including free cover for dependent children. Life assurance and income protection benefits. Flexible working arrangements, including modern office facilities, free parking, and electric vehicle charging availability. If you have previous experience within social housing and meet the above requirements, we encourage you to apply online or get in touch with Leah for further information. LON123

Estate Caretaker Temp position PAYE: 14.00 per hour PAYE or 17.00 per hour Umbrella Location: EC1V Near to Barbican Tube station My client is a well-known housing association and they're seeking experienced Estate Caretaker to clean and maintain internal, external and all common areas of housing blocks and estates. You'll be responsible for inspecting and cleaning communal areas including sweeping and mopping, external litter picking, leaf clearance, cleaning bin areas and rotating bins. You'll carry out health and safety checks and report bulk rubbish, graffiti and abandoned vehicles to the appropriate teams. Working to high standards you'll also rotate bins to ensure refuse chutes are clear and bulk is prepared for uplift. You'll have responsibility for ensuring that our blocks are kept clean and left hazard free at each visit and high standards are maintained. With an understanding and awareness of Health and Safety issues, you'll ensure that your work and time is recorded using the systems in place and that all repairs or H&S issues are photographed with details referred to the appropriate teams. Acting as a point of contact you'll ensure there is good communication with all teams and departments and promote a positive image, reporting any tenancy issues identified or suspected to the Housing Officer. You'll also be required to carry out maintenance of internal areas of blocks, including the cleaning of internal ledges, sills, handrails, balustrades, doors, walks and remove cobwebs from light fittings and all surroundings. Hours (Apply online only) / Monday - Friday - Weekend work is also available on Saturdays Key Responsibility: Take personal responsibility for ensuring that the estate is clean, tidy, landscaped, litter free and safe from hazards by delivering a high quality caretaking and grounds maintenance service to residents. Identify and assist in ways to improve the internal and external environment through working closely as part of a team and taking pride in the role. Rotate bins regularly to ensure refuse chutes are clear and ensure bulk bins are placed ready for collection. Sweep and wash communal staircase and landings as appropriate. Clean internal ledges, sills, handrails, balustrades, doors, walls and remove cobwebs from light fittings and all surroundings. Following the removal of refuse from the dustbins/bulk refuse containers, hose down and disinfect the area. If this is of interest please send me a copy of your CV and I will be happy to give you a call to discuss

An Oxford College are looking for a Maintenance Operative to join the Estates Team to ensure that all buildings, properties, and gardens are maintained to the highest standard. You also need to maintain and keep in good working order all mechanical, heating and hot water services to ensure that all facilities function as effectively as possible and remain a safe place for our membership and community to use. This position has some parking, but you must have a driving licence to travel to and from the 2nd site in the company van and you also need to be flexible to be on a weekend call out rota system for emergency's 1 in 5 weekends and live within 30m mins of Oxford City Centre. Key Responsibilities: Under the direction of the Maintenance Manager as well as acting independently where required, respond to maintenance issues raised by students and staff. Plan work in an efficient way and prioritise tasks appropriately. Typical jobs include plumbing repairs to heating and hot and cold-water systems, basic carpentry to failed doors, windows or furniture, replacement of faulty white goods and appliances, clearing blocked drains or showers. Planned Maintenance: Participate in, and lead where appropriate, small upgrade projects to the College buildings and accommodation. Tasks may include small plumbing upgrades/modifications, building stud partition walls and fitting new doors, room redecoration work or kitchen fitting. Routine Activity: Participate in routine work such as meter readings, top up/monitoring of water softener equipment, changing extraction filters, Fire Alarm testing and checking lifts and elevators. Support the Maintenance Manager to keep up to date records of maintenance work completed in these areas. Grounds Maintenance: Undertake appropriate seasonal grounds maintenance such as lawn mowing, hedge trimming, weeding as required at the main College site and the off-site houses around the city. Essential Skills: Good all-round general knowledge of building maintenance related activities and practical experience in carrying out this type of work Good understanding of Health and Safety legislation relevant to this position. Physically fit enough to meet the demands of the job. Desirable Skills: Plumbing experience and knowledge of commercial and domestic heating and hot water systems. Good general handyman and caretaker skills. Garden maintenance experience. Relevant H&S or First Aid training (job specific training can be provided). Salary offered is 34,500k, overtime rates and 2k+ on call rota expenses and reimbursements, 30 days holiday + 8 Bank holidays, free lunch, excellent pension and development If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from us, please contact us via the ManpowerGroup website.

We're on the lookout for an Estates Caretaker to join our well-established client based in Oxford on their cleaning team on a temporary to permanent basis (for the right candidate), with immediate starts. About the role: As an Estates Caretaker you will be responsible for helping with all aspects of the service department s needs, working in a team to maintain a high standard About You: Hold good communication and customer services skills, Be motivated and able to work on own initiative with limited supervision, Have awareness of health and safety issues relating to cleaning communal areas and use of materials. Plus wearing of PPE. Have the ability to lift heavy items, climb stairs and ladders and undertake physical tasks, Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence or (European Equivalent), Be willing to carry out relief duties at other blocks. The details: To provide a cleaning service for the residents of the block(s) in accordance with service standards. Keep all communal areas clean and free from rubbish, where necessary washing surfaces, as specified in the service standards document. Clear snow and spread salt/grit to communal areas as directed. Carry out regular cleaning equipment checks reporting defects to the Estate Officer Supervisor. Carry out sanitising at sheltered housing accommodation, low rise and high rise blocks of flats. Working Hours: Hours of work are 7am to 3pm Monday to Friday Pay rate of £14.98 per hour (£19.92 Saturday & £24.86 Sundays/BH) For more information and to apply, get in touch with Roxie at our Oxford branch on (phone number removed) or click 'Apply Now' to submit your application.

We are seeking an experienced Caretaker to join a committed estates team on a full time, permanent basis to assist with a wide range of maintenance tasks and respond to emergency requests including site security. Location: Thatcham Salary: 26,000 - 27,500 Benefits: Generous pension scheme, free meals, 25 days holiday, employee assistance programme Working Hours are Option 1 1:30pm - 9pm Option 2 Week 1 - 1.30pm - 9pm Week 2 10.30am - 6pm As the Caretaker , you will be responsible for: Carrying out any minor works jobs Open and close the school as required Complete swimming pool testing on a daily basis Respond to emergency out-of-hours calls Acting as a Fire Officer Carrying out site security checks, including perimeter walks, locking of all windows / doors, and drawing of blinds Monitoring CCTV Ensuring health and safety standards are maintained Assisting with furniture moves, event set ups, parking control, and emergency lighting testing To attend Health and Safety and First Aid training as directed To act as the out-of-hours security and emergency maintenance operative. The successful Caretaker will have the following related skills / experience: Experience within a maintenance or a caretaker role is essential Must hold a current driving licence Reliable with a professional work ethic Ability to meet health and safety requirements Good communication skills Flexible approach to working hours including on call cover and night shifts Ability to work unsupervised and on initiative Demonstrate good general maintenance experience and knowledge of maintenance techniques

Caretaker Static Position X2 position available 3-6 months Temp with the option to extend or go permanent PAYE: 13.85 PAYE per hour or Umbrella rate 16.55 per hour Static Position Locations are: West London SW3 and W10 Need own work boots. My client is a well-known housing association and they're seeking experienced Estate Caretakers to clean and maintain internal, external and all common areas of housing blocks and estates. Hours per week: 35hours (Apply online only) / Monday - Friday Key Responsibility: Take personal responsibility for ensuring that the estate is clean, tidy, landscaped, litter free and safe from hazards by delivering a high quality caretaking and grounds maintenance service to residents. Identify and assist in ways to improve the internal and external environment through working closely as part of a team and taking pride in the role. Rotate bins regularly to ensure refuse chutes are clear and ensure bulk bins are placed ready for collection. Sweep and wash communal staircase and landings as appropriate. Clean internal ledges, sills, handrails, balustrades, doors, walls and remove cobwebs from light fittings and all surroundings. Following the removal of refuse from the dustbins/bulk refuse containers, hose down and disinfect the area. If this is of interest please send me a copy of your CV and I will be happy to give you a call to discuss