We’re looking for a Buildings Caretaker to provide a friendly and enthusiastic caretaking service to our head office in Kendal. As well as providing facilities support in Kendal you will also provide a maintenance/caretaking service across the Lake District National Park, attending to both reactive and planned maintenance tasks at our other properties (Information Centres, Offices, Toilet Blocks, Boating Centre).
About us
The Lake District National Park Authority looks after this unique corner of England and UNESCO World Heritage Site. We encourage people to protect, connect and grow as well as supporting those who live and work here. Our staff include rangers and field workers, advisers at our visitor centres, planners and ecologists.
What’s it like to work here?
Our People of the Park are passionate about the landscape and proud of the work we do to look after it and help people enjoy it. We are innovative and agile in our approach to work, ensuring we get the best from our resources. We’re a medium size organisation, which puts us in a good position to be adaptive and able to act on our decisions. What’s more, our staff know each other and can quickly form workplace relationships to make great team players and problem solvers. You will be part of the Buildings and Projects team, a small and friendly team who work to ensure our properties are safe and well maintained for use by both our staff and the general-public. To allow you to carry out your work you will be provided with a van, mobile phone and laptop to enable you to access our secure IT network.
The role
Your main duties and responsibilities will be:
- Head Office Support: Help with system checks, heating, room setup, and general maintenance at Wayfaring House (Kendal office).
- Building Maintenance: attending to reactive and planned maintenance tasks at our properties
- Perform regular inspections of properties preparing a maintenance programme of works required
- Coordinating with external contractors and service providers
- Ensuring LDNPA buildings are well maintained and safe for building users/the public
- Maintaining accurate electronic records of all maintenance activities, inspections, and repairs performed on LDNPA properties
About you
This opportunity would suit someone with a flexible, can-do attitude, who is experienced in facilities management and buildings maintenance. You should enjoy working unsupervised under your own initiative and be committed to promoting sustainability and safety across our sites. Given the nature of the role, you must hold a full driving license.
Please read the attached role profile for the full person specification on this post.
Working with us, you’ll enjoy
- Generous Local Government Pension Scheme
- Electric car and Cycle to Work schemes
- Paid time off so you can volunteer
- Subsidised healthcare scheme
- Commitment to wellbeing
See our website for a complete list of our employee benefits.
Contact
For an informal chat and to find out more, please contact Ian Blake, Buildings Manager on 07789 747 266
We reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive sufficient applications, so please apply early to avoid missing this opportunity. Previous applicants need not apply.
Diversity and Inclusion
As an equal opportunities' employer, the Lake District National Park Authority is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination based on age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
Disability Confident Employer
We guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the role. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide evidence in your application which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required under each of the essential criteria, as well as meeting any of the qualification, skills or experience defined as essential.
