The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details
- Job title: Mobile Caretaker
- Job reference: 000012213
- Date posted: 27/05/2026
- Application closing date: 08/06/2026
- Working Pattern: Blank
- Salary Grade: C £25,583 – £25,989 a year
- Contract type: Permanent
- Basis: Blank
- Job category/type: Caretaking
- Location: Council House and other Derby City Council buildings
- Hours: 37 hours a week
The post holder will be expected to observe safe working practices in carrying out their duties.
This is an extremely important role as it is at the very front end of our service delivery. As such it is necessary that you are able to work individually or as part of a team, maintaining the required standards.
To undertake occasional cleaning when required.
The post holder will need to carry out and record Health and Safety duties at a number of assigned Council premises, to reduce the insurance risk to the Council as a whole and to ensure that the buildings are both safe for staff and our customers to use.
From time to time, cover similar duties in any Council Building.
We want our staff to:
- Be reliable and care about doing a good job
- Be committed to working with others to ensure high standards of work
- Work in accordance with Health and Safety regulations
- Be prepared to undertake training
- Understand the need for exceptional customer satisfaction
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.
What We Offer
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years’ service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK – 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
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