Estate Service Team Leader

Job description

Contract terms

Starting salary: PO1 (£40,182-£42,060)
Work location: Alexandra House, 10 Station Road, Wood Green, London, N22 7TR
Hours per week: 36 per week
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday, 9th November 2025 at 23:59
Expected interview date: W/c 24th November 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the role

You will be responsible for the management of a team of Estate Services Operatives, management, and performance monitoring of the caretaking & cleaning functions on housing estates. You will also report on the standards of grounds maintenance, waste removal and external cleaning of our estates, liaising with other Haringey staff and contractors to provide a clean and pleasant environment for residents on estates.

About the team

You will be joining a driven team with a wealth of experience. Staff are site based and work out in our communities, which is pivotal for building relationships with residents and understanding their needs.

About you

We are looking for a candidate with in-depth experience of Estate Services/Caretaking, management experience and several years’ experience working in Housing. The successful candidate will need a full, clean UK Driver’s license and access to a car for work. The candidate should have a proactive attitude and be willing to cover for other team leaders and be able to attend out of hours meetings.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.  

Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of your application, please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk