The posting
Job Description
About the role
We have an opportunity for an Estates Services Officer to join our dedicated team on a full-time, permanent basis, working 35 hours per week.
As an Estates Services Officer, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality cleaning, gardening and grounds maintenance services across Hammersmith, Fulham and the surrounding areas. You will lead and support a remote team of ten colleagues, ensuring services are delivered safely, efficiently and in line with agreed standards and timescales.
Working closely with residents, you will identify opportunities to improve service delivery, respond to customer feedback and monitor quality standards to ensure estates remain clean, safe and well maintained. You will also oversee the reporting of repairs, the removal of fly-tipping and graffiti, the management of equipment and vehicles, and the identification and escalation of safeguarding concerns where required.
What we are looking for
You will have a proven track record of leading teams to deliver excellent customer service and creating a positive, high-performing culture. As a hands-on leader, you will be confident in motivating and developing others, driving performance and ensuring high standards are consistently achieved. You will also lead by example, reflecting the Guinness behaviours in the way you support colleagues and deliver services.
You will be able to demonstrate:
- Experience leading and managing remote and dispersed teams, with strong performance management capability
- A proven track record of working to agreed standards, specifications, and timescales
- Experience delivering high‑quality estate services, including grounds maintenance, gardening, communal block cleaning, weed spraying, refuse removal, and compliance activities
- Direct experience working with customers and responding to customer feedback within a service delivery environment
- Knowledge and understanding of compliance processes and relevant Health and Safety legislation, including COSHH, PPE, and RIDDOR
- Experience managing budgets, controlling costs, and overseeing stock management
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A good level of IT proficiency, including Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word
- A full, current UK driving licence with the ability to drive manual transmission vehicles
Desirable qualifications:
- Horticulture NVQ, BTEC or relevant professional qualification.
- Institute of Occupational Safety and Health Certification.
Please apply with a CV and cover letter, detailing how you meet the essential criteria on the role profile.
Interviews will take place at our Craft Court Office on Thursday 3rd December.
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About Us
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our residents, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.



