Estate Assistant (Grounds Maintenance) at Delta Housing, Southchurch Village

Estate Assistant (Grounds Maintenance)

Location: Southend

Salary: £24,479

We are looking for an Estate Assistant to deliver high-quality grounds maintenance and estate services across our communities, ensuring the environments around our customers’ homes remain clean, safe and well maintained.

What you'll be doing

• Build and maintain positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, acting as a brand ambassador for Delta Housing and delivering first-class customer service within the community.
• Deliver scheduled and responsive grounds-maintenance services, including maintaining lawns, hedges and shrubs, controlling weeds and responding to seasonal service demands.
• Maintain external communal areas—including pathways, roadways, car parks and refuse areas—by removing litter, leaves, dog fouling and other debris, and by changing and emptying litter and dog-waste bins.
• Remove bulk waste and fly-tipped materials, carry out waste inspections and investigations where appropriate, and dispose of waste at authorised transfer stations in accordance with site regulations.
• Clean and disinfect refuse areas and address pest-related environmental hazards, including pigeon guano, ensuring all discarded or hazardous waste is handled and disposed of correctly.

What we are looking for

• Demonstratable knowledge of COSHH
• Knowledge of Health and safety Legislation and PPE
• Ability to demonstrate practical experience in the use of a wide range of powered equipment with the ability to train as and when required.
• Full Clean UK Driving licence, and experience of driving a 3.5T tipper
• PA1 -PA6 Desirable

Please note the office expectancy of this role is as follows: full time on site

Benefits

• The salary for this post will be £24,479 Per Annum.
• Learning and development opportunities
• Healthcare cash plan
• Robust employee reward and recognition programme
• Free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
• Volunteering programme
• Competitive pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays, 3 extra days between Christmas and New Year and 1 wellbeing day per annum.
• 35 hours per week - employees may be able to work flexibly by agreement with their line manager, taking account of business need. We operate a hybrid working policy at Delta Housing Ltd.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications or successfully appoint a candidate before the closing date. We encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.

Closing date: 4th November 2026

Shortlist date: 5th November 2026

Interview date: TBC