“Do you want to serve your community by doing a professional job? If “yes”, then there are several jobs available in your local Council. You have a great opportunity to build a strong bond with local people and to earn good rumination.”

Local Government bodies, in England, are statutory bodies that regulate local areas. The local council maintains hygiene, transportation, construction, education, collection of house taxes, local market taxes, and ensuring security, health care, and sanitation are the prime jobs of Local bodies.

Local body councils or Municipal corporations are an essential part of government and society. Without these institutions, things will go awry and uncontrolled. Without a local body, things will go wild. To maintain law and order, hygiene, control, health, education, supply of goods, and people are required. There are several positions where you can choose for services.  Below is a list of a few jobs-

Estates Officer Job

The Estate Officer’s duties are as below –

1. Ensure that areas owned by the Council are well maintained and kept clean and free from overgrowth wild grass, debris, graffiti, clutter, and litter. 
2. From time to time hire people for the repair, painting, and whitewashing whenever required. 
3. As per the provision of the local council to ensure that buildings and grounds are suitably maintained.
4. Ensure proper arrangement of services.
5. Deal with people with courtesy and friendly.

Job Responsibilities For Estate Officer

Following are the job responsibilities of an estate officer :

• Transportation and collection of delivering goods and equipment.
• Taking care of stores and securing Council vehicles, goods, materials, and equipment.
•  Liaise with other service providers, for the provision of materials and transportation.
• Arrangement of furniture in common rooms/ meeting hall or courtyard for social activities.
• Prepare and clean guest rooms.
• Ensuring Health and Safety requirements adhere.
• Welcome guests and guide them to the guest rooms.
• Monitor laundry and other equipment of common use and explain how to use it to residents.
• Prepare a list of items that are required for residents.
• Keep written records of equipment, register, and files.
• Keep an accurate record of in and out time.
• Calculate the costs of property
• Keep the property information.
• Collect and dispose of Hypodermic needles.
• Reporting issues of security and safety when working in buildings owned by the Council.
• Report to a senior officer all social disorders, evils, superstition,  vandalism, and problems relating to anti-social behaviour.
• Remove graffiti wherever is necessary.
• Clear away snow/ice and spread grit from the premises owned by the Council.
• Collect waste/rubbish/litter proactively.
•  Spread awareness in the community about cleaning, hygiene,  education, and Government schemes.
• Check building and grounds maintenance issues.
• Receive tenant inquiries.
•  Maintain the cleanliness of the buildings.
•  Report any problem that arises to seniors.
•  Report any issue related to maintenance, health, and safety.
• Safeguarding of vulnerability that is identified during the post holder’s day-to-day activities.
• Keep a complete report of major or minor repairs.
• Assist, or complete where possible, all types of non-technical repairs, and carry out minor day-to-day repairs and maintenance work.
• Operate associated plants, which is not required specialist skills.
• Get some training in maintenance, where experts are not required.
• Run off the water in empty Sheltered Schemes and other group accommodation properties to prevent the potential for the build-up of
• Provide manual labourers to residents wherever required.
• Maintain areas of land owned by the Council ensuring that the land is left free of overgrowth, litter, graffiti, and debris.
•  Work within Sheltered Schemes in order to ensure that buildings and grounds are suitably maintained and residents are provided with a polite, friendly, and attentive service.
• Liaise with other Council employees to provide labourers in ensuring that vacant properties are kept appropriately maintained and cleaned.
• remove and dispose of rubbish and debris, and clean as required.

Skills Required for Estate Officer Job

• An understanding of Local Authority and Social Housing
• Operating gardening/building-related tools and machinery
• Excellent interpersonal skills – face-to-face talk and polite telephonic conversation.
• Dealing with customers and other outside agencies
• Basic knowledge of Office/Computer Systems.
• Dealing with the public in a social housing environment
• Teamwork
• Basic Keyboard Skills
• Estate maintenance type activities e.g. gardening, weed spraying, etc
• Manual labouring type duties
• Excellent communication skills – verbal and written
• Building or construction knowledge
• Delivering value for money and quality services