Handy Person

Handy Person

Southampton

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw), worked Monday to Friday 9-5

Pay circa £21,314 (will increase to £23,366 from 1st April 2024) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

We have a fabulous job opportunity for a Handy Person to join our awesome Southampton Housing Management Team. We are the multi skilled hands-on practical support that helps our colleagues deliver services to our customers. As a business we support customers with mental health, learning disabilities, ex-offenders and substance misuse in a wide range of properties and grounds. As our Handy Person you’ll spend much of your time working across the Southampton patch in all of our twenty properties.

Typical day as a Handy Person

• Doing minor or emergency repairs, re-decoration or even cleaning in our properties or communal areas


• Doing things like hanging curtain poles, moving furniture, decorating flats/rooms, changing tap washers, unblocking sinks, lock changes, supporting Housing Management Coordinators with void cleans/works/re-stock and clearing grounds or properties.


• Supporting Housing Management Coordinators with Fire Safety and Health and Safety checks


• Working with colleagues, commercial partners and customers throughout your day.


• Liaising with the Housing Management Coordinators on repairs that are not within your remit that need to be called through to our Customer Service Centre


• Finally, if building flat pack furniture is your thing, then this is the perfect job for you!

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, we’re in the top 10 for Great Places to Work in the UK!

About You

• A team player with a can-do attitude and enthusiasm.


• You’re multi skilled with general maintenance skills, know a bit about general repairs, carpentry, basic plumbing and can wield a broom or paint brush!


• Comfortable working and communicating with people from all walks of life.


• It would be amazing if you have been a Handy Person in a previous job, but it’s not a deal breaker.


• Able to use technology for completing all expense returns.


• You will need a full, clean, UK driver’s license as a small works van will be provided.


• Show initiative and be solution focused.

Our team

You’ll join Jo and our Southampton Housing Management team, we’re super passionate about what we do! We’re really proud of our ability to create decent homes for our customers that are fit for purpose. We are reactive to all their housing needs, no matter how big or small. This could range from dealing with a dripping tap, or re-hanging doors to moving furniture and building stud walls.

We’re a supportive bunch and like to meet up for breakfast/lunch regularly. We all work from a satellite office close to the town centre, so we are always around to offer support and share experiences.

Job details

• We work Monday to Friday, 9 am – 5 pm, but we’re flexible and as long as we can meet our customers need, we can flex your work patterns to suit you.


• Based at our service in Southampton you’ll spend your time travelling around the properties in our patch, predominantly in Southampton and Sarisbury Green


• Occasionally travel outside of our patch / service to work on a property that you may not have worked on before, or when we have an all-hands on deck situation.


• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

What’s in it for you?

• 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30), the option to buy 5 more, a me day (to take off for whatever you fancy) and time off for volunteering too!


• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.


• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.


• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!


• Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.


• Explore our benefits in detail on our website.

Find out more

Click APPLY NOW to see our Handy Person Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out.

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