AddressMulti Trade Operative
Field Based - Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Oxford
Salary - £29,303-£36,681per annum - depending on skills and experience
Contract type - Permanent
Working hours - Full Time
Closing Date - 30 March 2024
Interview Date - TBC
About us
In April 2021, GreenSquare and Accord Housing Association merged to create a bigger, better, organisation. GreenSquareAccord now provides over 25,000 homes to more than 54,000 people, we deliver over 3 million hours of care to individuals every year and have a geographical reach from Newcastle upon Tyne to Salisbury, Wiltshire. We have a staff team of approx. 4,000 people.
The GreenSquareAccord story is about building better lives. GreenSquareAccord is committed to building more homes and providing more care and support to more people, whilst still delivering the locally-focused services to the people who need them most.
Everything we do comes back to people - whether that`s providing a good quality, safe home, helping someone to live an independent life, addressing social injustice and equality and everything else in between.
Our vision for GreenSquareAccord is to be an organisation where people can enjoy happiness, health and prosperity.
About the role
We are recruiting for seven full time Multi Trade Operatives to join our Trades team on a permanent basis.
You will ensure properties are repaired and maintained to a high standard and will be responsible for carrying out repairs, improvements, surveys and measurements efficiently and economically in accordance with current working practices and all related health and safety legislation and good practice.
By working in a professional, respectful and courteous manner you will deliver excellent customer service, objectives and achieve behaviour competences.
Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require a DBS check to be completed. Further details will be sent following offer.
About you
You must be to qualified to City & Guilds or NVQ2 level in Building Maintenance, Multi Trade repair and refurbishment operations or demonstrate equivalent trade experience. Previous experience of working within the social housing sector would be beneficial.
You must have a Full UK Driver`s License to enable you to be successful as you will be travelling to multiple locations weekly - you will be provided with transport.
You will be required to undertake a range of routine and planned domestic maintenance repairs including the following trades: Basic Plumbing, Carpentry, Joinery, Painting/Decorating, Plastering, Wall and Floor Tiling and Roofing.
It is essential that you are able to ensure the safe and proper use of all mechanical and non-mechanical plant and equipment under their direct control.
You must have the ability to plan, prioritise and manage your own workload to achieve deadlines and be able to effectively use hand-held electronic devices.
The GSA Way
We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.
A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.
Our five core commitments are:
- We believe our customer is everything
- We are one team
- We are supportive and caring
- We are business-minded for social purpose
- We are curious and ambitious.
You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.
Benefits
In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes; annual holiday entitlement (plus statutory bank holidays); a defined contribution pension scheme; trust based flexible working and a Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy.
GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview.
If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.
