Maintenance Operative Jobs
Location: Leatherhead, Surrey
Full time: 39 hours per week
They have been transforming lives for more than half a century, over this time they have successfully grown their services and developed strong relationships with their stakeholders, partners, and suppliers. They have ambitious plans, and they aim to continue to strengthen their activity and grow to support more clients in the future.
They currently manage just over 900 units (living accommodation). As a landlord they have the responsibility to repair and maintain their properties. In this role as a Senior Maintenance Administrator, you will be responsible for a small team of administrators and ensure that they deliver a good repairs and maintenance service to their residents. You and the team will be the main point of contact for their residents, and staff, to report problems or repairs related to their properties. You will also deal on a daily basis with their Maintenance Operatives and external contractors and raise and chase the status of orders issued to them to carry out the required work. In addition, you will also provide any administration duties which arise within the Asset Management Team, including reporting, but also ensure that their properties when they become vacant are turned around in the required timescales so they can
be re-let.
The role will involve travelling across their stock portfolio, so you will need to have suitable transportation. This is also a hybrid role, and will be mainly based out of the office, but there will be a need to be in their various offices as and when required.
They\'re ideally looking for:
• Someone with experience of working in a customer services environment.
• Someone who has experience of working within a housing or maintenance sector.
• Has experience of managing a small team of staff (up to 3 people)
• Has a knowledge of repairs and maintenance.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and written, especially telephone and email.
• Good IT skills, especially using Microsoft packages.
• Can work as part of a team and can prioritise workloads.
Tick most of the boxes but not all? The best candidate rarely does. So, if you are excited by the role and can do most of what they are looking for, go ahead and apply; you could be exactly who they need.
About their organisation
They believe that everyone should be able to live independent and fulfilling lives. They provide housing and support for many socially excluded and vulnerable people across Surrey, parts of Berkshire, West Sussex and the London Borough of Sutton.
Why work for them
They are a place where all colleagues are valued. They want to make sure colleagues have the flexibility they need to balance their personal lives and do well at work. They focus on outcomes and are open to different ways of working including flexible hours where possible.
Their benefits are great too and include:
• 28 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
• An additional 1 day (pro rata) per annum wellbeing day
• A defined contribution pension scheme
• Training and development opportunities
• Interest-free staff loans
• Flexible working options
• The opportunity to buy or sell up to five days annual leave per holiday year
• Life assurance cover
Other things you need to know
They celebrate diversity and know that it is critical for their success. They work hard to make sure they're inclusive, so they want to hear from anyone who is great at what they do and who shares their values.
If you need any adjustments during the application or selection process so you can do your best, just let them know. They will be happy to help.
They review CVs as they receive them and interview as soon as they have applications that look like a good match, so apply as soon as you can to avoid missing out.
You may have experience in the following: Asset Management Team Lead, Housing Maintenance Coordinator, Property Services Supervisor, Repairs and Maintenance Coordinator, Resident Services Manager, Property Operations Coordinator, Asset Management Administrator, Housing Maintenance Administrator, Property Services Administrator, Repairs and Maintenance Administrator
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Health, Safety & Compliance Manager
Salary: £45,000 per annum
Location: London (South) - Travel required to various services / areas
Office in South Wimbledon/Croydon with routine working in all other sites in London
Hours: 37.5, Full-time over 5 days
Closing date: 28 April 2024
Interview Date: Ongoing throughout advertising and following
If you are a qualified Health & Safety practitioner looking to develop your career or move to a very rewarding environment where you will see a direct link between your role and the provision of quality homes, then this may be the job for you.
This is a key role in our client's Operations team conducting safety meetings, audits, and inspections to ensure compliance, evaluate performance, identify corrective action, and implement follow up assessments. In the role you will work with your Area Manager as a key business partner who plans and implements to optimise organisational performance in Health, Safety & Compliance.
You will lead their small five-person in-house Building Safety / Maintenace team including three mobile maintenance operatives who provide reactive maintenance work and decorating etc over our eight hostels and some small satellite locations. You will work with your team, their service managers and their contractors/suppliers to ensure customers' needs are met and they provide safe welcoming homes for them.
This is a hands-on operational Health & Safety management role where they need your expertise and experience to ensure the team meets or exceeds quality standards and regulatory requirements whilst at the same time ensuring the operational safety and fire safety of all sites and associated buildings.
The job description and person specification for the role gives further information but if you have any specific questions then please get in touch.
In return, our client can offer you:
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Over 6 weeks holiday per annum (rising with service)
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Ability to buy or sell additional one week holiday per annum
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Employee paid DBS checks
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Occupational sick pay
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Employer contributory pension scheme
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4 x Life Assurance
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Medical Cash Back Plan
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Yulife Employee Assistance & Rewards Programme
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Cycle to work scheme
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Full training and induction programme
Our client are an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from all sections of the community, including people who have experienced homelessness themselves. Equality, diversity and inclusion are key objectives for us, and they reflect this in their recruitment practices, actively seeking applications from all parts of the community regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or disability.
You will need to have the correct right to work in the UK in place, as our client does not have a sponsorship license.
Please ensure that your answers give a clear outline of how your application meets the criteria for this role using the included job description and person specification.
You will need to be able to work office hours Monday to Friday and your normal work hours are 37.5 per week.
About our client
Our client are a leading homelessness charity in London, providing housing and support to over 1,300 people each year.
Their aim is to help children, young people and adults who are homeless or at risk of homelessness to become independent and resilient. They believe in building on people’s strengths, aspirations and goals to help them break the cycle of homelessness.
Our client offer a programme of support tailored to meet people’s individual needs, including housing, employment and skills training, mentoring and counselling. They work with young parents and children at risk of exclusion build the skills and resilience that can help prevent homelessness. They campaign to end street homelessness. They build affordable homes to help people move on to an independent life.
Size: 21 - 50
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Actively Interviewing
This organisation is scheduling interviews as the applications come in. Don’t miss your opportunity, apply now!
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Housekeeping Assistant to join our Housekeeping Team. This role will require the successful candidate to provide a high standard of housekeeping ensuring excellent levels of cleanliness are consistent throughout the site and that infection control procedures are met across site.
Staff benefits include free shuttle bus, and more… Read more below
Role Requirements
As part of the site services team the role holder will be expected to liaise with managers and staff across the Trust. The role holder is expected to work closely with the other members of the facilities team and assist in covering in the laundry, in the deep clean team or other works as and when required.
You will be a natural and enthusiastic housekeeper working not only as part of a team but also individually. You will be health and safety aware, take ownership of your own work, and be understanding of the children’s needs here at The Children’s Trust. Good organisational skills, flexibility and being friendly and caring in nature are a must for this role. Please note that the role requires a significant degree of manual handling and working with houses services and laundry equipment.
With experience of working in a complex environment, across a large and diverse workforce, you will be exceptionally organised with a high-level of attention to detail. You will naturally possess excellent inter-personal skills, and an ability to consult and positively engage with key stakeholders across the organisation.
Strictly no agencies, please.
As we often receive high levels of applicants for our roles, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are shortlisted for interviews. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been shortlisted for an interview on this occasion.
About Us
The Children’s Trust is the UK’s leading charity for children with acquired brain injury, providing expert rehabilitation, education, therapy, and care at our national specialist centre in Tadworth, and to children and their families across the UK, via our Brain Injury Community Service.
Boasting a beautiful 24-acre site in Surrey, we are located just outside of London, close to the M25 (accessible via Junction 8, A217 to Tadworth) and easily accessible via National Rail, by way of: Clapham Junction, Sutton, and Epsom.
Staff Benefits
The work we do is highly rewarding, and in addition to an attractive salary, we offer a valuable range of benefits, including, adoption pay, time off for fertility treatment, enhanced paternity leave, paid carers leave, time out days for those experiencing menopause symptoms, time off for gender reassignment.
We also offer additional annual leave days for those with long service, with entitlements ranging from 35 to 41 days (including bank holidays) depending on your length of service.
Other benefits include: free on-site parking; a staff shuttle service from Epsom and Sutton train stations to Tadworth Court, subsidised cafeteria, on-site staff accommodation (subject to availability), the ability to retain your NHS pension (where applicable) or the opportunity to join an alternative scheme, and the opportunity to develop your career in a supportive and collaborative environment.
Rehabilitation of Offender’s
We comply with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) code of practice and have a written policy on the recruitment of applicants with criminal records, both of which are available on request.
NHS Covid Pass
The Children’s Trust has a duty of care to minimise the risk of all infectious diseases to the vulnerable and extremely vulnerable children and young people in our care, as well as our employees and volunteers. As a result, we require staff to provide a valid NHS Covid Pass (or proof of Covid vaccinations or medical exemption) for all roles at Tadworth Court and in the Brain Injury Community Service. We also expect staff to have taken or be willing to take relevant immunisations required by the role to protect them against infectious diseases, (unless you are medically exempt).
Equal Opportunity Employer
To help us achieve our ambition to give children and young people with brain injury and neurodisability the opportunity to live the best life possible, we want to accurately reflect the UK’s diverse population. We want equity, diversity, and inclusion to be at the heart of everything we do, and our people, services, and culture to reflect the diverse needs of all. Through our diversity and inclusion strategy, we have made a commitment to increase the diversity of our charity and create an inclusive culture. We have networks across the organisation working to ensure that these aims are met - including an LGBTQIA2S+ group, Ethnic Diversity Group, and Spark – our broad EDI group. Read more about our EDI work here. We welcome applications from all who share our ambition regardless of background. We will strive to ensure that any reasonable adjustments are made in respect of interview and working arrangements.
Online Searches
In accordance with statutory safeguarding and child protection guidance, online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates before interview. The online searches will be conducted by a person who is independent of the interview and selection process and will focus on relevant information returned via searches of the candidate’s name (and variations thereof). Social media searches will be limited to professional platforms such as LinkedIn. Any concerns relating to suitability for work with children and young people will be forwarded to the interview panel, for discussion during the interview.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.