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Looking for a rewarding trade career as a Level 2 Operative Carpentry with Multi Skill. Use your skills to help Fairhive repair, maintain and improve affordable housing in Buckinghamshire.
Fairhive is a non-profit affordable housing provider with ambition. We already provide affordable housing to more than 20,000 people in our community but we want to do more. That’s why we are striving to provide 1,000 additional homes by 2025.
Our trades team play a vital role in the provision of our services from repairing and maintaining existing housing stock to managing environmental improvements to provide more families in our community with a home.
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Multi skilled operative  to join our team and to help us achieve our social mission.
On the Job you will:
- Carry out day to day repairs in void properties
- Carry out inspections
- Be able to carry out multi-trade tasks
- Work closely with a team of planners
- Participate in an out of hours rota
About You
We’re looking for someone who understands how important it is to have a safe place we can call home and who is motivated to support the local community.
For this role you will need:
- Experience in social housing maintenance
- Carry out multi-trade tasks to a good standard
- Hold a valid drivers licence
You will ideally have skills and attributes that include:
- good communication skills,
- the ability to work as a part of a multi-disciplined team,
- good time management skills
- practical problem solving skills
If you’re conscientious, compassionate and want to learn more about a career in our Trades team, we’d love to hear from you!
Benefits include
- 28 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part time)
- Discretionary performance related payment
- Contributory pension scheme
- Flexible working
- Health Cash Plan
- Workplace Options Employee Assistance Programme
- Employee discount scheme
E&D Commitment
Our Vision and Values express our commitment to becoming a leader in our field, providing quality affordable homes and investing in Aylesbury and our surrounding areas’ diverse communities. As part of our continued commitment to our workforce accurately reflecting the community we represent, we welcome applicants from ethnic minority backgrounds, and applicants who have status as an individual with a physical or mental disability, as part of our ongoing commitment to Equality and Diversity. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Closing date: 18th October 2024 - 1pm Interview date: TBC
All applications for this role will be reviewed on a continuous basis. As such, should a suitable candidate apply before the closing date, interviews and offers may take place before this date.
