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Job Title: Multi-trade Carpenter
Head Office Location: Brindley Place, Birmingham
Job Location: SN14 0GU
Salary - £ 32,000 - £36,681pa
Contract type - Permanent
Working hours - Full Time 39 hours per week
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 afull time Multi Trade Operatives to join our Trades team on a permanent basis to deliver a high quality and professional Carpentry service.
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 qualified and hold a City and Guilds, NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualifications in Carpentry. 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, primarily Carpentry but also including the following trades:, Joinery, Painting/Decorating, Basic Plumbing, 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.
Please note that if you are successful in this role, we will require evidence of the required certificates and qualifications for this role. Without this evidence, you would be unable to commence employment at GreenSquareAccord.
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.
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).
GreenSquareAccord also offer a non-contractual performance-related bonus scheme. Further details will be made available upon joining, along with supporting documentation which can be found on the GreenSquareAccord intranet site.
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.
