Handyperson
Salary £26,300 per annum, pro rata, £13.45 ph
Permanent, Part time (30 hpw)
Covering 7 sites in Swindon and 1 site in Calne
We can’t offer CoS for this role
Home, a place where you belong
We have a brilliant opportunity to join our fantastic Dream Team. We are the multi skilled hands-on practical support that helps our colleagues deliver services to our customers.
We work with customers who have Complex support needs, such as mental health, ex-offenders, young families and learning disabilities across a mix of properties and grounds. As our handy person, you’ll spend much of your time working across different services, extra care service and properties.
What you'll do
Perform minor or emergency repairs, decorating and cleaning in properties and communal areas, including some gardening
Handle tasks like hanging curtain poles, moving furniture, touching up paint, changing washers, unblocking sinks, mowing lawns and clearing grounds.
Carry out regular fire safety checks.
Work with colleagues, contractors and customers.
Liaise with Customer Service Centre and contractors to report and follow up on repairs outside your remit.
Why join us
Your skills make a real difference to people's lives and communities. You’ll have the tools, trust and training to do your best work and see the impact it makes. Be part of one of the UK’s top Great Places to Work!
You have
A team player with a can-do attitude and enthusiasm.
General maintenance know-how, a bit of carpentry, basic plumbing and confidence with a paintbrush or broom
Comfortable working and communicating with people from all walks of life.
Ability to use technology for emails, completing eLearning, annual leave requests and organising your job requests and calendar.
To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage!
Stronger together
We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work!
The practical bits
We mainly work Monday to Friday, 9am -5pm, but we’re flexible as long as we meet our customer’s needs.
You'll be based at Bosham Close in Toothil and travel around the properties in our Swindon and Wiltshire Patch
Occasionally you'll head outside the patch for all hands-on deck situations.
You’ll need a Standard DBS check, we pay for it.
What’s in it for you?
34 days leave, (including bank holidays and a “me day”)
Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)
Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies
Instant pay access with Stream
Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Handy Person Job Description, find out about us and for help to applyRoles can close early, so don’t wait.
For reasonable adjustments email recruitment@homegroup.org.uk.
We're Home Group, a housing association, social enterprise and charity with a turnover of £505m and one of the UK's largest providers of high quality housing and integrated housing, health and social care.
We're proud of the difference that we have made over the last 90+ years and we continue to work hard to support over 125,000 customers who live in more than 57,000 homes across England and Scotland.
Our aim is to build homes, independence and aspirations and according to our trophy cabinet we’re pretty good at it! We're the 9th best place to work in the UK, the 4th best in the North East and the 8th best for women. Our apprenticeship programme is award winning; in 2019 we were named large employer of the year and large north east employer of the year in 2020.
If you want to find out more about us, visit our website below.
