Job Description

This application requires candidates to submit a CV and a supporting statement, please ensure you have these prepared before continuing with your application. Your full employment history, qualifications and detail of how you meet the essential criteria for this post are required. Please see the Guidance for Applicants page on our career site for more details.

Salary: £30,818 - £33,997 per year (pay award pending)

Location: Scottish Borders

Hours: Full-time Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: Thursday 24 September 2026, 5.00pm

Do you have excellent customer service skills with a passion to deliver a first-class service? We’re looking for motivated and effective team players with great problem-solving skills, who are committed to delivering high quality repairs and improvement works for our Tenants.

The Role:

The successful candidate will deliver excellent painting and decorating work across our varied housing stock, carrying out repairs, maintenance, cyclical works, and planned upgrades. You will work both independently and as part of a supportive team, adhering to health and safety standards, working efficiently to agreed timescales, and always focusing on delivering a high-quality service to our Tenants.

Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• City and Guilds Level 2 in qualification or equivalent trade qualification, or equivalent through training and experience
• Must be a time-served Painter and Decorator
• Able to demonstrate all round skills applicable to the trade
• Able to carry out work with the minimum of supervision
• Able to carry out duties to a high-quality standard with the minimum disruption to Tenants and neighbours
• Able to adapt to different situations and problem solve
• Excellent communication interpersonal skills
• Customer-focused approached to delivering services
• Awareness of health and safety practices in domestic environments
• Reliable, punctual and responsible
• Understand and respects equality and diversity
• Holder of a current UK driving licence

Being part of the SBHA team, you will enjoy a fantastic range of benefits including a competitive salary, flexible working, generous annual leave, stability of employment and a good pension scheme. You will be part of a team that is interested in your wellbeing and development, and work in an environment where you can flourish.

If you are interested in working for SBHA and being part of a team providing a first-class service to the Association’s owned homes and properties in the area, please view job description and person specification before completing your application, and ensure your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria for the role.

Scottish Borders Housing Association is not a licensed sponsor under the appropriate UK Government regulations and as such, does not invite applications from, nor engage in sponsoring, oversees applicants who do not already have the right to live and /or work in the UK. The Association will not engage in any enquiries or enter into negotiations from individuals or Agents in this regard.