Handyperson

Anchor Hanover Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the housing sector is seeking a Maintenance Operative to support day-to-day operations. This role involves carrying out minor maintenance and repairs, ensuring a comfortable environment for customers, and requires strong interpersonal skills. Candidates should have previous experience in gardening or maintenance and demonstrate organizational abilities. The position offers a chance to work in a diverse and inclusive workplace that values respect and equality.

Qualifications

• Previous gardening, building, or maintenance experience desirable.
• Range of practical skills including maintenance and gardening.
• Understanding of data protection and safeguarding vulnerable adults.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out day to day minor maintenance and repairs.
• Differentiating between minor repairs and specialist skills needed.
• Ensuring equipment is used safely, following health and safety procedures.

Skills

Organization

Interpersonal Skills

Teamwork

Customer Focus

Job description

Reporting into the Location Manager, responsibilities will include:

• Carrying out day to day minor maintenance and repairs, to a high standard, contributing to a happy and comfortable environment for customers.
• Differentiating between minor repairs and when more specialist skills are required.
• Ensuring equipment is used safely, with instructions and health and safety procedures being followed at all times.

Required knowledge & experience:

• Previous gardening, building or maintenance experience is desirable.
• Range of practical skills including maintenance and gardening.
• Understanding of data protection and confidentiality and the safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
• Health & safety in the workplace.

Required skills:

• Well organized and able to plan workload.
• Strong interpersonal and empathy skills and a friendly personality.
• Able to work individually and as part of a team.
• Ability to undertake a wide range of activities.
• Customer focused at all time.

Anchoris proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to have an LGBT+ resident group, and also, LGBT+ and Disabled colleague networks. These work closely with the organisation to celebrate diversity, address concerns, review policy and practice and empower their members. We recruit, train and promote without discrimination on the basis of race, religion, colour, sex or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or other protected status. One of our values is ‘respect’, therefore we do not accept harassment or discrimination from any colleague, resident or third party.

Please note all applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK