Joiner

Nottingham City Council; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking skilled Joiners to enhance the quality of rented housing in Nottingham. This role involves ensuring tenant satisfaction through high-quality joinery and carpentry work, maintaining property structures, and ensuring compliance with health and safety standards. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in joinery, a relevant qualification, and strong communication skills. Join a forward-thinking organization that values innovation and inclusivity, offering flexible working arrangements and a supportive work culture. If you're passionate about making a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

26 days annual leave

Defined benefit pension scheme

Health and wellbeing benefits

Discounts at local sports centers

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in all aspects of joinery and carpentry work.
• Qualifications as a Joiner to NVQ3 or C&G Advanced Craft.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality rented housing and maintain good landlord-tenant relationships.
• Responsible for joinery tasks including roof structures, staircases, and flooring.

Skills

Joinery

Carpentry

Fault Investigation

Customer Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

NVQ3 or C&G Advanced Craft

Job description

Role: Joiner

Contract Type: 2-year fixed term contract

Working Hours: 37 hours per week - Flexible and agile working (by agreement) to cover the service 24 hours per day and 7 days a week

Worker Type: Off-site worker

Salary: Grade G - £35,235 - £37,938 per annum

We have an exciting opportunity for talented individuals to join our workforce as Joiners. If you're looking for a new challenge, read on to find out more.

Working for Nottingham City Council offers great benefits, including competitive pay, generous leave entitlement, and access to a pension scheme. We aim to foster an innovative, inclusive, and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to excel.

We are seeking people who are innovative, driven, and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. If you are passionate about making a difference in our city, we want to hear from you.

More about the benefits offered to Nottingham City Council colleagues can be found here.

About The Role

As an experienced Joiner, you will contribute to providing quality rented housing, achieving high tenant satisfaction, and maintaining good landlord-tenant relationships while ensuring health and safety standards.

You will be responsible for joinery or carpentry items, including but not limited to roof structures, staircases, walkways, balustrades, banisters, skirtings, architraves, handrails, flooring, kitchen units, worktops, aqua boarding, glazing, fencing, and gates, where NCC Housing is responsible. Your role includes maintaining the structure of properties, ensuring their appearance, stability, and shape, and providing protection from the climate.

You may also need to undertake related tasks such as bricklaying or plaster patching to facilitate repairs in a single visit.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience in all aspects of joinery and carpentry work, with high competence across the board, capable of completing associated tasks (e.g., plaster patching, painting, ironmongery, pipe removal and refitting).
• Qualifications as a Joiner to NVQ3 or C&G Advanced Craft.
• A full and valid driving licence.
• Experience communicating with customers with diverse needs.
• Experience in fault investigation and implementing lasting solutions.
• Organizational skills and a methodical approach to tasks and prioritization.

Please demonstrate how you meet these requirements in your CV and supporting documents.

We support flexible working arrangements, including hybrid working, depending on the role. More details can be found on our additional information for applicants page.

Closing Date: 11th May 2025 (midnight)

Interview dates: w/c 19th and 26th May 2025 (subject to change)

We encourage early applications as the advert may close before the deadline.

By applying, you agree to our Terms & Conditions.

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. We offer a wide range of roles and benefits, including:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years) plus bank holidays, with the option to buy additional leave.
• A generous, defined benefit pension scheme with 17.9% contribution.
• Smart Working options to support work-life balance.
• Health and wellbeing benefits, including access to our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Discounts at local sports centers, cinemas, shopping, and more.

We are committed to recruiting a workforce that reflects our diverse communities. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, including minority ethnic groups, LGBTQ+ individuals, and disabled persons, as they are underrepresented in our workforce.

We support flexible working arrangements and encourage discussions about this during the selection process.