Maintenance Person

The Salvation Army UK and Ireland Territory; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 26 000 - 32 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Founders House Lifehouse, operated by The Salvation Army UK and Ireland Territory, in Whitechapel, is seeking an experienced Maintenance Person to join our Homelessness Services Team. This fixed-term role runs until December 2026 and offers 32 hours per week in a hands-on, safety-focused environment.

You will deliver planned and reactive maintenance, carry out day-to-day repairs and respond to emergencies to keep the accommodation safe and welcoming for residents and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance, building, or a similar hands-on role.
• Ability to manage workload effectively and respond to emergency repairs.
• Work in a trauma-sensitive, strengths-based way within a psychologically informed environment.
• Demonstrates integrity, accountability, compassion, passion, respect and boldness.

Responsabilités

• Deliver planned and reactive maintenance in line with annual inspection reports.
• Carry out day-to-day repairs and respond to emergency maintenance issues.
• Ensure accommodation remains safe, well-maintained and welcoming for residents and staff.

Connaissances

Maintenance experience

Workload management

Trauma-informed approach

Values alignment

Description du poste

Please note this is a fixed term position until the end of December 2026

Working hours: 32 hours per week

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Founders House Lifehouse is seeking an experienced and proactive Maintenance Person to join our Homelessness Services Team in Whitechapel. We provide residential supported accommodation for up to 123 adult men experiencing homelessness, and this role is central to ensuring our service operates safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.

About the Role: The Maintenance Person is responsible for delivering planned and reactive maintenance in line with the annual inspection and planned maintenance reports. You will also carry out day-to-day repairs and respond to emergency maintenance issues, helping to ensure our accommodation remains safe, well-maintained, and welcoming for residents and staff. This is a varied and hands-on role that is essential to the smooth running of our accommodation-based service, ensuring that repairs and maintenance are completed promptly and to a high standard.

To be successful in this role you will;

• Have experience in maintenance, building, or a similar hands-on role
• Be able to manage your workload effectively and respond to emergency repairs
• Work in a trauma-sensitive, strengths-based way, within a psychologically informed environment
• Demonstrate behaviours that reflect our values of integrity, accountability, compassion, passion, respect, and boldness

Appointment will be subject to satisfactory references, a criminal record check (DBS: Enhanced Adult DBS Disclosure) and evidence of your Right to Work in the UK in line with Home Office requirements. As we are not a licensed sponsor, applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. Details on how to prove your Right to Work can be found here.

The Salvation Army actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential, and we welcome applications from a wide range of candidates, including those with criminal records.

Please note that any Salvation Army employees who are under notice of redundancy and apply for this position will be given priority consideration.

We reserve the right to close this advert earlier if we feel that we have received sufficient applications.

Promoting equality in the workplace and as a disability confident leader scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet all the minimum essential criteria for the vacancy.