Multi Skilled Joiner

Your Housing Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

23 days annual leave

Discretionary days around Christmas

Bank Holidays

Pension contribution match up to 8%

Medicash health plan

Job summary

Your Housing Group is seeking a Multi Skilled Joiner in Manchester to deliver high-quality joinery repairs in customers’ homes. The role supports the Repairs and Maintenance Division with a customer‑led service and strong teamwork across trades.

You will work a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday, with visits to our Birchwood office for meetings and training as required. A valid UK driving licence and DBS clearance are required.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level3 or equivalent recognised qualification.
• Experience or further qualification in additional skilled trades would be hugely beneficial.
• Health and safety knowledge in a repairs environment.
• Full UK Driving Licence (ideally no more than 6 points).
• Basic DBS check (satisfactory Basic DBS check required).

Responsibilities

• Carrying out routine day-to-day Joinery and Plumbing repairs to a high standard in our customers’ homes in the Manchester area.
• Attending our Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington for meetings and training courses when needed.
• Ensuring the Customer receives an excellent repair service through excellent communication skills and ICT repairs systems and emails.

Skills

Customer service

Communication

Problem solving

Health and safety

Education

NVQ Level3 or equivalent

Tools

ICT repairs systems

Job description

Job Title: Multi Skilled Joiner

Salary: £36,089.55 plus van and fuel, increasing to £37,460.95 following successful probation

Contract: Permanent

Location: Manchester

Weekly Hours: 40 - Monday - Friday

So… What is this role exactly?

Due to growth, we now have 2 x additional opportunities for Multi Skilled Joiners to join Your Housing Groups Repairs and Maintenance Division and provide a high‑quality Joinery repairs and replacement service. Working for a Housing Association can be extremely rewarding, and we are lucky to have a hugely collaborative team of operatives, throughout all Trade professions, who work together to ensure that our customers are safe and warm in their homes. In this role as a Multi skilled Joiner, you will be responsible for providing an excellent customer focused service in the Manchester region. We are looking for self‑motivated, problem solvers who take pride in everything they do, with excellent customer service and communication skills.

What will my working week look like?

You will be working a 40‑hour week Monday – Friday arriving at your first job at 8:00am and heading home at 4:30pm, working across the Manchester region. You will also need to be able to attend our Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington for meetings and training courses when needed.

What will I be responsible for doing?

• Carrying out routine day-to-day Joinery and Plumbing repairs to a high standard in our customers’ homes in the Manchester area.
• Attending our Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington for meetings and training courses when needed.
• Ensuring the Customer receives an excellent repair service through excellent communication skills, some knowledge of ICT repairs systems and emails.

And what would make me stand out from the crowd?

• NVQ Level3 or equivalent recognised qualification(s).
• Experience or further qualification in additional skilled trades would be hugely beneficial.
• Health and safety knowledge in a repairs environment.
• Full UK Driving License (ideally no more than 6 points).
• Basic DBS check (satisfactory Basic DBS check required).

That all sounds great, what’s in it for me?

• £36,089.55 for a 40‑hour week.
• 23 days annual leave.
• 3 discretionary days between Christmas and New Year.
• Bank Holidays.
• Contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%).
• Advanced level Healthcare cash plan through Medicash, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments).
• Amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

Who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford. As one of the North’s sector‑leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK’s housing crisis by building over 100 new homes a year and continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties, tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. Our Repairs and Maintenance teams play a huge part in delivering these services to our customers. We’re an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a ‘great place to work’.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities.

Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview.

Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application.

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