Multi-Skilled Joiner

Southway Housing Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Health care plan

Holiday entitlement

Public holidays

Job summary

Southway Housing Trust is recruiting a Multi-Skilled Joiner for a 35-hour week in Didsbury, Manchester. The role offers a competitive salary, pension, health care plan and holidays, with out-of-hours emergency rota cover and permanent status.

The successful candidate will hold at least NVQ Level 2 in Carpentry & Joinery, have multi-trade skills and a valid driving licence, and be committed to customer-focused service delivery.

Qualifications

• Minimum NVQ Level 2 or equivalent in Carpentry & Joinery.
• Multi-Skilling in related trades (plumbing, patch plastering, tiling).
• Experience delivering a customer-focused service.
• Good personal organisation and effective working.
• A valid full manual driving licence.

Skills

Carpentry & Joinery

Customer-focused service

Personal organisation

Driving licence

Multi-skill trades

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Carpentry & Joinery

NVQ Level 3 in Carpentry & Joinery

Job description

If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.

Salary: £37,550 rising to £39,526 per annum

(Starting Salary £37,550.00)

Location: Didsbury, Manchester

Full Time / 35 hours per week / Permanent

About Us

Southway owns over 6,500 homes in Greater Manchester and is a community-focused housing association with a vision to provide excellent customer service and quality homes, where communities thrive.

By 2030, it aims to grow to 10,000 homes and invest £5 million in its communities to help people to live well and independently.

Southway strives for continuous improvement led by customers, communities and colleagues. It is a member of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter and is guided by its REACH values of Respect, Equity, Ambition, Compassion and Honesty.

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Property Services team for a Multi-Skilled Joiner, and for the right persons we offer a 35-hour week, competitive salary, excellent contributory pension scheme, access to a health care plan and 25 days holiday increasing to 30 days per year through length of service, in addition to the 8 public bank holidays.

There is a requirement to participate in an out of hours emergency repairs service on a rota basis.

• competitive salary
• excellent contributory pension scheme
• access to a health care plan
• 25 days holiday increasing to 30 days per year through length of service
• 8 public bank holidays

Required

• Minimum NVQ Level 2 or equivalent qualification in Carpentry & Joinery.
• Multi-Skilling ability in several other related trades i.e. plumbing, patch plastering, tiling.
• Experience of delivering a customer-focused service.
• Demonstrable ability for personal organisation and effective working.
• A valid full manual driving licence.

Desirable

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Carpentry & Joinery.

Closing Date: 11 November 2026

Interview Date: To be confirmed

Applications are being reviewed as they are received, and interviews will be arranged for successful candidates in date order.

The Trust reserves the right to remove the job advert once vacate positions have been recruited. So please do not wait until the closing date to apply.

Strictly no agencies.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community.

All applicants who have a disability or from an ethnic minority background or ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form. Please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from suitably skilled people from all sectors of the community.

All applicants who have a disability or are ex armed forces that meet the minimum essential criteria for the post will be invited to interview. If you have a disability or are ex armed forces, please tell us about this on your application form and please let us know about any special arrangements you would like us to make if you are invited in for an interview