Job Introduction
Notting Hill Genesis is one of London’s leading Housing Associations. We know how important a good quality and well-maintained home is, and we are committed to providing this so all our residents can love where they live.
Our Key Workers and Student Lets team have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Multi-Skilled Plumber, to join our dynamic business with extensive growth plans and excellent career prospects.
Working closely with the Supervisor, our Maintenance Operatives and various third-party contractors, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that our units are maintained to a high standard and in a courteous and professional manner. The role offers extensive training and excellent career progression opportunities for the right candidate.
Main Responsibility
This role will be based at various sites, which includes a variety of different home types to meet the needs of our varied and diverse customer groups.
This is an exciting opportunity for a talented, customer-focused Multi-Skilled Maintenance Plumber to work in delivering a maintenance service at our various Key Worker and Student Let sites.
Reporting directly to the Multi- Skilled Supervisor and alongside a Multi Maintenance team, you’ll be responsible for diagnosing and completing a range of repairs and maintenance tasks, including undertaking planned and responsive repairs for tenants, staff and void properties. For this reason, it’s desirable that you have a number of skills from other recognised trades i.e. minor carpentry abilities, minor tiling abilities and a reasonable knowledge or other repair tasks. As part of a team you will be expected to remove and install furniture and white goods to residents rooms and complete other tasks issued by the Multi Skilled Maintenance Supervisor. You will be a first responder in cases of emergency and will be trusted to provide a high-quality service in accordance with the relevant safety regulations.
Your work will be crucial in meeting our residents' needs therefore, an understanding of the relevant health and safety regulations would be advantageous, although training will be given in these areas. A basic knowledge of IT would be advantageous as systems are used to log works completed, and full training will be given in this area. You will be required to be on standby one evening per week to attend to any emergency calls and will be paid standby time, and an additional call out rate for this.
The Ideal Candidate
We believe great service starts with great people, and we are committed to recruiting and developing passionate, enthusiastic, and talented individuals who can add value to our thriving organisation.
Mandatory
· City In Guilds in Plumbing or equivalent.
· Three years minimum experience in plumbing.
Desirable
· Full driving licence
· Experience in Social Housing/working within tenanted properties.
What’s in it for me?
Key Worker and Student Lets offers a supportive and progressive training program for the right candidate. As part of our team, you will have access to professional qualifications and career opportunities. You will also receive a generous holiday entitlement of 25 days, rising to 27 days after 2 years of service. You will also receive a simply health cash plan to help cover the costs of your everyday healthcare expenses (eg opticians, dentist, physio), generous pension scheme, and enhanced maternity pay and leave / shared parental leave options / paternity leave and access to our employee assistance programme for confidential support as well as many other benefits. You'll have the opportunity to be part of a growing team where job satisfaction and resident and employee wellbeing is paramount.
Benefits
In return we offer:
· Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
· Generous pension scheme
· Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay - we offer enhanced maternity and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
· Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counselling services provided by independent specialist organisations
· Health cash plan
· Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance and much more
· Interest free loans: season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan and training loan
· Cycle to work scheme
· Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
Selection process
Step 1 If you are interested please send your application now
Step 2 Successful candidates will be selected for an interview
Please apply for this role with us online. If you are not able to apply online, please contact our HR team via jobs@nhg.org.uk to discuss your requirements.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a Basic check via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
About the Company
Notting Hill Genesis is now one of the largest housing associations in London and the south east. We own and manage more than 67,000 homes and employ around 1,500 staff. We provide homes across a range of tenures and are committed to continuing to deliver housing that is affordable to all. Our roots reach back to the 1960s when our legacy organisations were established by local people who shared a similar vision – to house west London’s working poor, providing them a home from which to build themselves and their families a secure future. For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit: https://www.nhg.org.uk/about-us/
Our people
We value our people and both respect and celebrate their differences. We’re proud to say that our colleagues come from different backgrounds, with varied outlooks and are from all over the world. We encourage and are committed to diversity. We know that when people with varied experiences and unique points of view come together, it makes us a stronger organisation and more able to help the wide range of residents that we serve. We want all our colleagues to bring their full selves to work in a culture and environment based on respect and fairness, regardless of role, background or ability.
Our pledges
We are proud signatories of the G15 group’s diversity pledge to encourage more diversity in the boardroom and at senior level. The pledge on ethnic diversity commits NHG to reflect the ethnic diversity of the communities we work in at all levels and particularly at senior managerial, leadership and board levels.
We have under-representation of ethnically diverse colleagues at this level and are keen to fill this gap. We welcome applications from everyone. For this role, we especially encourage ethnically diverse candidates to join us and be part of an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, equality of opportunity and provides a place for you to grow your career.
We are also a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer and have signed up to Harry’s Pledge. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation
To find out more about Diversity and inclusion at NHG, please visit our website.
