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Hours: 36 hours per week

Salary: £30,134 per annum

Location: Based in Telford, covering Shropshire and Staffordshire.

The Organisation:

The Wrekin Housing Group is a socially minded organisation that makes a difference to people’s lives. We do this by:

• Providing more than 13,500 homes for affordable rent across Telford & Wrekin, Shropshire and Staffordshire.
• Delivering care services to older people, adults with learning difficulties and people with dementia.
• Channelling social investment across communities to create jobs and promote economic growth. We generate opportunities for people to gain employability skills, maximising the social value of our services and delivering wider community benefits.

At Wrekin you will be joining a team of more than 1200 colleagues who inspire positive change, communicate clearly, grow together and ensure that everyone matters. We make sure that all colleagues have the tools and training to flourish and contribute to our collective goal of making a difference to people’s lives.

The Role:

We are looking for suitably qualified individuals who can demonstrate the ability to carry out a range of high-quality Carpenter related maintenance repairs.

Although the majority of your work will be mainly carpentry based, you will need to have experience in other trades areas including, plumbing, tiling, plastering and general building maintenance to undertake repairs in line with our responsive repairs demands. You will also need to hold a full driving licence to be considered for this post.

What do you need?

City and Guilds Qualification in one of the building trades, or equivalent time served in one of the building trades

You must be able have demonstrable post apprenticeship experience of maintenance in domestic properties

Our Inclusive Culture

We are committed to being an equal opportunities employer. All applications are considered on the requirements of the role regardless of gender identity, nationality, ethnicity, marital status, age, disability, sexual orientation, religious belief or background. Please refer to our Equal Opportunities Policy below for further information.

Benefits

In return we offer you an interesting, challenging and rewarding opportunity to join a supportive Organisation with over 1290 employees. Starting with 22 days annual leave increasing with service to 30 days plus 11/12 days bank holiday per annum, there is also a competitive pension scheme, health care options and free life assurance.

The Recruitment Process

In partnership with our trusted external providers we are committed to undertaking care and safeguarding checks with all colleagues. These checks may vary according to the role you have applied for.

We also ask for two references for everyone who is offered a position, one of which must be your current or most recent employer. All roles will also be offered subject to satisfactory right to live and work in the UK checks

For more information email us at [email protected] and we will happily answer your queries.

Ref : WHG2168. Closing Date : 27/07/2023 - Interview Date : 09/08/2023