Handy Person Tyne and Wear, Newcastle upon Tyne Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hours per week) £12 per hour, and great benefits including Health Cash Plan Home, a place where you belong We have a brilliant job opportunity for a Handy Person in the Newcastle Upon Tyne area to look after Tyneside Foyer and our Dispersed properties. You will be based at the Tyneside Foyer 5 days per week and be part of our small but mighty Maintenance and Housekeeping Team. Youll be meeting and working with different people each day, so no day is ever the same The properties youll look after There are 72 rooms within the Tyneside Foyer and 9 Dispersed properties - just the small task of 81 properties There are 52 bedrooms with ensuites, 20 self-contained flats and 9 properties out in the West end of Newcastle. There are shared communal areas too, which is why youll be working alongside another member of the maintenance team who is a qualified joiner and knows a thing or two about the Foyer and what it takes to maintain. Fancy going home each day knowing that by doing a small job youve made a big difference to someone, great, then this is the job for you. By the way, were in the top 10 for Great Places to Work in the UK Typical day as a Handy Person One day you could be painting a room ready for a new person coming into the service, the next youll be building furniture and putting up shelves. Once youve settled in, youll be expected to attend the daily meeting each morning to understand the priorities of the upcoming rooms. Following the repairs log to either complete the minor jobs or reporting these to an external contractor. Be ready to react to minor emergencies. Examples include repairs to doors and locks, minor plumbing repairs like changing tap washers. A keen eye and hand for any internal decor, you will be a dab hand with a paintbrush. As we work tightly with other services in the Newcastle area, if they need a hand well ask that you support where possible Our teams Looking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. Youll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home Youll work alongside Carl who has vast experience of the Tyneside Foyer and what it takes to manage it's upkeep. Youll work alongside the wider team as well as the management team. About You A team player with a can-do attitude and good organisation skills. Have an eye for detail and safe working. Youre multi skilled with general maintenance, know a bit about general repairs,carpentry, basic plumbingand get lots of satisfaction from cutting in with a Harris paint brush Comfortable working and communicating with people from all walks of life. Able to use, or happy to learn to use, technology for essential eLearning and completing tasks such as admin for the weekly maintenance checks that are carried out. Youll also need to use technology to book some well earned time off. It would be amazing if you have been a handy person in a previous job. Let us know your transferable skills in your cover note. Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to?external?candidates for this role. This remains under regular review. Job details 37.5 hours per week based at the Tyneside Foyer working Monday to Friday. Occasionally travel outside of our patch / service to work on a property that you may not have worked on before, or when we have an all hands on deck situation. Because youll be working around vulnerable people, youll need an enhanced DBS for children and adults. But well pay for that. A place where you belong Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work Whats in it for you? 34 days leave (including bank hols and a me day to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39 and time off for volunteering too Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. Well cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more. Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us. We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course), when youre ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us Colleagues really matters to us, thats why were the 10^th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them. Explore ourbenefits in detail on our website. Find out more Click APPLY NOW to see ourHandy Person Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so dont delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if theres anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at ADZN1_UKTJ