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Job Title - Multi Trade Operative

Location - Birmingham

Salary - £32,500 - £34,500pa plus company van and fuel card

Contract type - Permanent

Working hours - 39

We are looking for a highly skilled and versatile tradesperson with proven experience in a similar multi-trade role. You will take pride in delivering high-quality repairs across occupied and void properties, ensuring safe, comfortable homes for our residents.

About the Role

As a Multi-Skilled Trade Operative, you will carry out remedial, disrepair, responsive, and refurbishment works across a variety of social housing properties. You will attend planned and reactive jobs, working independently to diagnose issues and complete repairs to a high standard.

Typical tasks include:

1st and 2nd fix joinery & plumbing

Diagnosing and rectifying creaking floors

Installing external doors and frames

Sealant application

Routine and planned domestic maintenance including:

Basic plumbing

Carpentry & joinery

Painting & decorating

Plastering & plaster patching

Wall and floor tiling

Roofing repairs

Locksmith experience

Fire door maintenance qualification (preferred but not essential)

Cap and cove installation (experience preferred)

You must have:

City & Guilds or NVQ Level 2 in Building Maintenance, Multi-Trade Repair & Refurbishment, or an equivalent trade qualification.

Strong multi-trade repair experience, ideally within the social housing sector (beneficial but not essential).

Ability to plan, prioritise, and manage your own workload.

Experience using handheld electronic devices or job management systems.

Full UK driving licence (company transport provided).

What We`re Looking For

We want someone who is:

Conscientious, reliable, and takes pride in their work

Customer-focused with excellent communication skills

Hardworking with an eye for detail

Able to work independently and problem-solve effectively

Passionate about providing a great service to tenants and residents

About us

We are GSA, we provide affordable homes and services that create a foundation from which people in our communities can thrive.

We own and manage 25,000 homes in diverse communities across the West Midlands and Southwest.

Everyone deserves a home, it`s a place from which we build our future, we thrive at home.

We are proud to play an active role in dealing with the consequences of the housing crisis, by providing affordable homes for people in our communities who need them most.

Often a home is all someone needs, but when our customers need more, we offer a range of services, including care, money advice and coaching to support them.

We also provide care and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society. This includes support for people who are homeless, experiencing domestic violence or are part of the criminal justice system.

The GSA Way

We know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. To help us make a difference, together, we created the GSA Way.

A culture we commit to, aspire to, and live and breathe. Commitments and behaviours which together make our organisation what it is.

Our five core commitments are:

- We believe our customer is everything

- We are one team

- We are supportive and caring

- We are business-minded for social purpose

- We are curious and ambitious.

You can read more about the GSA Way in our recruitment pack.

Benefits

In support and recognition of our colleagues who will help us deliver our employer strategy, we offer a fantastic benefits package. This includes.

Trust based working and supportive and friendly teams
25 days annual holiday entitlement, increasing to 30 days
One day off for your birthday
Opportunity to buy or sell annual leave
A defined contribution pension scheme GSA matches up to 6% contributions
We offer a service which provides 24/7 online GP appointments, second medical opinions, health checks, mental health support, 24/7 medical health helpline, wellbeing app, nutrition advice and fitness plans and legal and financial support.
Access to Blue Light discount card membership
Confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Cycle to work Scheme
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If this sounds like the exciting new challenge you`ve been waiting for, we`d love to hear from you.

All individuals who apply to work at GreenSquareAccord are considered on their merits in line with our Diversity and Inclusion strategy and policy. GreenSquareAccord are a Disability Confident Employer therefore we actively encourage applications from individuals with disabilities and try to provide access, adjustments, equipment or other practical support where required. All applicants with a disability who meet the `essential eligibility criteria` for the role, as detailed in the job description, are guaranteed an interview. If you need any assistance, adjustments or adaptations throughout our selection processes please let us know.

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