Maintenance Officer x2

Maintenance Officer x2 Manchester - Elmswood Park, Moss Side / Whalley Range Salary: £21,935 per annum Hours of Work: 1 x 20 hour Monday – Friday 9am – 1pm 1 x 20 hour Monday – Friday 12.30pm – 4.30pm (with flexibility to cover absences as and when required) Closing Date: Monday 3rd August 2020 at 5pm Interviews: Tuesday 11th August 2020 via MS Teams A fantastic opportunity has arisen for two Maintenance Officers to join our clients brand new Extra Care Scheme Elmswood Park opening in Summer 2020 in Moss Side / Whalley Range, Manchester. As a Maintenance Officer you will report directly into the Extra Care Scheme Manager and be responsible for a variety of caretaking and cleaning functions to enable the Extra Care Team to deliver a customer focused service to their Older People and to ensure that Elmswood Park is maintained to a high standard that meets and exceeds expectations of their residents promoting happy independent living. The main purpose of the role will be to undertake housing and maintenance duties within the communal areas of the scheme as well as vacant residential flats. You will be responsible for ensuring all property maintenance including the clearing out of void flats and removal of large items, ensuring that all works are undertaken in a timely manner and flats are kept in a safe condition, carrying out basic repairs and reporting any major repairs to the Property Services Team. To be successful in this role, you will have a good knowledge of basic DIY techniques and experience of working on the maintenance of domestic and commercial properties. You will have strong organisational skills with a ‘can do’ attitude and a customer first approach and be IT literate. As a new role in a newly developed scheme our clients aim is to have someone on board to assist with the launch of the scheme and move in of their residents and therefore would ideally like the successful candidate to start as soon as possible. Due to the nature of this post, the successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check. In addition to a competitive salary you will have access to a company pension scheme, life assurance, employee assistance programme, TOIL and 25 days holiday plus bank holidays