Property Clearance Operative

What You Can Expect From Us

• We offer a competitive salary of £25,200 per annum.
• 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
• Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility.
• Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
• Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%)
• A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies
• Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family. Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
• Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Access of up to £150 annually through the ‘Learning for life’ scheme
• Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
• Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.
  
  

About The Role

We are looking for a Property Clearance Operative on a permanent basis to join our Onward Repairs team. This role will cover the Greater Manchester area supporting our team of maintenance trades.

The purpose of this role is clearance and cleaning of void properties, including maintenance of gardens and/or communal spaces associated with void properties. This will include loading items onto vehicles and driving to various locations where the items will be unloaded. Other miscellaneous works relating to properties, communal areas, and open spaces.

Successful candidates will work in local teams and are not required to report to a depot each day but attend when require for team meetings and replenishment of supplies.

It is essential that candidates have a valid full UK driving licence.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery

• To carry out clearance and cleaning work of properties vacated by tenants prior to repair or refurbishment works being undertaken. To remove items of furniture and other personal possessions for either storage or disposal. Items are to be removed from all floors including lofts and gardens, onto an appropriate vehicle or skips and to thoroughly clean the property prior to re-occupation.
• Undertake horticultural practices necessary for the clearance and restoration of gardens and open spaces associated with void properties. Using a variety of cleaning chemicals in compliance with COSHH regulations and associated cleaning tools including small to medium hand-held battery tools.
  
  

Customer Service

• To provide excellent customer service whilst ensuring prompt work of the required standard.
  
  

Quality

• Ensure all work is delivered to a high standard.
  
  

Records

• To complete jobs on PDA’s and maintain other records as required
  
  

Health and Safety

• Undertake work activities in line with all health and safety requirements demonstrating a sound working knowledge of key legislative health and safety information and safe working practices.
• Assisting the promotion of Health & Safety.
  
  

Work equipment

• Operation of light machinery, plant and powered hand tools in accordance with recognised safety procedures.
• To be responsible for the safe use and daily maintenance of allocated Company vehicles.
  
  

Essential

Skills / Experience and Qualifications

• Achieving high standards within time constraints.
• Team player.
• The ability to undertake DIY tasks.
• Experience of working in a target driven environment.
• Knowledge of health and safety regulations in line with HASAWA 1974.
• Literacy skills/ Numeracy skills.
• Appropriate CSCS card.
• A full UK driving license is required.
  
  

Desirable

• Experience of working within a commercial and domestic property maintenance environment.
• Experience of delivering services within the social housing sector
• Asbestos awareness training.
• Relevant power tool and manual handling training.
• Appropriate and current training in COSHH & PPE.
• Access equipment and working at height training e.g. mobile work platforms.
  
  

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.

If candidates have any concerns / questions in relation to the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on [email protected] and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

We would encourage you to submit your application early as we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date.

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