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Handy Person

Job details
Posting date: 09 April 2024
Salary: £23,464 per year
Additional salary information: Pay £12.03 ph, £23,464 per annum and great benefits including Health Cash Plan.
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 09 May 2024
Location: Peterborough (Eastfield Road), PE1 4RE
Company: Home Group Limited
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 24703

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Summary

Handy Person



Norfolk & East Anglia area.



Permanent, 37.5hrs per week, flexible working pattern Monday to Friday



Pay £12.03 ph, £23,464 per annum and great benefits including Health Cash Plan.



Home, a place where you belong



We have a fabulous job opportunity for a Handy Person to join our awesome Handy Person team. We are the multi skilled hands-on practical support that helps our colleagues deliver services to our customers. As a business we support customers with differing support needs ranging from Mental health, Learning Difficulties and physical disabilities in a wide range of properties and grounds. As our handy person you’ll spend much of your time working across our different services properties.



Typical day as a Handy Person



  • Doing minor or emergency repairs, decorative touches or even cleaning in our properties or communal areas

  • Doing things like hanging curtain poles, moving furniture, touching up paints, changing tap washers, unblocking sinks, mowing lawns, and clearing grounds or properties.

  • Carrying out regular Fire Safety checks

  • Working with colleagues, commercial partners and customers throughout your day.

  • Liaising with our Customer Service Centre and external contractors to report repairs outside of your remit and chase up outstanding works.

  • Finally, if building flat pack furniture is your thing, then this is the perfect job for you!


Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!



About You



  • A team player with a can-do attitude and enthusiasm.

  • You’re multi skilled with general maintenance skills, know a bit about general repairs, carpentry, basic plumbing and can wield a broom or paint brush!

  • Comfortable working and communicating with people from all walks of life

  • It would be amazing if you have been a handy person in a previous job, but it’s not a deal breaker.

  • Able to use technology for completing expense claims , booking and logging repairs , mandatory e-training and sending emails via Outlook.


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.



Our team



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. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home!



Job details



  • We (mostly) work Monday to Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm, but we’re flexible and as long as we can meet our customers need, we can flex your work patterns to suit you.

  • Based from our service in Peterborough you’ll spend your time travelling around the properties in our East patch, predominantly in Norwich, Chelmsford, Watford, Huntingdon and Peterborough areas.

  • 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.

  • The good news is that this position comes with a nice "Home Group logo van" complete with all the tools you will need on your travels.

  • You’ll need a Standard DBS check done and we 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!



What’s in it for you?



  • 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!

  • Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll 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 you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!

  • Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.

  • Explore our benefits in detail on our website.


Find out more



Click APPLY NOW to see our Handy Person Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out.  Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk



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