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Metropolitan Thames Valley

Posted

17 days ago

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Salary: 49,686

Are you a highly skilled and experienced tradesperson looking to take the next step in your career? Do you have a passion for leadership and a track record of excellence in your trade? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

Position Overview: We are seeking a skilled tradesperson to join our team as a Supervisor. In this role, you will step into a leadership position where you can utilise your expertise to oversee and guide a team of dedicated tradespeople. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership skills.

Because our customers are at the centre of everything we do, you should be people–centric and be able to demonstrate the ability to lead your team to deliver right first–time repairs with excellent customer service, liaising with our dedicated planning and customer service staff as well as maintaining relationships with surveying staff and repairs officers to help us all remain compliant.

What you'll need to succeed:

A trade/construction qualification and a good knowledge of repairs and maintenance in a social housing environment, to deliver a quality repairs service in a partnership working environment.A proven track record of managing a multi discipline trade workforce, understand of the complex requirements of the work force and being able to support them on a technical levelA passion for delivering right first–time repairs.A flexible approach to work patterns & workloadsPatience: The ability to remain composed and patient during challenging situationsExperience in using multiple business IT applications databases, Microsoft office.Commercial awareness to deliver value for money business solutions.A team working approach in a diverse and complex environment Key Responsibilities:

Lead, mentor, and supervise a team of tradespeople, ensuring quality workmanship and productivity.Collaborate with supervisors & managers to plan and deliver effective repairs.Experience and ability to manage Health and Safety in a social housing repairs environment.High level of technical knowledge and diagnosis skills in a housing maintenance environmentAble to manage problems and identify solutions.Ensure repairs are completed on time and within Key performance indicators.Handle administrative tasks related to the team,Able to stay calm under pressureAble to plan work for multiple trade operative?s minimising down timeExperience in complaints and collating information from all stake holders, to include CRM management Qualifications:

Proven experience as a qualified/skilled tradesperson in e.g., carpentry, plumbing, gen–building, roofing, etc.SMSTS, Desirable not essentialDriving Licence What you need to do now

We encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity, take a look at the attached Job Description for more details and if it?s the ideal job for you, click 'apply now' to forward an up–to–date copy of your CV, and give a short statement (max 250 words) that demonstrate why you believe you are the right candidate for the role.

Please note :– we do not currently offer visa sponsorship.

What?s in it for you?

Our benefits include:–

28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communitiesAn additional ?Beliefs day? once a year to have an extra a day offSupported family friendly approach with extended parental leaveEnhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per yearLife assurance cover 3 x your salaryCycle2work schemeHybrid Working – Dependent on job role and departmentHealth cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members tooTenancy deposit ? interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loanAccess to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platformColleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleaguesCareer progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning supportEmployee Assistance Programme– We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation About us

We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH.

Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document

Our promise

Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively ?Serving people better every day? to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme.

We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non–inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other?s wellbeing.

We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we?re doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:–

GenderEthnicityLGBTQ+Disability Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found so we do encourage you to complete the application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

location

Central London, London