Maintenance Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Assistant to join our team. As part of a friendly and professional in-house workforce you will be assisting other skilled tradespeople, carrying out minor repairs, as well as property clearance to our housing stock, for both Tenanted and Void (empty) properties.

The post of Maintenance Assistant is career graded and if you're keen to get involved in manual trades and currently don't have these skills, or are part-skilled, we are happy to offer appropriate development opportunities for candidates with a great work ethic and can do positive approach to develop their skills and experience within building maintenance trade disciplines. You will have a customer focussed can-do approach to their work and have a general awareness of basic health and safety within the building maintenance and construction environment. Working at height experience, asbestos awareness and registration of the Construction Skills Certificate Scheme or similar would be advantageous but not essential. The ability to work unsupervised and in accordance with strict Health & Safety guidelines is also essential., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

With our head office based in Lyndhurst in the heart of the stunning New Forest National Park, the Council is an excellent place to work and thrive. We work together to provide a wide range of highly valued services to our community. We are working on some exciting and pioneering initiatives and projects, including tackling climate change, supporting the Solent Freeport (to unlock significant investment, create thousands of new jobs and level up our important coastal communities), promoting regeneration of our Town Centres and an exciting fresh approach to modern and innovate working through our Transformation Programme

• 23 days leave plus an additional 5 days for 5 years local authority continuous service
• £22,757 - £25,241+ tool allowance £192.84 per year
• Council fleet vehicle for business use, Full driving licence required (subject to availability and fuel deduction contribution for home to base travel)
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Limited on-site parking
• Employee Assistance Programme (free 24 hour legal, financial and personal advice for employees).
• Wide range of employee discounts at high street retailers, including supermarkets, stores and restaurants
• A Cycle to Work scheme which could save you around 40 percent on cycles and accessories