Vacancy: Skilled Labourer/Driver
Salary: £25,552.80 to £27,022.14
Hours: Full-time 39 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Location: Across Bournville Portfolio (Birmingham & Telford)
Creating and sustaining communities where people can thrive is our mission and is based on the principles and legacy of our founder, George Cadbury. We are inspired by his legacy, but not afraid to be bold and innovative to meet the needs of people today and in the future.
We provide a diverse and comprehensive range of services to communities in Birmingham and Telford. We own and manage some 4,000 properties, and have significant estate management, commercial and agricultural portfolios. As a community-based organisation we work in partnership with all our stakeholders to support the achievement of our mission.
Over recent years we have been going through significant transformational change to build our organisational strength and embed our values. We are looking for talented people from a wide range of backgrounds, who are adaptable in an ever changing and exciting environment to join us.
We aspire to having a diverse and inclusive workforce. To help achieve this, we offer job opportunities that are agile and centred on personal and professional development in an environment where well-being and work-life balance is a key part of our culture.
If you can relate to our mission and values and think you meet our job and candidate profile, then we would welcome your application.
Job Profile
We are recruiting a team of skilled operatives with variety of specialisms to join our Maintenance Team in helping to protect our customers from harm and enabling them to live in a home that is free from damp and mould. If you are qualified or have demonstrable experience in carpentry, plumbing, bricklaying, painting & decorating, roofing, drainage you could play an integral part in achieving our mission of creating and sustaining communities where people can thrive.
Candidate Profile
We look for talented people from a wide range of trade backgrounds who are just as passionate about our values of partnership, fairness, quality, integrity, and innovation as we are.
As a Skilled Labourer, you will bring the following key skills to the role:
- Qualification in a property or construction related trade discipline.
- Demonstrable experience in delivering skilled labouring works.
- Excellent understanding of best practice in relation to delivering high quality repairs
- Ability to use a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
- A company van will be provided for business use only therefore a full and current driving licence is essential.
Benefits
At BVT we offer a comprehensive reward and benefits package to assist and support employees with everyday healthcare costs, savings towards leisure activities and planning for retirement.
These include:
- Basic 32 days holiday (29 days basic, 3 days at Christmas) plus 8 statutory days.
- Flexible Working.
- A competitive employer contributed pension scheme of 10%
- Healthcare scheme which is free to all employees offering cashback towards optical, dental, therapy treatments, consultations and scans together with counselling sessions and a 24 hour helpline
- Savings on leisure activities with Trust Treats, offering discounted products and services both online and on the high street. You can make savings on your everyday shopping, holidays, and insurance.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
- Extensive support towards learning and development ensuring that all staff are offered opportunities to develop their skills and careers.
- Life assurance 4x annual salary (for all permanent employees).
Meet BVT – who we are and what do we do?
Creating and sustaining communities where people can thrive is our mission and is based on the principles and legacy of our founder, George Cadbury. We are inspired by his legacy, but not afraid to be bold and innovative to meet the needs of people today and in the future. We provide a diverse and comprehensive range of services to communities in Birmingham and Telford. We own and manage some 8,000 properties, and have significant estate management, commercial and agricultural portfolios.
To understand more about our work, including our aims of place-shaping, community building, championing people and providing great homes, you can read our Corporate Plan 2023-32 at https://www.bvt.org.uk/publications/corporate-plan-summary-2023-32/