27 days annual leave
Flexible working
Health cash plan

Trainee Carpenter

Salary £27,484 per annum
Location Walsall, West Midlands
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Contract:  1 year fixed-term contract, Full Time, 37 hours per week

Closing Date: 26 May 2022  

Are you qualified in Carpentry but looking for some more work experience and a rewarding career with a fantastic organisation? We’re looking for a Trainee Carpenter to join our Home Maintenance Services team and undertake all aspects of carpentry work on our domestic and empty properties.

This role is initially for 12 months, and we will support your development into a fully-fledged Carpenter role and aim to have you working independently and confidently in a permanent position within this time.  

 

Main job responsibilities:

  • Undertake all aspects of carpentry work on domestic and empty properties, including some Fire Risk Assessment works.
  • Ensure risk assessments, quality procedures and work instructions are adhered to, protecting areas of work and leaving all work areas in a clean and tidy condition.
  • Work towards carrying out pre-inspections on work required, prior to work being completed.
  • Work towards becoming competent in completing any relevant works documentation required and returning it in accordance with deadlines.
  • Work to allocated timeslots for jobs and adhere to work schedules.

 

We're looking for someone who has:

  • A Level 2 qualification in Carpentry and Joinery
  • A full UK driving licence (no more than 6 points), able to travel efficiently around whg’s housing stock
  • Able to carry out a range of basic carpentry tasks ranging from domestic repairs, to fire doors and kitchen re-fits
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • A strong customer service ethos – always wanting to do the best for our customers

 

What’s in it for you?

In return, you will receive a competitive salary, 27 days annual leave, plus Christmas shut down, a defined benefit pension scheme, health cash plan, a range of shopping and leisure discounts.  

We are output focused and flexible and believe in giving colleagues the right balance of autonomy and support to enable them to work to their full potential. Despite the high expectation for performance and delivery, we are committed to ensuring colleagues have a healthy work-life balance and able to work in agile ways which support them.  

About us

Our People Strategy presents a clear picture of how we will achieve our Corporate Plan aim, ‘Be an exceptional place to work that attracts, develops and retains talent’. The Strategy focuses on three key themes that help us support our colleagues to make a difference to our customers, the communities we serve and to themselves.

It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the communities we serve. Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to us means colleagues living our values, dedicated to doing the right thing and exercising good judgement. This will encourage a culture where all can thrive, acknowledging that everyone is different; what matters to us is that everyone can come to work and feel comfortable to be themselves.

We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer and ensure that disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunity to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations while working with us. We want to make it clear that we welcome disabled applicants for all our roles. If in doubt look out for the Disability Confident logo.

We will ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, and we will interview applicants with a disability if they meet the essential criteria for a role. We will also support existing colleagues with a disability or long-term health condition enabling them to stay in work, making reasonable adjustments if necessary.

For more information, read the full job description and visit www.whg.uk.com

 

We are one of the Midlands’ leading and most successful providers of good quality
homes.

Our values help us to maintain a culture that helps us achieve our commitment of
supporting customers to lead happy and fulfilled lives. We want all of our people to
uphold our ambition; demonstrating the belief, enthusiasm and energy to deliver on
it.

We want our colleagues to feel empowered to take the lead and to think creatively
and be passionate about their work.

Our People Strategy presents a clear picture of how we will achieve our Corporate Plan aim, ‘Be an exceptional place to work that attracts, develops and retains talent’. Through the People Strategy we take every opportunity to embed our values to ensure that our colleagues give the best possible service to our customers, communities and each other.

It is important to us that we have a diverse workforce, representative of the
communities we serve. Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to us means
colleagues living our values, dedicated to doing the right thing and exercising good
judgement. This will encourage a culture where all can thrive, acknowledging that
everyone is different; what matters to us is that everyone can come to work and feel
comfortable to be themselves.

We are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer and ensure that
disabled people and those with long term health conditions have the opportunity to
fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations while working with us. We want to
make it clear that we welcome disabled applicants for all our roles. If in doubt look
out for the Disability Confident logo.

We will ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will
interview applicants with a disability if they meet the essential criteria for a role. We
will also support existing colleagues with a disability or long-term health condition
enabling them to stay in work, making reasonable adjustments if necessary.

27 days annual leave

Flexible working

Health cash plan

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Generous LGPS
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