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Grounds Maintenance and DMC Operative

Salary £29,645
Location Chelmsford
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

We are looking for a Grounds Maintenance/ DMC Support Operative to provide flexible, seasonal support across the Grounds Maintenance (March to October) and DMC (October to March) services, delivering a high-quality, customer-focused service across all Delta properties and partnership agreements. Ensure land, communal areas and individual homes are maintained to a high standard, meeting agreed timescales, budgets and performance targets. Adopt a flexible approach to undertake a wide range of tasks across service areas, enabling the efficient, right-first-time delivery of a cost-effective service.

What you'll be doing

  • Deliver high-quality grounds maintenance services, including grass cutting, hedge trimming, weed control, litter picking, planting and minor tree works.
  • Undertake mould treatments and washing using appropriate equipment and technology to mitigate damp risks.
  • Carry out a range of enabling works to support customers in living safely in their homes.
  • Complete minor repairs and maintenance, including basic plumbing, window and door checks, glazing measurements, insulation, decoration, and fencing/gate repairs.
  • Operate, record and report in line with health and safety requirements, including manual handling, working at height and asbestos awareness, ensuring risk assessments are followed and unsafe practices reported.

What we are looking for

  • Full, current manual driving licence.
  • Ability to undertake general horticultural work such as shrub beds and hedge trimming.
  • Knowledge of manual handling and health and safety requirements.
  • Ability to use own initiative to organise work to ensure delivery of efficient service whilst working safely at all times.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of customers.
  • Ability to learn and undertake new skills when required.

Benefits

  • The salary for this post will be £29,645 Per Annum.
  • Learning and development opportunities
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Robust employee reward and recognition programme
  • Free and confidential Employee Assistance Programme
  • Volunteering programme
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • 25 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays, 3 extra days between Christmas and New Year and 1 wellbeing day per annum.
  • 37 hours per week - employees may be able to work flexibly by agreement with their line manager, taking account of business need. We operate a hybrid working policy at Delta Housing Ltd.

Please note: We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications or successfully appoint a candidate before the closing date. We encourage early applications to avoid disappointment.

 

 

 

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We’re a local housing association that’s passionate about tackling the housing shortage in the East of England. We provide warm, safe and affordable homes. But we don’t stop there. We offer a wide range of support and services to help our customers and their communities to thrive.

We want to be an organisation that cares about our customers and communities and is determined to make a difference. We'll be bold and open-minded in our pursuit of solutions to help people transform their lives.

We dare to be different and look for opportunities to evolve and experiment. We’re comfortable taking calculated risks and aren’t afraid to fail and learn from our mistakes. We’re confident in our abilities and the contribution we can make whilst being sensitive and responsive to the needs of our people, customers and communities.

We show our understanding for others in everything we do and continually look for ways we can be helpful. We always assume best intentions and approach each situation with a warm heart. We give our support wherever we can and go out of our way to be kind and considerate to each other and our customers.

We welcome ideas and opinions that are different from our own and look for ways to bring them into our organisation and work. We value diversity of experience and thought, and we’re proactive in addressing bias or prejudice wherever we find it. We treat everyone fairly and strive to be truly inclusive in every way.

We’re resolved to do our very best for the people we serve and our employees by being our best every day. We’re resilient in the face of difficulty, finding creative ways to overcome obstacles. We’re resolute in achieving our objectives and persist until we succeed. We’re focused in our pursuit of excellence and don’t compromise on quality.

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