Painter

Gateway Housing has been supporting communities to thrive since 1926. We are an ambitious London based housing association with over 3,000 homes in the heart of London's East End. We provide social rented homes, shared ownership, and sheltered housing. We develop new homes too and are part way through an exciting programme to deliver another 250 homes by 2025. We also run our own in-house maintenance service, Gateway Homeworks. Our vision is that People will want to live in a Gateway home and People will want to work at Gateway.

You will be joining the organisation at an exciting time and be a key member of a dynamic team that wants to deliver great landlord services and strengthen our links to the local community.

Our values add up to P.A.C.E. Passionate, Accountable, Connected, Excellence. As a community housing association based in the East End for nearly 100 years, we're proud of the work we do to address the housing crisis through building and managing great homes.

We are looking for an experienced Painter to undertake painting and decorating and other related works orders. You will also provide a customer focussed, efficient and effective in-house maintenance service for Gateway Residents Services.

Your accountabilities will include but not be limited to:

• Working alone or as part of a team to carry out painting/decorating and related works to external and communal areas of Gateway Properties and work in occupied and vacant properties either as a stand-alone job or in conjunction with other trades.
• Where the work involves materials and/or equipment which do not appear in their van stock, to attend the authorised merchant and/or hire centre in advance to obtain materials in accordance with purchasing procedures.
• Plan and organise your work in an economical and effective manner, making the best use of your available time, transport and materials in accordance with specified company priority response times.
• Use a company issued PDA where provided to carry out the job role e.g. receiving instruction's, accurately completing works orders, general communications and logging all materials used.
• To be aware of his/her responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act and ensure safe working systems and procedures are adopted at all times including the wearing of appropriate personal protective equipment.
• To complete the repair works as rapidly as possible ensuring that a quality job is done and, wherever possible, completing the job at the first visit. If this is not possible, the property should be left clean and tidy, a follow-on appointment agreed with the resident, and the computer system amended accordingly
• If issued with a company van, ensuring that it is driven in accordance with Gateway's safe driving policy. Also to ensure that it is kept clean and in good tidy condition and carrying out weekly maintenance tasks such as checking oil and water levels and tyre condition and pressures.

Experience, Qualifications and Skills

• NVQ Level 2 in Painting and Decorating or equivalent either through apprenticeship or training programme
• Current UK driving licence
• Experience of carrying out a wide range of painting and decorating work to a good, professional and workmanlike standard
• Good awareness of health and safety at work, including risk assessment, the need to follow safe working procedures and willing and able to wear and/or use appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Ability to plan and organise own workload in the most effective, efficient, and economic way in accordance with laid down priorities
• Should be able to work safely at height
• Ability to operate PDAs or tablet computers to receive work orders

If you have the confidence and enthusiasm to work in a challenging but supportive working environment, we would like to hear from you.

Our benefits package includes:

• Annual Leave: starting at 28 days, plus Bank Holidays.
• Subsidised Health and Wellbeing Membership.
• Simply Health - help towards the costs of dentist, optician, and private medical appointments.
• Employee Assistance Programme - including free legal, financial and counselling advice.
• Pension - up to 10% employer contribution.

Please note only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

CLOSING DATE: Wednesday 17 July 2024

INTERVIEWS: TBC

Please note that on some occasions where we have received sufficient applications, we will close the vacancy earlier than the closing date advertised.

GATEWAY is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community