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Croydon is a diverse borough, and our vision is to create great homes, places, and communities to enhance life opportunities. As part of our vision to transform housing services the Housing Needs & Homelessness Service has recently been redesigned. This is a crucial role working in our hostels team to ensure that our hostels are maintained to a compliant standard. The role also requires attending our residents’ homes to complete minor repairs.

If you are passionate about improving services for residents and working in a fast paced and rewarding environment, then we have the right roles for you.

**About the role**:

- To complete minor repairs and works to common areas and voids of our hostels
- Carry out internal inspections of communal areas within hostels
- To ensure that all chutes are kept clear, and blockages are cleared promptly
- Keep all internal areas free from graffiti by either removing or reporting to the repairs contractor.
- Carry out weekly inspections of lights/lamps and replace as required.

**About you**
- Experience of working with the public in a service delivery environment
- Experience of carrying out basic painting tasks.
- Experience of basic carpentry e.g. repairing wardrobes
- Basic plumbing experience e.g unblocking sink blockages

**What we offer**

We are passionate about our staff and in return we will provide a rewarding career with a commitment to investing in you. We offer a generous pay and benefits package including generous annual leave entitlement up to 31 days (eligibility criteria applies), access to the Local Government Pension scheme and more.

If you want to be part of a team in delivering positive outcomes for the Council and residents of Croydon and believe you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role, we would love to hear from you.

**Key dates**

Application Deadline 13 May

**Equal opportunities statement**

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Permanent role

Full time 36 hours per week

Closing date: Sunday 26th May 2024 at 23:59

As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.

Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.