Repairs Assistant

1 week ago

Accrington, United Kingdom Onward Homes Full time

Repairs Assistant

**Full Time Salary**
- £25,700

**Employment Type**
- Full time

**Hours Per Week**
- 35

**Region**
- Lancashire

**Location**
- 1a Enterprise Way, Accrington, BB5 0FR

**Contract Type**
- Permanent

**Job Type**
- Property Services

**Closing Date**
- 16/04/2024

**Ref No**
- 2122

**What you can expect from us**
- We offer a competitive salary of £25,700 per annum
- 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays a total of 40 days paid holiday per annum which is equivalent to 8 weeks.
- Salary Finance - access both short and long terms loans, plus provides access to a savings facility.
- Opportunity to further increase annual leave with service or though the holiday purchase scheme.
- Immediate entry to our Pension scheme (matched contributions up to 10%).
- A great flexible working environment, with a range of family friendly policies.
- Simply Health cash plan with financial benefits and the option to extend to your family.
Cover includes dental, optical, physiotherapy, 24HR private GP access and much more.
- Paid leave for absence including sickness, maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Access of up to £150 annually through the ‘Learning for life’ scheme.
- Access to a wide range of discounts and cash back offers, ranging from retail and automotive to holidays and cycle to work scheme.
- Develop your career with support and access to training and qualifications.

**About the role**

We are looking to recruit a Neighbourhood Repairs Assistant to provide technical and general administration to support the neighbourhood repairs team delivering in house and contract repairs work to our community housing stock. This roles offer a hybrid working patter with a requirement to attend the office in **Accrington** 2-5 days per week.

**Responsibilities**
- **Data entry and Administration**

Enter data into Onwards Asset Management systems ensuring good standards of data quality.

Complete, issue and administer electronic contract set up and standard contract documentation for various projects.

Raise works orders and update project details on the Asset Management systems.

Pursue and monitor progress on individual projects and repair jobs and voids to ensure the Asset Management systems are updated and that contractor payments are made efficiently.

Extract standard reports and produce ad-hoc reports as required.

Provide support and advice to others in the team as an advanced user of the Asset Management systems.

Administer the repairs pre/post inspection process for the region from receipt of Inspections due through to entering results into Onwards repairs system.

Be the primary source of administration support to the repairs team, including contractor meeting minute taking, organising meetings, photocopying etc.
- **Contracts and Budgets**

Check that all contractors being awarded work orders are accredited, including assistance in relation to the new supply contractor process, and waiver form process.

Monitor contractor performance and customer satisfaction.

Liaise with Accounts Payable/Contractors/ Project Managers and Repairs Specialists in relation to invoice queries and payments.

Follow and Implement action plans to address budget variances.

Ensure that delegated authorities are adhered to.
- **Facilities Management**

Support facilities management of regional offices e.g. alarm testing, raising repairs, weekly water testing.

**Skills, knowledge and experience required**

Essential
- Experience of delivering high levels customer service
- Experience of partnership working across an organisation
- Excellent organisation and planning skills

**Desirable**
- Knowledge of awareness of related housing regulations/law

**Qualifications**
- Educated to GCSE standard or equivalent qualification/ experience
- Knowledge and understanding of building construction, property maintenance and planned investment

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the Northwest, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.

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