Planned Works team We're responsible for delivering improvement and cyclical works across the entire operational area of Abri Group. Utilising both in-house teams and approved sub-contractors, we carry out the major improvement works to our customers’ homes ranging from kitchen renewals and bathroom replacements right through to roof replacement and insulation. Our cyclical works include ensuring the safety of properties by undertaking periodic inspections of items such as passenger lifts and electrical installations. In addition, our team of Contract Surveyors also specify and implement a variety of special project works throughout the year delivering solutions for more complex issues. Your new role Are you proactive, highly motivated, professional, and friendly? We have an exciting opportunity to join our Communal decorations team as a Decorator, working across Hampshire, Wiltshire, Dorset, Berkshire and surrounding areas. In this role, you’ll be responsible for carrying out internal communal decorations and external decorations which includes a full washdown of the properties. Since our customers are at the heart of everything we do, excellent customer service skills are essential. We’re looking for someone who communicates clearly and regularly with customers, always aiming to go above and beyond to impress them with the quality of our service. Your daily tasks will include completing scheduled work to a high standard within the allocated time, ensuring cost-effective delivery, and pre-ordering materials when needed—keeping the customer informed of progress at every step. You’ll be a key part of the team, working efficiently and effectively to maintain and improve Abri’s properties, always following best practices in building maintenance. As an ambassador for Abri, you’ll bring a positive, ‘can do’ attitude to everything you do, delivering a high-quality, ‘right first time’ service with a friendly and professional approach. We’ll provide you with your uniform, a van fitted with a van vault, racking and inverter, a fuel card, company tablet & mobile as well as the PPE you need to let you crack on with what you do best. You’ll be expected to supply your own hand tools and power tools. You'll require to cover Out of Hours Callouts on a rota basis so a clean driving license is a must! Not only this, you’ll be entitled to all the usual benefits from day one including 28 days holiday a year, generous pension and life assurance schemes and access to health and wellbeing packages. We hold monthly talks where all Trades can attend to highlight what’s going on within Abri and provide information on processes. If this sounds like the kind of opportunity you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you! We review and interview suitable candidates as applications come in, so don’t delay—apply today to avoid missing out. If we receive enough applications, we may close the advert early. INDABRI Who we are Abri is a large housing provider who own and manage more than 58,000 homes and various community assets, serving around 113,000 customers across the South of England. We believe everyone has the right to a good quality safe, warm and sustainable home in a community where they can belong, grow and thrive. What does that look like in real terms? We’re investing £689m over the next ten years in our existing homes to improve building safety and make them more energy efficient. We’re delivering 10,000 homes by 2030, ensuring affordable housing is built where it’s needed most We’re investing in our communities, to address local issues and create opportunities for everyone As we grow, we’re re-establishing our strong local presence to provide a really good service. Abri has adopted a regional approach to service delivery, with our operating areas split into three, each with their local governance and leadership. This will ensure our colleagues are more visible, accountable and better connected to our customers and local communities to meet their diverse needs. More information about Abri and our strategic objectives can be found at www.abri.co.uk. What you can expect Benefit 4 Benefit 5 Benefit 6 What you can expect 28 days holiday the opportunity to buy and sell holiday Generous pension scheme with contributions up to 10% Money off tons of high street and online retailers Life assurance of 5x your annual salary Generous parental and family leave Health and wellbeing packages Electric car scheme Personal development opportunities Colleague recognition scheme Flexible working Free eye tests Cycle to Work scheme About you We’ve all got different backgrounds, strengths and experiences. But we share the same values. It’s these shared values that bring us together as one team. Our colleagues embrace these every day. Be the difference to our customers and colleagues, always curious and look for better solutions, achieve together by working in partnership with others, own it openly through working with others in an open and honest way, and finally embrace possibility and see changes and challenges as welcomed opportunities. We also expect our colleagues to share Abri’s commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. If you share our values and want to make a real difference in the world, you’re on to a winner and we’d love to hear from you! Be yourself We’re committed to promoting an inclusive culture. We welcome and respect the individual differences, life experiences and knowledge that all our colleagues bring into the workplace, and we value their contribution to our amazing company. Everyone is different, everyone is unique. Flexible working We recognise the benefits flexible working can bring and we aim to support colleagues who need to work flexibly wherever we can, provided the needs of both Abri and the colleague can be met. Please feel free to let us know about any flexibility you might need when applying for this role. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to consider it fully. To our agency friends We already have a number of carefully selected agency partners who know our business well and who support our in-house recruitment team during exceptionally busy periods. We’re not looking to add to our preferred supplier list right now but if you’d like to be considered at a future date please don’t hesitate to register on our procurement portal. Documents