At Places for People, we hire people not numbers. If you like the sound of this role, we'd love to hear from you. Experience matters, but what matters most is someone who lives our People Promises: doing the right thing, bringing energy and pride to their work, valuing community, treating others with respect, and genuinely caring about the places we look after. As the UK's leading Social Enterprise, we're committed to building safe, inclusive and thriving communities for our customers and our colleagues.
All potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application.
More about the role
In this role, you'll be out and about across our neighbourhoods, making sure our buildings and communal areas are safe, compliant and well maintained. You'll carry out regular property and site inspections, completing checks on essential systems such as fire doors, emergency lighting, lifts, fire equipment and automatic doors. You'll keep accurate, real-time records and report any risks or issues quickly to keep our customers protected.
You'll also play an important part in maintaining safe communal spacesremoving unauthorised items in line with Scottish legislation, arranging signage, reporting repairs, supporting contractor access and completing minor housing management tasks linked to works and site upkeep. Some general admin will also form part of your day-to-day role.
More about you
You'll bring experience from a housing or property environment and have a strong understanding of health and safety compliance for registered social landlords. You'll be organised, thorough, confident using IT and comfortable problem-solving on your own. Just as importantly, you'll communicate clearly and professionally with customers, colleagues and contractors, and you'll feel confident working independently while representing Places for People out in our communities.
Benefits
We're a large, diverse and ambitious organisation, which means plenty of opportunity for growth, challenge and development. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
* Competitive salary with annual review
* Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
* Excellent holiday entitlement up to 35 days, with the option to buy or sell leave
* Healthcare cashback plan up to £500 back each year
* A 2% annual bonus scheme for all colleagues
* A wide range of training and development opportunities
* Extra perks including discounts at retailers, cinemas and more
What's next?
If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.
As part of ourcommitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.
We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.
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Safeguarding
At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.
We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. xcswzye Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.
By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities