ABOUT US
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for nearly 160,000 residents nationwide. Guinness Property, our in-house maintenance service, delivers repairs to 55,000 of our homes. Our national teams deliver rapid-response housing repairs, maintenance, and improvement services to ensure our residents homes are safe and maintained to a high standard.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Our Estates Teams are critical for delivering a great resident experience. They work hard to provide a high-quality estate service covering gardening, grounds maintenance and cleaning.
We have an opportunity for an Estate Assistant to join our dedicated Estates team, serving the Havant, Hayling Island, Portsmouth & Waterlooville area on a full-time, permanent basis.
You will provide a high-quality gardening and grounds maintenance and cleaning, ensuring compliance with agreed standards, specifications, and timescales. This will include cleaning internal communal areas and keeping external areas well maintained.
You will represent Guinness on site, fostering positive working relationships working with customers, contractors, and colleagues to provide access, report any responsive repairs, fly tipping, graffiti, and safeguarding alerts.
What we are looking for
We are a customer-focussed organisation, so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. You will not only be an experienced Estate Assistant, but you will also have great customer service skills and a willingness to go the extra mile. You will also be able to demonstrate:
Proven Professional experience of delivering grounds maintenance across a variety of sites and garden types.
Experience and knowledge of lawn, shrub and plant care.
Proven experience of achieving high levels of customer satisfaction.
Ability to carry out physical tasks within Health & Safety guidelines.
Ability to work effectively within a team and without high levels of supervision.
Knowledge of Health & Safety legislation, Including COSHH and PPE.
If this sounds like the role that you are looking for, we would love to hear from you, apply today!
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Benefits
Holidays: We offer 25 27 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays. We will also give you the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days. You will also receive additional holiday in line with your length of service (1 extra day per 5 years service, capped at 4 days).
Competitive Pension Scheme: We will help you save for your retirement through our workplace pension scheme. Guinness match your contribution up to 9%. To help you get the most out of your pension contributions, we operate a salary sacrifice arrangement that means you will pay less National Insurance contributions.
Benefits Portal: We have a lifestyle benefits scheme, pulling together a range of special offers and great deals. You can make some great savings on everyday shopping from fashion and electronics to travel, leisure and days out and weekly supermarket shopping.
Performance Pay: Annual Performance Score bonus subject to eligibility
Life Assurance: For peace of mind Guinness provides three times salary life cover in the event of your death
Health Plan Options: There are a couple of health care schemes available depending on the post grade
VDU/DSE: Free eye test vouchers every 2 years with £55 contribution to glasses if requires for VDU work
Additional benefits include:
Access to the Finance wellbeing portal
Professional subscription annual payment
Travel season ticket loan
Car lease scheme
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