Total 5 job vacancies by YHG

Job Title: Environmental Services Operative

Salary: £24,960

Contract: Permanent

Location: Roundwood Drive, St Helen’s or Brookvale Estate WA8 7QH

Weekly Hours: 40hrs

So…. What is this role exactly?

This is an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Services operative based in St Helen’s to work on various Your Housing Group sites across the northwest.

As an Environmental Services operative, working as part of a small and supportive team, you will use your previous experience to deliver grounds maintenance, landscaping and environmental services to Your Housing Group’s customers, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety and customer care at all times.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced grounds maintenance operative who can carry out a high standard of work but will also carry out a variety of tasks during the non-grass cutting period, for the repairs side of the business. These will include:

• Mould Washes
• Cleaning and clearing void properties.
• Removal of Fly Tipping
• Painting – internal & external
• Cyclical Works – gutter clearance, fascia/soffit wipe downs etc
• Acting as a second Man on repair jobs

What will my working week look like?

Monday to Friday 8am to 4.30pm. Starting and finishing work at Roundwood Drive.

What will I be responsible for doing?

First and foremost, you will be able to:

• Carry out grass cutting, shrub pruning, weed control and various landscaping ad hoc works.
• Be able to adapt and learn non-trade roles as listed above.
• Be a strong team player with solid communication skills.
• Be trained and competent to use and maintain a range of associated powered landscaping tool and equipment.
• Be able to demonstrate using your initiative.
• Hold a full valid UK driving licence.

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

That all sounds great, what’s in it for me?

In return we offer £24,960 for a 40-hour week, and 22 days annual leave, plus 3 discretionary days between Christmas & New Year, plus Bank Holidays but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.

On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 6%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through BHSF, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

And who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.

As one of the North’s sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by building over 100 new homes a year and continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties, tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. Our Repairs and Maintenance teams play a huge part in delivering these services to our customers.

We’re an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'. are Your Housing Group?

Additions

As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

Closing Date: 20th November 2024

We review applications as they’re received and reserve the right to close this advert early; if you’re interested, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview. Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application.YHG1

Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Supervisor

Salary: £31,263 - £33,566

Contract: Permanent

Location: Roundwood Drive, St Helen’s or Brookvale Estate WA8 7QH

Weekly Hours: 40hrs

So…. What is this role exactly?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Grounds Maintenance supervisor based in St Helen’s to work on various Your Housing Group sites across the north west.

As Grounds Maintenance Supervisor, working as part of a small and supportive team, you will use your previous experience to deliver grounds maintenance, landscaping and environmental services to Your Housing Group’s customers, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety and customer care at all times.

What will my working week look like?

Monday to Friday 8am to 4.30pm. Starting and finishing work at Roundwood Drive.

You will also need to live within a reasonable travelling distance of our Head Office in Birchwood, Warrington to attend meetings and training courses when needed.

What will I be responsible for doing?

First and foremost, you will be able to:

• Supervising a team of Ground Maintenance and Environmental Services Operatives and making sure their carry out their duties in a safe manner.
• Organising and planning team task and duties ensuring YHG meet their Service Level Agreements and at a high standard.
• Carrying out site inspections using iAuditor.
• Resolving any enquiries or complaints made by YHG customers or stakeholders.
• Ensuring high levels of customer service.
• Carrying out duties such as grass cutting, pruning, herbicide applications or ad hoc works.
• Good knowledge of grounds maintenance and general health & safety.
• Be a strong team player with solid communication skills.
• Be trained and competent to use and maintain a range of associated powered landscaping tool and equipment.
• Be able to demonstrate using your initiative.
• Hold a full valid UK driving licence.
• Carrying out any other duties in line with the role.

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

That all sounds great, what’s in it for me?

In return we offer between £31,263 - £33,566 for a 40-hour week, and 22 days annual leave, plus 3 discretionary days between Christmas & New Year, plus Bank Holidays but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.

On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 4%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through BHSF, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

And who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.

As one of the North’s sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by building over 100 new homes a year and continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties, tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. Our Repairs and Maintenance teams play a huge part in delivering these services to our customers.

We’re an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'.

As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

Closing Date: 8th October 2024

We review applications as they’re received and reserve the right to close this advert early; if you’re interested, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview. Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application. YHG1

Job Title: Grounds Maintenance Operative

Salary: £24,960

Contract: Permanent

Location: Roundwood Drive, St Helen’s

Weekly Hours: 40

So…. What is this role exactly?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Grounds Maintenance operative based in St Helen’s or Runcorn to work on various Your Housing Group sites across the North West.

As a Grounds Maintenance Operative, working as part of a small and supportive team, you will use your previous experience to deliver grounds maintenance, landscaping and environmental services to Your Housing Group’s customers, ensuring the highest standards of quality, safety and customer care at all times.

We are looking for a passionate and experienced grounds maintenance operative who can carry out a high standard of work.

What will my working week look like?

Monday to Friday 8am to 4.30pm. Starting and finishing work at Roundwood Drive.

What will I be responsible for doing?

First and foremost, you will be able to:

• Carry out grass cutting, shrub pruning, weed control and various landscaping ad hoc works.
• Be a strong team player with solid communication skills.
• Be trained and competent to use and maintain a range of associated powered landscaping tool and equipment.
• Be able to demonstrate using your initiative.
• Hold a full valid UK driving licence.

In addition to the above you will embrace the culture of continuous improvement to support Value for Money throughout the organisation and have a passion for doing things right first time.

That all sounds great, what’s in it for me?

In return we offer £24,960 for a 40-hour week, and 22 days annual leave, plus 3 discretionary days between Christmas & New Year, plus Bank Holidays but our employee offering provides much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.

On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 6%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through BHSF, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

And who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.

As one of the North’s sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by building over 100 new homes a year and continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties, tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. Our Repairs and Maintenance teams play a huge part in delivering these services to our customers.

We’re an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'.

Additions

As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

Closing Date: 25th September 2024

We review applications as they’re received and reserve the right to close this advert early; if you’re interested, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for any applicants who declare they have a disability, if these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview. Your Housing Group welcomes applications from our customers, however, access to confidential information and probity will be explored to determine whether there is a potential conflict of interest or security issue present which may prevent the Group from being able to proceed with the application.YHG1

So…. What is this role exactly?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Housing and Customer Services Coordinator to join an existing team, who will deliver strong, high quality, customer focused and proactive housing management and support to customers in our Older Peoples Services. You will be organised and able to respond quickly to manage and contribute to the delivery of services across the wider team to ensure excellent customer services are provided.

The Older Peoples team are going through an exciting period of change and developing a new service offer to our great customers and you would be at the forefront of that change.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are focused on getting the right outcome, first time for our customers.

What will my working week look like?

The core hours for our customers are 9am to 5pm so we need to ensure adequate cover is in place to support our service offer.

What will I be responsible for doing?

One of the great things about this role is having the opportunity to make a real difference for our customers and communities and being part of a collaborative team of colleagues supporting each other.

Ultimately, you will be driven to get things right first time to achieve successful outcomes for our customers and manage buildings and risk.

And what would make me stand out from the crowd?

To be a successful as a Housing and Customer Services Coordinator, here at YHG, you will have….

• Knowledge of housing management legislation and housing/tenancy management principles including managing safety and risk within communal buildings
• Experience of delivering excellent customer service
• Ability to travel easily between sites in a very reactive role
• Experience of working in a specialist, high performing team, achieving targets, whilst delivering outstanding services

Ideally you will be….

• A collaborative colleague with the ability to create a positive environment, listening to customers and putting them first
• Able to effectively engage with internal and external stakeholders and key partners
• Able to produce detailed and accurate documents to meet our key performance indicators, lettings targets and tenancy management, working autonomously with minimal supervision

This role is really suited to someone who likes to positively engage with a diverse range of people to get things right first time and produce excellent results for our customers, colleagues and the wider community.

If you feel this could be the right role for you, we would love to hear from you!

Please check out the role profile, which is attached/available by visiting the vacancy on Your Housing Group’s website - www.yourhousinggroup.co.uk/careers.

That all sounds great, what’s in it for me?

In return we offer £26,000 for a 35-hour week, and 25 days annual leave (holidays also increase with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee deal offers much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.

When you need to collaborate with your team, you can visit Youggle House – our wellbeing, social, collaboration and meeting space, in Birchwood, Warrington.

On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through BHSF, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

For more of our great benefits, please see the benefits information sheet attached/ available by visiting the vacancy on Your Housing Group’s career’s website - www.yourhousinggroup.co.uk/careers.

And who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.

As one of the North’s sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties and tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. We also build over 1,000 new homes each year.

We’re an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'.

Additions

As part of our pre-employment checks, this role requires the successful applicant to complete a satisfactory Basic DBS check.

Closing Date: 10th September 2024

We review applications as they’re received and reserve the right to close this advert early; if you’re interested, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property and any applicants who declare they have a disability. If these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or advert) they will be guaranteed an interview. Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified. YHG1

Job Title: Support Worker/ Project Officer

Salary: £22,110

Contract: Fixed Term Contract for up to 12 months (Maternity cover)

Location: St Helens

Weekly Hours: 35

So…. What is this role exactly?

This is an exciting opportunity for a Project Officer (Support Worker) at our homeless lodge in St Helens for a fixed term basis to cover Maternity leave.

As Project officer you will be supporting vulnerable adults and families to improve their outlook and empower them to move on successfully to an independent tenancy. You will meet a wide variety of people and will make a real difference to customer’s lives.

Pennington Lodge offers temporary accommodation to adults and families who find themselves homeless for a range of reasons. We offer 24hr staff support in a secure and safe environment. Project Officers have a caseload and provide key work 121 support. A large part of the role is lone-working and would require you to work under your own initiative.

What will my working week look like?

This is a full-time role based on a 10 day working rota. Project Officers work 12.5 hour shifts in blocks of 4. Working with 2 days (07.45 to 20.15), then 2 waking nights (19.45 to 08.15) and then 6 days off - for example:

Monday & Tuesday 07.45 to 20.15; Wednesday & Thursday 19.45 to 08.15; then off rota for 6 days back on shift following Thursday 07.45 to 20.15

What will I be responsible for doing?

As a Project Officer you will play a key role in supporting residents to help them achieve their goals and move on successfully to independent tenancies. You will do this by building strong working relationships and creating family centred, holistic support packages.

One of the great things about this role is the positive impact you will make to our customers lives and the genuine improvements you will make to their situations.

You will be part of a busy office environment and will have administrative duties. There are also some general housekeeping tasks.

And what would make me stand out from the crowd?

To be a successful Project Officer, here at YHG, you will …

• Be an excellent communicator.
• Have a good awareness of cultures and backgrounds.
• Enjoy a challenge and have good problem-solving abilities.
• Have experience working in a busy office environment.
• Be able to use a range of software packages.
• Be a collaborative team player.
• Be able to work using own initiative.
• Have a flexible and enthusiastic approach, ensuring a high standard of service is always provided.

This role is really suited to someone who is caring, kind and friendly, can remain calm in an emergency and enjoys customer facing roles. If this sounds like you then we would love to hear from you!

For more detail on the role, please review the role profile available by visiting the vacancy on our website - www.yourhousinggroup.co.uk/careers

That all sounds great, what’s in it for me?

In return we offer £22,110 for a 35 hour week, and 25 days annual leave (holidays also increase with time served) plus Bank Holidays, but our employee deal offers much more than just a competitive salary and holiday allowance.

Although you are based at Pennington Lodge you will have access to Youggle House – our wellbeing, social, collaboration and meeting space in Birchwood, Warrington - you may be asked to travel to Youggle House to meet up with your wider team.

On top of this, we’ll provide you with a great benefits package, including a contributory pension where we match whatever you choose to contribute (up to 8%), an advanced level Healthcare cash plan through BHSF, that doesn’t just provide dental and optician cashback but also health and wellbeing benefits (such as 24/7 GP Access, money back from prescriptions and alternative therapy treatments) and an amazing discount scheme that gives you access to half price cinema tickets, subsidised gym memberships and a huge range of discounts with some of the biggest high street and online names.

For more of our great benefits, please review the benefits information sheet available by visiting the vacancy on our website - www.yourhousinggroup.co.uk/careers.

And who are Your Housing Group?

Your Housing Group is a registered social landlord helping people at every stage of life to live in quality homes they can afford.

As one of the North’s sector-leading landlords, we are proud to play our role in tackling the UK's housing crisis by continually reinvesting in our 29,000 properties and tailoring our services to meet the diverse needs of our customers. We also build over 1,000 new homes each year.

We’re an employer of choice, over 88% of colleagues here recommend us as a 'great place to work'.

Additions

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and will require the post holder to carry out ‘Regulated Activity’ as defined under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. Therefore, as part of Your Housing Group’s pre-employment checks, successful applicants will be required to complete a satisfactory Enhanced DBS with barred list(s) check.

Closing Date: 1st April 2024

We review applications as they’re received and reserve the right to close this advert early; if you’re interested, please apply ASAP to avoid disappointment.

Your Housing Group values diversity and encourages applications from all communities. Your Housing Group operates a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for anyone who resides in a Your Housing Group property and any applicants who declare they have a disability. If these applicants meet the minimum requirements for the role (as set out in the role profile and/or person specification) they will be guaranteed an interview. Some roles may be subject to probity checks which will override the scheme where a potential conflict of interest or a probity matter has been identified. YHG1