Professional, Accountable
PACE
Collaborative, Evolving

Apprentice Multi-Trade Operative

Vacancy Salary £15,450 per annum (Year 1)
Vacancy Location Long Stratton, Norwich, Norfolk
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This is a Temporary, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Fulltime: 37hrs per week 
Proposed Interview Date: W/C 17th August (TBC) 

Kick-start your career in property maintenance with Saffron.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Apprentice Multi-Trade Operative to join our Voids & Planned Maintenance team in Long Stratton. This is a brilliant opportunity to learn practical trade skills on the job while working towards a recognised Property Maintenance Operative Apprenticeship.

You’ll work alongside experienced operatives, gaining hands-on experience across carpentry, plumbing, decorating and tiling, while helping to keep homes safe, well maintained and ready for residents. From day one, you’ll be supported to build confidence, develop new skills and complete your training to a high standard.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Learning a range of maintenance skills from trained, experienced colleagues.
  • Supporting general building maintenance, improvements, minor works and new build projects.
  • Attending college or training sessions and completing coursework on time.
  • Working safely and professionally in line with health and safety guidance.

For a full list of responsisibilities, please see the attached Role Profile

We’re looking for someone who:

  • Has a genuine interest in maintenance, practical work and learning a trade.
  • Enjoys working as part of a team and can follow instructions carefully.
  • Is organised, punctual and keen to do a good job.
  • Can communicate well and is comfortable using a mobile phone or tablet for work tasks and training.

If you’re positive, reliable and ready to learn, we’ll help you build the skills and experience to take the first step in your maintenance career.

This role is subject to a Basic Disclosure and Barring Service check.

We are a housing association based in Norfolk providing quality homes and services to people across the county and in Suffolk.

We manage over 6,000 homes including affordable homes for those in housing need who cannot afford to rent or buy in the open market.

We offer specialist homes for older and vulnerable adults and are committed to providing new homes to help solve the housing crisis.


At Saffron

We have a huge commitment to our employees. We want the team at Saffron to be happy, empowered, motivated and feel proud to be part of the Saffron community. We know by having great people we can do a great job for our tenants. We trust our colleagues to do the right thing and we are looking for people whose values are aligned with ours (PACE – Professional, Accountable, Collaborative and Evolving).

You will have the freedom to learn and grow. We are passionate about investing in our people, providing them with the skills they need now, and for their future aspirations. We do this by offering a blend of learning opportunities, including our innovative e-learning platform where learning is self-directed allowing people to learn what they want, when they want to.

We work with and support our people to work in an agile way to ensure that have the right work/life balance. They have the choice to work in the office, work from home, coffee shop, park or a combination of all. We have recently refurbished our offices to encourage collaborative, agile working.

As an inclusive employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and have a zero tolerance policy relating to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Saffron Community.

Inspiring Organisation:
Outstanding colleague engagement

Inspiring Organisation sets out the path to outstanding colleague engagement which we believe necessary to achieve 90% tenant satisfaction, and the actions we will take over the next year.

Inspiring Communities:
90% customer satisfaction

Inspiring Community sets out the path to increasing tenant satisfaction from 74% to 90%, and the actions we will take over the next year.

Inspiring Innovation:
Creating £3m of capacity to invest

Inspiring Innovation sets out the path to freeing up a further £3m per year that we believe necessary to invest in providing the best possible home, service and workplace, and the actions we will take over the next year.

Governance

We will operate in a culture where strong governance, compliance and risk assessment is business as usual.

Homes

We will actively manage our existing homes, and deliver new affordable housing to provide quality homes for current and future customers.

Learning And Development

Covers the membership fee of one professional body relevant to your job role, and excellent opportunities for training & courses

Time Off

Generous holiday entitlement, Holiday Trading, Volunteer and study days, and Enhanced Family Leave

Prioritising Mental Health

Access to our Employee Assistance Program, trained Mental Health First Aiders and wellbeing check-ins

Aviva Pension Scheme

Choose your contribution and Saffron match up to 10%, and we offer Life Assurance cover

Health Schemes

Bupa Private Medical Insurance, Medicash Cashback Plan [eligible after probation completion]

Salary Sacrifice Schemes

Cycle to work, and Tusker Car Scheme

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