Project Estate Assistant in Cardiff

We are looking for a caring and compassionate Project Estate Assistant to work at our young person's supported accommodation project. You will be responsible for maintaining the project building, completing reactive and planned repairs (light to medium grade), decorating, procuring furniture and estate materials, and reporting maintenance issues to the project manager. You will also be responsible for assisting in maintaining health and safety standards around the building and preparing void properties to ensure they are ready for new residents.

This role is key in helping us deliver and maintain our project and provide a comfortable and safe home for our residents. We are looking for an individual who is self-motivated and comfortable working independently, with the ability to identify tasks and the confidence and competency to resolve them. By building positive relationships and taking a "work-with" approach, we will help residents achieve their goals and support them in moving on to independent living. You will work closely with both the project manager and the wider team to ensure we prioritise and deliver on the needs of maintaining a busy supported accommodation project. There will also be scope for working with another Project Estate Assistant to deliver services across this and our other supported accommodation projects, as the needs of the business arise.

What you’ll do…

Responsible for maintaining the project building, completing reactive and planned repairs (light to medium grade), decorating, procurement of furniture, estate materials and the reporting of maintenance issue to project manager. You will also be responsible for assisting in maintaining the standards of health and safety around the building and preparing void properties to ensure that they are ready for new residents.

What you'll bring to the role...

• A good knowledge of building management, experience of completing repairs and confident in trouble shooting issues independently
• Self-motivated and ability to work as sole post holder on site
• A commitment to working in a trauma informed approach, helping to maintain the effectiveness of our psychologically informed environment (PIE)
• An effective communicator both with team members and with residents
• Post holder will work flexibly when requested to meet the operational needs of the project
• To encourage individuals to value diversity and challenge behaviour which undermines the ethos of equality
• A commitment to delivering high quality services based on core values
• A good understanding of health and safety requirements and safe working practices including COSSH
• Full UK driving license & access to own car

Key Accountabilities

• Maintaining a high standard of living conditions for our residents through responsive and effective completion of reactive repair requests
• Working with the manager to identify and prioritise planned works and completing a rolling programme of decoration across the project
• Ensuring the safety and security of the building, internally and externally, through the monitoring of the buildings condition and systems/ items within
• Working in a safe and considerate way around the project
• Undertake and manage programme of regular compliance and safety checks, including legionella's monitoring, fire identification systems, CCTV, fire door visual inspections and other elements of safety around the building. COSSH compliance
• Reporting of all maintenance issues to Taff CSA team/ Surveyor/ Contractors as required
• The purchase of estate items/ furniture/ equipment/ tools in line with budgetary agreement form project manager. Building and installation of said items
• Performing minor plumbing, carpentry, gardening and joinery tasks.

Conditions of Service

Salary: £10,020 (FTE £25,050)

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Week: 14 hours a week, 2 days per week to be decided on appointment

Location: Ty Seren, Cardiff

Colleague Benefits

• Pro rata - 25 days annual leave (extra 1 day leave after5&10years’ service – total of 27 days)
• Pro rata - 4 extra concessionary days and 8 public bank holidays
• Defined Contribution SHPS Pension schemewith a maximum contribution ofup to 9.25%
• Flexible working options
• Enhanced sick, maternity and adoption pay
• Simplyhealth cash plan covering optical, dental, chiropractic treatment and more.
• Permanent Health Insurance through Canada Life
• Employee Assistance Programme for employees and their household including GP consultations,