Vita Student
Seasonal Handy Person
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Newcastle
Hourly Rate: £13.45
Contract: Fixed Term, 27 hours per week
Working Hours: Between 9am - 6pm
Vita Student's next-level apartment design offers a variety of studios to suit our students' lives with the privacy of living alone or the laughter of living together. We offer style, luxury, and comfort to our residents, surrounded by premium amenities and a vibrant city life.
Our Seasonal Handy Person
Plays a critical role during the summer months, restoring, improving, and maintaining our buildings to pristine conditions ahead of our next intake of Students from September onwards.
- Painting & decorating.
- Respond to maintenance requests, promptly addressing reports of issues with plumbing, electrical, heating/cooling, lighting, furniture, and other equipment.
- Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
- Conduct regular inspections of residence facilities to identify potential issues and performing scheduled maintenance tasks.
- General repairs, such as fixing minor issues like leaky plumbing, broken fixtures, damaged doors, and wall repairs.
- Performing minor tasks like replacing flooring, repairing furniture, and touch-up painting & decorating.
- Ground works, maintaining the upkeep of outdoor areas such as grass-cutting & hedge-trimming/shaping.
- Safety compliance. Adhering to all safety regulations and procedures when performing maintenance tasks.
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Professional Experience
Who we want to join our team
- Skilled across a variety of maintenance functions including painting & decorating.
- Well-versed in delivering Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) within a similar environment.
- Demonstrable understanding and adherence of safety compliance regulations and procedures.
- IT literate.
Personal Characteristics
Vita Student operate a multi-cultural environment, welcoming colleagues and residents from all over the world with a variety of cultural backgrounds and religious beliefs. All Vita colleagues must deliver a diverse and equal approach to colleagues and residents alike.
- Excellent communication skills. English will be the primary spoken language; however, multi-lingual skills would be warmly welcomed.
- Strong organisational and leadership qualities with an ability to remain calm under pressure.
- Adaptability, creativity & positivity.
- Resilience, with an ability to effectively navigate unexpected situations.
- Able to carry out tasks that may involve extended periods of standing and repetitive movements, with reasonable adjustments considered where required.
Why work for us……
Benefits
Our employees have the pride of working at our luxury properties, which offer the highest standard of resident accommodation across the UK. We reward the commitment and dedication of our people by providing the following benefits:
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- Royal London Pension – We care about our people and their future. Vita Group contribute a financial value of 3% of salary to your pension pot in addition to 5% employee contribution to help prepare for the future.
- Recognition Programmes – We recognise and celebrate our people via numerous recognition schemes, such as employee of the month vouchers, community champion, experience awards, golden buzzer awards, work anniversaries etc.
- Career Development – Whether your Vita career is a medium or long-term venture; we onboard all employees by means of a thorough induction and learning & development programme, delivering professional progression via our Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum training & recognition schemes.
- 24/7 Employee Assistance – The wellbeing of our colleagues is of vital importance to Vita Group. All employees have access to a confidential service; offering support and guidance for personal or work-related issues that may be impacting wellbeing.
Right to Work & DBS
All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks which will include Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer Right to Work Sponsorship. Therefore, if you do require a company to sponsor your Right to Work in the UK, we will not be able to progress your application further.
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