Project Estate Assistant TAFF

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.

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.

• 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

We welcome any questions in advance of an application, or if there is something that matters to you and we haven't covered in the job pack, then please get in touch with Jason O’Connor at jason.o'

Closing Date:
Friday, 18th September 2026

Interview Date:
Tuesday, 22nd September 2026

Cardiff

Aug 28, 2026

Right to work in the UK
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Right to work in the UK
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The role you are applying for may be exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and therefore subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This may be at the Enhanced level, which means that both spent and unspent convictions could be disclosed. If this applies to you, you will have the opportunity to discuss with us any offences or matter that may be relevant to the post.

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